Inside Copy: What's Actually in a Broadcaster's Ear (Pranks and Yelling)

That small coiled wire running down a TV broadcaster's neck has a real purpose, and it is also exactly what caused one meteorologist to completely lose it on live television. A prank loop played through his earpiece left him fighting through an uncontrollable giggling fit mid segment, and the clip went viral within hours. A Quebec highway ended up covered in a substance most people would never expect to see spilled by the truckload, after a transport truck overturned near Montreal carrying thousands of pounds of it. Ottawa's own Trump Avenue is now up for a rename, and the list of suggestions residents have floated includes at least one name pointed enough to make the joke obvious. Topics: IFB earpiece, meteorologist giggling fit, Trump Avenue Ottawa, craft dinner highway spill, broadcast prank Originally aired on 2026-08-28