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A friend of mine works in radio and he says that some of the contests are won by "loyal listeners" or friends of the hosts. The "winner" gets a text that basic
by giarc 11y ago
A friend of mine works in radio and he says that some of the contests are won by "loyal listeners" or friends of the hosts. The "winner" gets a text that basically says, "Call in now and I'll put you on hold, then play surprised when you are caller 12".
- irl_zebra 11y agoI'm pretty surprised by how often I win those things. If I'm driving and a contest of any sort comes up, I'll call the number immediately and repeatedly for a few minutes, just hanging up and pressing redial. Anecdotally, I seem to win whatever prize in about 1% of those that I dial in for. I've found that I sometimes don't even receive the prize, and occasionally don't even know what the prize or radio station are when I'm calling in as it's reflexive at this point.
- thekingofspain 11y agoPlease don't do this unless you have a hands-free system!
- slyall 11y agoI remember seeing a TV story about a guy who played radio competitions full time (he didn't have another job). This was in the 80s/90s in a US market with a lot of competition between a few stations that were all offering prizes. He had a several radios and 2-3 phones and just madly speed-dialed into the station when each round was announced. He even had to disguise his voice because he won so often that the stations tried to avoid him winning. I can't find the story but here is somebody similar: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2809341/Woman-addicted-entering-competitions-won-250-000-worth-prizes-given-work-fund-life-contests.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2809341/Woman-addi...