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Kansas City radio station Mix 93.3 FM, which threatened its listeners to play Billy Ray Cyrus's "Achy Breaky Heart" continuously until the station had met their goal of $20,000 to contribute to the travel expenses of Courtney McCool's (U.S. Olympic Gymnast) family.
The station started with $6,000 and raised $14,000 in a little under four and a half hours, during which they played the song 48 times in a row.

I am surprised it took that long.
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hahaha, sweet.
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Im surprised it took that long. I would have caved in around the 2nd repeat. OR turned off my radio .)
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Ok so I've wondered since I first heard about this collection on ESPN.. what is so special about this family that they have to have people raise money for them to come along?
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it's a US olympian. there's got to be some all american sob story of tragedy in there somewhere.
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kyoukan wrote:it's a US olympian. there's got to be some all american sob story of tragedy in there somewhere.
Kyoukan, I hope you catch genital warts.
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At the mention of that song being played my radio would have been off or changed. No use resorting to torture to try to get a donation!
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Kylere wrote:
kyoukan wrote:it's a US olympian. there's got to be some all american sob story of tragedy in there somewhere.
Kyoukan, I hope you catch genital warts.
So you can finally empathise with her?
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Zaelath wrote:
Kylere wrote:
kyoukan wrote:it's a US olympian. there's got to be some all american sob story of tragedy in there somewhere.
Kyoukan, I hope you catch genital warts.
So you can finally empathise with her?
Empathy implies feeling for their problems and situations, Kypoukan presents herself as flawless, always right and problem free. I cannot empathsize with a self-declared deity.
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I would have just changed the station.
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Kylere wrote:
kyoukan wrote:it's a US olympian. there's got to be some all american sob story of tragedy in there somewhere.
Kyoukan, I hope you catch genital warts.
Catch!!!! she is the poster Child for the CDC!!
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