{"id":643,"date":"2020-07-03T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T16:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frankvaccariello.com\/divi5test\/?p=643"},"modified":"2020-08-02T22:37:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T02:37:56","slug":"i-was-arrested-while-on-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frankvaccariello.com\/divi5test\/stories\/i-was-arrested-while-on-the-air\/","title":{"rendered":"I was arrested while on the air"},"content":{"rendered":"

It started out as a normal day at WBKC. I did many different air shifts there over the years and this particular day, I was handling the mid-day air shift. (10A-3P)<\/p>\n

I had just cracked the mic for a break when the station manager and two cops walked into the air studio. I completely froze.<\/p>\n

\"\"So, let\u2019s halt this scene right now. While I wasn\u2019t exactly a hell-raiser, those were my drinking days and who knows what i could have done the night before. But for cops to have the GM interrupt my break to take me down? This must be serious.<\/p>\n

As you probably figured out, it wasn\u2019t serious. It was for a good cause. I was being arrested for the March of Dimes Jail and Bail. This one had a twist. The arrest, conviction, sentencing and jail time would be done live on the air.<\/p>\n

Someone else hopped on the air and did a play-by-play as I was handcuffed and walked out of the station. I was then handed the Marti unit (the transmitter that enables remote broadcasts) and headed to \u201ccourt\u201d which was set up in the old Senior Center in downtown Painesville.<\/p>\n

They had a real judge run me through the court process while the whole thing went over the air. I had to \u201cdo time\u201d until I could raise $250 for the March of Dimes. I did reports every 15 minutes until I had made enough phone calls to get that pledged.<\/p>\n

What a unique way to help raise money. And I can\u2019t believe that someone actually took a photo of this AND that I kept it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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