Radio World Records

25 radio world records, videos, and challenges
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01:11 New Zealand

Largest Boombox Collection

Ryan Kenton

Ryan K. has 300 boomboxes in his collection.

02:24 Canada

Most Radio Listeners To Call In And Say "Booya" In One Minute

Mel Sampson

Mel Sampson and her listeners set the record live on-air during the “The Drive Home with Mel” show on K-Rock 89.3 on September 24, 2010.

00:53 United States

Longest Fake Burp By An Actor Who Appeared In 'Police Academy'

Michael Winslow

Michael Winslow, who played Sgt. Larvell quot;Motor Mouthquot; Jones in all the Police Academy films, released a fake burp that was 23.68 seconds. Only people who have appeared in any of the seven Police Academy[] films are eligible to challenge this record. Winslow set the record live on Y107’s Cosmo amp; JC Radio Show in Columbia, Missouri. #celebpick

06:37 The Internet

Most Ice Cream Sandwiches Eaten By Two People In Five Minutes

Wesley Tansey

Wesley and his friend ate a combined 27 ice cream sandwiches in five minutes. WARNING: Speed eating can be extremely dangerous. Please do not attempt this record unless you are above the age of 18 and trained as a professional speed eater. We will not accept submissions in this category from minors.

02:16 Pakistan

Most World Cities And Their Forecast Highs Announced In One Minute

Bilal Khan

Bilal Khan read 68 world cities and their forecasted high temperatures in one minute. The weather forecasts were for August 18, 2012. He performed the feat live on Radio Asia Live radio night show.

02:18 United States

Fastest Time To Do Bat Spins For 30 Seconds While Impersonating Ryan Seacrest And Then Eat A Lemon Pudding

Cosmo

Cosmo of the Cosmo amp; JC Radio Show completed 13 bats spins in 30 seconds while impersonating Ryan Seacrest and then ate a container of lemon pudding in one minute, 9.03 seconds.

03:58 United States

Fewest Rolls Needed To Make A Yahtzee With 50 Dice During A Live Radio Broadcast

Mick Cullen

02:21 Canada

Most Stuffed Animals In A Radio Studio During A Live Broadcast

Mel Sampson

Mel Sampson collected 1,506 stuffed animals and brought them to the radio station she works at. Sampson set the record live on-air during the “The Drive Home with Mel” show on K-Rock 89.3 on September 24, 2010.

01:36 United States

Most Radio Listeners To Call In And Say "Tiger Woods" In One Minute

Kobe

Radio DJ Kobe had 15 radio listeners call in and say "Tiger Woods" in one minute. He set the record live on-air during his afternoon radio show on B94 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

00:24 South Africa

Most Radio Listeners To Call In And Say "Big" In One Minute

Wez Cruickshanks

42 listeners of The Big Breakfast show on East Coast Radio in Durban, South Africa called in and said the word quot;big" in one minute.

Largest Cardboard Tower Cartwheeled Into While Live On The Radio

Marki Wong

Marki Wong cartwheeled into a cardboard tower made of 89 boxes. As part of the 3rd Annual World Record Week, Wong set the record live on-air during the “The Drive Home with Mel” show on K-Rock 89.3 on September 21, 2011.

00:37 United States

Most People Named "Mick Cullen" Hosting A Radio Show

Mick Cullen

Mick Cullen named himself as the one person named “Mick Cullen” hosting a radio show.

Canada

Most People Giving The Weather Forecast At Once On Live Radio

Mel Sampson

Mel Sampson, 10 K-Rock staffers and 1 K-Rock listener who happened to stop by the station gave the weather forecast at the same time on live radio. As part of the 3rd Annual World Record Week, Sampson set the record live on-air during the “The Drive Home with Mel” show on K-Rock 89.3 on September 22, 2011.

04:16 India

Largest Collection Of International Radio Request Letters

Anil Tamrakar

Anil Tamrakar collected 538,378 radio request letters from different countries. Tamrakar is an avid radio fanatic who spent 10 hours a day listening to radio programs as a child. He begin building the collection of letters in 1980 and continues to build on it today. His collection includes letters from Vatican Radio, the official broadcasting service of the Vatican, Voice of America, a broadcast institution of the U.S. Federal government and Radio Veritas, a Catholic radio station based in the Philippines broadcasting to Asia.

09:08 England

Longest Radio Broadcast Marathon By A Disc Jockey Duo

Daniel Bell

Teenage DJs Daniel Bell, Callum Sutton and their team performed a live broadcast at Ignite Radio in Haverhill, UK for 76 hours and eight minutes. The duo started at 6 p.m. on August 13th and ended at 9 p.m. on August 16th. They set the record to raise funds for the Help For Heroes charity. Learn more about the feat here.

01:42 United States

Longest Distance To Throw A Deck Of Cards To A Radio Intern Indoors

Carl Cutler

Carl Cutler threw a deck of cards to a radio intern standing indoors a distance of 18 feet, three inches away. Cutler set this record during an attempt to achieve the most world records set in one minute. He completed this record during an episode of Subterranean on WRLR, 98.3 FM.

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