World Record Broadcast - by Scott Williams
Glen Jones is WFMU's reigning bad boy. But in May 2001, he flirted with
respectability when he reached for, and briefly held, the Guinness World Record
for longest ever radio broadcast. A media blitz ensued, Katie Couric repeatedly
checked on Jones' progress, and some began to worry: would all this attention
mellow Our Jonesey? 100 hours and 42 seconds later, as Tom Waits's "You're
Innocent When You Dream" spun on turntable #2, a haggard and exhausted
Jones reflected on the 1,128 songs, dozens of guests, and several on-air
massages. Witnesses to this feat look back fondly on one particular portion of
the record-breaking broadcast: Jones’ phone interview on the Howard Stern show,
where Jonesey told Howard "I don't respect you", right after saying
"shit" -- on Stern's airwaves, and not WFMU's. May 25-29, 2001.
Real audio links to all 100+ hours of the Jones-a-Thon broadcast are available here.
Illustration by Lyman Dally
And screen caps (from a 56k connection) here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lipwak/sets/72157594354517302/
Posted by: lipwak | April 07, 2008 at 10:55 AM
my favorite moment from Jones' marathon was when gene simmons called in, and sounded like he was eating a sandwich during the entire conversation, although i don't think jones noticed. Fontastic!
Posted by: Mr Mannn | April 07, 2008 at 12:07 PM
Any radio personality who doesn't respect Stern and his career is a grade-A nincompoop.
And being dismissive of Stern while thinking it's way cool to say "shit" on K-Rock... were Jones' cheerleaders all eight years old?
Posted by: Paul Harvey | April 07, 2008 at 04:56 PM