The infamous "turkey drop" episode in WKRP was actually followed by something similar in Cleveland in the early 80's (I happened to be visiting there at the time). It as either inspired by the turkey show or in spite of the turkey show.
To celebrate the spring opening of the Cleveland Ind*ans (can I type that anymore?) season a local radio station had a contest where they dropped baseballs from a helicopter and if you caught one you won a ticket to the opener
It went about as well as you'd expect with several people injured and the loss of a car windshield and assorted property damage.
What I particularly remember was the editorial on the TV News raging that "this is what makes Cleveland a laughing stock".