The father and son behind this stunt never say what station it is, but in a separate post, the son indicates it's on a frequency of 1460 AM and is 10,000 watts. He also expresses surprise that the meat wasn't all that hot after coming in contact with the metal, despite the shower of sparks and half the thing being blown off.

Oh, and one more thing, and this may be the most important fact of all: the hot dog used was an Oscar Meyer Uncured Beef Frank. So now you know. 

Talking Hot Dog gives new meaning to 'Ham radio'

I'm just glad they didn't burn their buns.

I'd listen to a hot dog, before I'd suffer through one more syllable of John Tory.  The wiener has more credibility.

This is a bizarre demonstration that refuses to die. Millions have watched the video of the talking radio hot dog. And even the duo behind the experiement remain fascinated by their own results.

"We came back multiple times to do more experiments, because once you do something and something unexpected happens, you have to go back,” Jeff Geerling said. “We also measured the heat of the hot dog, and what I was surprised by was that the hot dog was not really heated up at all…that RF signal was tunneling through it, so there was probably a little tunnel inside of it that was really hot.” 

There have been others who tried playing around with AM transmitting towers, but the one thing all of them warn is not to try this at home! But you have to wonder: how does it do with hamburgers?

Why millions have watched a hot dog touch a radio tower in St. Charles