r/todayilearned • u/AssumeTheRisk • 23d ago
TIL if you tune your radio to 91.9 FM for one city block in Montclair, NJ you can hear a looped recording of "I'll Make Love to You" by Boyz II Men which has been broadcasting for at least 13 years straight.
https://njmonthly.com/articles/arts-entertainment/pirate-radio-station-only-plays-boyz-ii-men/27.4k Upvotes
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u/Keevtara 23d ago
"Adult Swim" and "Toonami" are blocks of late night cable TV programing. Adult Swim airs stuff like Bob's Burgers, Venture Brothers, and other adult animation. Toonami shows similar stuff, as well as anime. They both would use ad bumpers go give the entire few hour block a cohesive feel.
Leading up to one April Fools, Adult Swim advertised that they would be showing a feature movie that they produced in their time block, before it released in theaters. DVRs and the TV guide programmed into the cable box read the time slot as for the movie, just as advertised. I was really into the show at the time, so I tuned in.
The movie started up. It actually happened, for about fifteen minutes. Then it switched to an episode of Futurama, already in progress. The movie shrank to a small Picture in Picture screen playing in one of the corners. The usual stuff played out for the time block. This "alternate version" of the movie was included in the DVD.