Radio Station Pulls Promotion For Free Casket in Shootings

"No listening for the song of the day... no need to be the 7th caller... simply drop dead as Cincinnati's 100th shooting victim this year, and you're a winner!" Darryl Parks, station operations manager, wrote in the fax.

But "The Last Contest You'll Ever Need" wasn't supposed to be taken seriously, Parks said Wednesday afternoon.

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This reminds me of the contest Pepsi ran offering a fighter jet (as a joke) if you collected enough product points. Some guy did it, and when Pepsi tried to dodge the award, the guy sued and won.