Jimmy Baron’s Tix Sale Goes Wrong
Jimmy Baron (from Jimmy and Yvonne, who do mornings on DAVE-FM, Atlanta) decided to sell some tickets he’d purchased to another employee at the station. Not looking to for anything other than face value, listen as Jimmy tells the story of about how the money he was given came up short, followed by an on-air “discussion” with the person he sold the tickets to. These kinds of honest, unfolding conversations on-the-air are great character building and riveting for listeners to hear because they are relatable and unpredictable.
Women went on in pairs of twos on Mojo in the Morning on Channel 95.5, Detroit. The team judged which of the two had a better “hand” in this game of “Bitter Ex Poker” when they told a story about how they were wronged by a former boyfriend. It’s another way to do relationships-oriented content.
Back over the summer when it was incredibly hot in the northeast, there was an air conditioner war going on in the home of Tiffany Hill, from the Tiffany and Michael Show at B101, Philadelphia. Tiffany’s husband, David, liked it set at 60, she liked it set at 68. How to resolve this? By the use of trivia, of course. In this audio segment, Tiffany turned the air conditioning down one degree for every heat-related trivia question David got right. This one’s fun!
One of our signature features on J & Julian’s show on B96 Chicago is “Showbiz Shelly’s Smackdown” where our show biz expert, Shelly takes on a listener in a daily pop culture trivia game. This is a special version because she payed against Perez Hilton! We billed this as the Showbiz Queen verses the Showbiz Queen!
Here’s why this interview with the Food Network’s Bobby Flay on Karson & Kennedy on MIX 104.1, Boston is a terrific one. Great interviews bring people inside through story-telling and get the interviewee to reveal something we listeners don’t know. In the first half, Bobby talks about getting vegetables out of Michelle Obama’s garden at the White House (brings me inside by telling a story) and in the back half, he admits that his new show, positioned as though it’s done at his home, actually isn’t as it’s a TV set (told me what I didn’t know).
With the Mel Gibson story front and center, NOW, New York City’s Nick Cannon decided he wanted to get into a new profession to help Mel. So as an anger management counselor, Nick rang Mel up on Skype for a little conversation! Innovation is what makes shows unique. Here’s a great example of an idea no one else thought of that made Nick stand out in that moment, creating an environment where listeners would come back for more because they had so much fun hearing this.
A fun way we end all artist interviews on syndicated country show Tony & Kris is a feature called “60 Seconds”. The guys throw questions at the artist in rapid fire form, asking them to answer with the first thing that hits them. All the questions are personal so they reveal themselves. In the process, we find out some inside stuff about the artist and arm ourselves with fresh places to go the next time we talk with them.