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On November 18, 2008, the Power Show broke their personal record, and station record, for amount of listeners due to the fact that they played all of Rivers Cuomo's Alone II album before its official release. They had received the mail while on-air, and opened one piece to discover Alone II. Upon seeing this, Giggens logged onto albumsix.com, where he informed members that The Power Show was going to play the entire album immediately. The thread he started quickly massed over 60 pages worth of commentary and won | On November 18, 2008, the Power Show broke their personal record, and station record, for amount of listeners due to the fact that they played all of Rivers Cuomo's Alone II album before its official release. They had received the mail while on-air, and opened one piece to discover Alone II. Upon seeing this, Giggens logged onto albumsix.com, where he informed members that The Power Show was going to play the entire album immediately. The thread he started quickly massed over 60 pages worth of commentary and won an albumsix award at the end of the year for being one of the most popular threads. | ||
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==='''24 Hour Power Show'''=== | ==='''24 Hour Power Show'''=== | ||
On May 14, 2009, the Power Show held its first 24 hour special. After months of planning and lots of sleep, Gecaj and Giggens upheld a WSIN tradition, and ended the season with episode 90. During this 24 hour broadcast, the Power Show interviewed many of albumsix.com's talented musicians. Almost every half hour from 10am until 12am featured a member of the message board. The Power Show would interview the artist over the phone, and then play two tracks selected by the artist themselves. On this show, the Power Show broke the records again, as episode 90 remains the most listened to Power Show to date, and the most listened to radio show on WSIN Radio (as of June 15, 2009). | On May 14, 2009, the Power Show held its first 24 hour special. After months of planning and lots of sleep, Gecaj and Giggens upheld a WSIN tradition, and ended the season with episode 90. During this 24 hour broadcast, the Power Show interviewed many of albumsix.com's talented musicians. Almost every half hour from 10am until 12am featured a member of the message board. The Power Show would interview the artist over the phone, and then play two tracks selected by the artist themselves. On this show, the Power Show broke the records again, as episode 90 remains the most listened to Power Show to date, and the most listened to radio show on WSIN Radio (as of June 15, 2009). | ||