by Steve Reynolds | August 11, 2019 | Audio |
When introducing a new cast member to the audience, it’s always most efficient and effective to do so with a regular feature the new person does – this will quickly define that talent and set their sense of humor for the audience. It should not be their...
by Steve Reynolds | August 4, 2019 | Audio |
There is fun all around you. Often, we lean on phone calls to play games – yet, we are getting fewer of them because less people are inclined to call and listeners are more engaged to interact with their favorite radio stations and shows via social media and...
by Steve Reynolds | July 28, 2019 | Audio |
The conventional wisdom is that a topic as polarizing as Robert Meuller’s testimony to Congress this past week can’t be touched. It’s too volatile to do. I challenge you to develop some idea around it to test your creativity for an idea that has...
by Steve Reynolds | July 21, 2019 | Audio |
Here’s a fun, new feature that highlights two important attributes of a show – music and fun around pop culture. The Ty Bentli Show, Nashville (syndicated) has access to hundreds of artists being in the mecca for country music. Each morning, they bring...
by Steve Reynolds | July 14, 2019 | Audio |
A goal for your show should be to start moving away from being feature driven (all those benchmarks do work to create appointments) so that the draw for listeners and fans is the compelling conversation you and your team have around the topics of the day. Go back to...
by Steve Reynolds | July 7, 2019 | Audio |
One way to invigorate your benchmarks is to occasionally ask celebrities to do them. Benchmarks work because they create an appointment for your show (which is why you do them at the same time – and no, the audience doesn’t bore of them if they are...
