Your Grandparents Have Talent

An 82-year old man was singing heavy metal on “America’s Got Talent” last week.  Why not have a talent competition amongst the grandparents of your listeners in the last week of the TV show, just as it’s crowning its new champion?

The Pool Report

Time to tap into the lifestyle that is neighborhoods and the summer in “The Pool Report”.  Find kids at neighborhood pools and get them to contribute to the show (comment on the day’s news stories, talk about the summer and time off from school, gossip about their neighbors, etc.).  Kids are always in good moods at pools so you’ll get all that energy and enthusiasm on your show.

Just Like Justin

Wouldn’t it be fun to have the audience vote for 24-hours on your website and all your social media platforms on which male cast member of the show has to do their version of the Justin Bieber crotch grab picture released on his Instagram (here)?

Roast This!

Put compromising pictures of cast members on your social media sites (i.e. the heaviest guy on your show in a Speedo) with two words:  Roast This!  Then, in an entertaining way, read what you get.  Thanks for Spencer Graves from Spencer’s Neighborhood, 106.5 The Arch, St. Louis for this idea.

Help For the Best Man

We’re about to enter June, the traditional month for lots of weddings.  Using social media, find a male listener who’s a best man at an upcoming wedding.  The best man has to give the first toast at the reception.  Develop a one-week narrative arc where you introduce him to the audience, find out about the happy couple, then get him professional help to write a killer first toast.  The payoff is the Monday after the ceremony when you have audio and guest reaction on your show.

We’ll Be Friends For Life

With graduations ramping up across everyone’s market, have the cast bring their yearbooks in and have someone read to the audience something that was written in it to each by a classmate.  The listener must guess which cast member it is.

Smell It Then Spell It

The Scripps National Spelling Bee in the last week of this month.  Let’s have a contest amongst the show cast where they’d need to be blindfolded!  It’s called “Smell It Then Spell It”.  A cast member smells something (reaction) then has to spell what they smell.  First to three points wins.  You might want to include listeners on the phone who can help in the spelling part.

The Mariachi Band

With Cinco de Mayo this week, your show needs a decidedly festive feel.  How about finding a local mariachi band to do one of two things:  Mariachi Wake Ups (the band enters the room of a kid who hasn’t woken up for school yet) or the band plays you into your stop set breaks all morning!

Know the Show: Cinco de Mayo Edition

May 5th is right around the corner, which is a great time to do “Know the Show:  Cinco de Mayo Edition”.  Invite your PD to come in loaded with personal questions about the cast everyone should know.  Another member of the show is asked a question.  If they get it right, you move on to the next person.  If they get it wrong, they must eat one of the really hot peppers you buy at your local grocery store.

What Does That Sound Mean?

Each of us has certain sounds that mean certain things in our life.  On our phones, tablets, in our homes and cars. Each person on the show should record some of those sounds.  Play one for the audience who then must guess its meaning.  Then the cast member shares what that sound signifies for them.