Media types are always falling for stuff like this. I remember during the many fires we have had here in LA you would have Howard Stern’s people calling local networks pretending to be from the fire department but you could easily tell it was a skit and he would say “And a Baa Baa Booey to you all”
There was another Stern prankster recently who had an on-air interview with some national anchor during that LA rogue cop manhunt a few months back. He finally claimed “Ronnie the Limo Driver” had spotted the cop. I haven’t heard Stern for at least 15 years, but I took it “Ronnie the Limo Driver” was another Stern character.