Patchogue Businesses in April Fools' Day Spirit

Patchogue-based and have been in the April Fool’s Day spirit Friday.

WALK-FM, broadcasting at 97.5 FM, had allegedly switched its 80s, 90s and Today format entirely to the 24-hour holiday music format the station typically adopts in November and December leading up to the Christmas holiday. Hosts of the station’s morning show fielded calls from listeners that both loved and hated the change.

“I turned on the radio at 5:09 and thought, I didn't sleep that long,” said one listener in a recorded promo airing on the station.

Another listener called into the station commenting that the change reminded her that she was still broke from the last holiday season.

The station has since returned to its normal format as of Friday evening.

Not vague however is Blue Point Brewery’s April Fool’s joke, in which the company set up a press release on its website claiming that the Patchogue-based business would be bought out by the MillerCoors company.

“We feel that crafters are missing the mark to the mass market and with this alliance Blue Point can now focus on transitioning the craft brew drinker into the main stream,” allegedly said Peter Cotter, president of the Blue Point Brewing Company, in the release.

After claiming in the release that some of their niche beers such as Hoptical Illusion and RastafaRye would also need to be discontinued, the company acknowledges that the entire announcement is false, and that the company is not in buyout talks after all.

“Blue Point Brewing Company would like you to have a happy April Fools’ Day! Blue Point Brewing Company - independently owned with no corporate ties. Ever,” finished the release.

And Friday morning Patchogue Patch reported on Facebook and Twitter that MTV Jersey Shore's Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino replaced Michael 'The Patch Guy' Sorrentino as Local Editor of Patchogue Patch. 'The Patch Guy' isn't going anywhere. Happy April Fools' Day!

Updated: 7:50 p.m.