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This Week’s Hot List

Welcome to THE place for a list of timely topics for show content

Content that will captivate listeners and compel them to return tomorrow. THAT’S the goal of my weekly Hot List.

Hot List October 12, 2026

NFL Week #5

College Football

Gas Prices

Hurricane Isaias

Columbus Day

Christa Pike

Pumpkin Spice

MLB Playoffs

Elon Musk

iPhone Duo

Nobel Peace Prize

Flu Season

George Clooney

Halloween

The Hot List curates high-equity topics.

You know, the stuff everyone is buzzing about. I do the leg work so you can focus on what’s REALLY important: running with a topic and making it completely your own. After all, that’s what the most successful radio and TV folks do, right? They take the news of the day and do something funny, interesting, and different with it.

Anything on the Hot List has appeal across gender and age.

(And remember, the audience doesn’t have to like the topic—they just need to know about it.) Choose topics like you choose music: only play the hits. And be sure to add things happening within your market and inside your format to complete it. Print and post this wherever you prep, and let it be your guide to creating fun around topics your listeners know and care about.

Want me to show you how to turn HOT topics into ratings GOLD?

Let’s chat!

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