When I got my first clock radio, I believed that, if I changed the time on the clock, then the news for that time would be broadcast on the All-News channel. For example, if the clock said 10 AM and it was really 4 PM, I would hear the 10 AM news.
A childhood belief about radio

others believed things like this
- Once I told everyone that I saw a clock reach 1:60.— flojo
- i used to believe that my brain worked like the inside of a clock. How the wheels cranked and turned.— Becky
- I believed Walter Cronkite knew everything, that's why they let him do the news.— Dixon
- I always believed that we lived in Manchester (we didn't) but it was always the main place on the local news!— Richard M
- If you pulled a face, and the clock struck on the hour, your face would stay in that position.— Jo V...NL
- From a TV news program about freedom fighters, I though that `Gorrillas` could use guns.— adrian