With high school graduations right around the corner, why not spend some time finding out what famous people went to area high schools? Then, invite them on your show to re-live those glory years. Make yourself available to record these at their convenience. Find five and you can have a theme week when graduations are happening.
You know those TSA workers at your airport? They’ve been working without pay for the last month because of the government. Might be a good idea to partner with a client or two and bring them lunch one day this week as a thanks. Before you do, make sure every TV station in town knows it’s happening and you’ll likely get coverage.
Gas prices are back in the news. There’s not one of us, when filling up, that doesn’t play the same game. The gas is flowing and you try to disengage the pump at an exact dollar amount ($52.00!). Have a competition amongst the cast to see who can come closest. This could be a fun on-air conversation with a wrap-up of pushing the videos, and announcing the champion, on social media.
St. Patrick’s Day is next week so it’s time for the Show With the Brogue. Re-work all your sweepers to be topical-sounding that day by having them redone in the classic Irish accent. Don’t know anyone who’s Irish or can do the brogue? That’s where A.I. comes in! Be topical that day with lots of St. Patrick’s Day content, but make the show sound it, too.
With Easter one month away, here’s one you can work on. Easter, for kids, is centered around chocolate (I know, go figure!). The pinnacle for chocolate for many is Cadbury. The lowest form is the hallow chocolate Easter bunny. Get some of both. Then blindfold co-workers and give them a taste of each to see if they can tell the difference. Call it the Cadbury Chocolate Challenge. Audio for the show, video for social media!
Here’s a fun street/game idea compliments of XYZ with Erik Zachary (syndicated, Skyview Networks) where they quiz people at bars while out Friday and Saturday nights. Trivia works all the time as it’s vicarious. When you add people who are tipsy, it gets even better. They call it Drink and Think!
With this being the last week of the Winter Olympics, get on YouTube and download cheesy versions of national anthems. It could be a fun game where you play a version and the audience has to identify the country as athletes win gold.
You can do this with two cast members who have significant others or two listeners. Find someone musically inclined and, getting to know the significant others (of the cast or two listeners), have them write and record a custom love song as a Valentine’s Day gift. The two songs get performed on the Friday show in front of the significant others and then the audience decides which one is better.
A big Hot Topic this week is the Super Bowl. It might be fun to do your parody of this by using…Uber! Lots of people have Uber Eats on their phones. Why doesn’t every cast member of the show order the same thing from Uber Eats at the same time during the show? Then, track to see whose delivery comes first. That person is the winner of your Uber Bowl. Plus you’ll have drivers to talk to on-the-air and get some stories from them of deliveries made that went sideways.
Have you ever seen those YouTube videos where kids are listening to Led Zeppelin or the Carpenters for the first time? You get to see their physical reactions and the comments sometimes are very funny. With him performing at the Super Bowl halftime show, why don’t you get to an assisted living facility and do that with Bad Bunny’s music? Great audio for the show and video for social media.