Neil Sheehan wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning Vietnam history and biography of Vann, A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam, in which Sheehan examines Vann's alleged career-stunting incident involving a morals charge during his service in West Germany and how this possibly affected Vann's future actions and resulting career path in Vietnam.
Before the station acquired the urban contemporary format, KBTE was an active rock station as "The Bat"; however the station began stunting with loops of The Go-Go's 1980s song We Got The Beat before the launch of The Beat.
Starting at midnight on March 8, 2007, KRVI began stunting by repeating Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport by Rolf Harris continuously.
On October 11, 2011, at 6 AM, after playing "Go Rest High on That Mountain" by Vince Gill, the station dropped "The Cat" and began stunting with the bell from "Hell's Bells" by AC/DC, a ticking clock, an announcer saying "KDRK Spokane, Mission Control T-minus minutes", and clips of songs from Schoolhouse Rock and Animaniacs.
On August 30, 2013, at 1:50 p.m., after playing If You Leave by OMD, KMTT began stunting with a loop of It's The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) by R.E.M. until 3:00 p.m., when the station flipped to Rhythmic AC, branded as "Hot 103.7".
Clear Channel bought the station in May 2002, and on May 29 at 6 PM, after playing "Last Dance" by Donna Summer, the station started stunting with "Quick 96", where the station played 1200 10-second clips of certain songs from any given genre.
At 12 PM local time on October 30, 2009, after playing Boyz II Men's End of the Road, KATZ-FM began stunting with Halloween music as "Halloween 100.3".
On June 21, 2007, at 5 PM, during the Tom Leykis show, CBS Radio decided to pull the plug and began stunting with an effeminate male, known as "Ronaldo", playing all-Paris Hilton music in an attempt to demand for the release of her from jail (she was serving a brief jail sentence at the time).
It has been suggested that methoprene is responsible for killing and stunting the growth of lobsters in Narragansett Bay.
After 18 months of struggling ratings, the station relaunched on November 3, 1997 as new country Power Country 96.3 after a weekend of Halloween-related stunting.
On August 31, 2007 at 5pm, 96 Wave became known as 96.1 Chuck FM, after stunting for over 20 minutes playing the "Charles in Charge" theme song.
(Before they settled on the Top-40 format, the station began a "stunting" campaign, which lasted for a couple of weeks, playing bits and pieces of almost every type of music - listeners heard music from Jay-Z to Hank Williams to Lynyrd Skynyrd - and asking the radio listeners to call in and let them know what format should be played.
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The new format signed on with notable on-air personality "Cadillac Jack" after two days of stunting with Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama".
In 1990, after stunting with repeated airplay of "Shock The Monkey" by Peter Gabriel, the station returned to CHR as WZZG a.k.a. "Gorilla Radio, The New Z95.1 FM".
On December 1, 2010 WNUE changed their format to Spanish adult hits, branded as "Jose FM 98.1" after stunting with a continuous loop of José Feliciano's Feliz Navidad.
On September 3, 2001, WLCL began stunting with an all-ABBA format, returning the following week to rhythmic oldies.
After just two weeks with the Radio Disney format, the station then began stunting with a loop of "Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran and then an all hair band format, before finally settling on August 28, 2009 on a country music format at 4pm as "Wolf 105-1".
On Tuesday, August 26, 2008, WVNS began stunting with teaser formats devoting to just one recording artist, starting with "102.5 Frank FM. All Frank, All the Time" playing nothing but songs featuring Frank Sinatra.
On January 3, 2014, at 9 AM, after playing "No Sleep till Brooklyn" by The Beastie Boys, WRKN began stunting with a "Wheel of Formats", with the launch of a new format on January 6 at 9:23 AM.
A few years later the station began stunting by playing "Friends in Low Places" by Garth Brooks with a man with a southern voice announcing that something new was coming to WLQR on Monday.
In 1996, Big Dog 95 began stunting with Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" and Elton John’s “Rocket Man.” A few days later, the station was relaunched as “Modern Rock 95-7, The Rocket,” featuring an Alternative rock format with the newly syndicated, and locally popular, Bob & Tom Show anchoring mornings.
The station began stunting as "Kung Pao 100.5 FM", playing "Classic Chinese Hits" (traditional Chinese instrumentals).