Time to ask the audience to help you with summer digital content. Many of your fans will be on beaches and at pools this summer. Ask for their help with I Spot a Speedo. If they see someone in a Speedo, have them take a picture and send it to you. Then share it on social media. Especially if you target women, who doesn’t want to see guys in Speedos?
With Justin Timberlake all over the news for his DUI arrest, get a bunch of people to sing their favorite JT song. Play them for a caller who has to identify two out of three to win. Call it Justin Timber-Fake.
With the US Supreme Court announcing all their big cases over the next week, find five people who love Nachos Supreme from Taco Bell and have them vote on silly dilemmas you come up with by making them your Nachos Supreme Court.
With summer vacations about to kick in, talk to a listener each Friday who’s about to head out on vacation. Give them a $5 budget and ask them to buy you something in the hotel gift shop. Then, at the end of the summer, give out everything you have.
With this being Pride Month, find a local drag show and create a promotion where listeners, whose fathers have never been to one, attend with you. It’s Daddy’s First Drag Show!
With graduations now over, let parents come on to boast about where their kid graduated and where they’ll head to college. Then grab a scratch off and tell them whatever winnings are on the card you will give them to defray the cost of college. Then scratch that bad boy off and announce the amount!
Cellmates is a trivia game played by two listeners who’ve done time or gotten in trouble with the law. They each tell their story of how things went sideways, then each are asked three trivia questions. Between the two, they must get five right to win. Your win comes in hearing how they got in trouble! Thanks to the Daly/Miggs Show, Rock 99.9 (KISW), Seattle for this idea.
It’s believed the Trump trial is rounding the corner to a verdict. Lots of shows have been avoiding the topic (smart) because it’s so polarizing. But there’s no reason you can’t mention the trial, then pivot to wondering what it’s like to be on a jury and solicit for those stories.
Graduation season is upon us! Get in touch with all the famous and powerful people in your market and ask them to tell you a story about their life that proves the tassel was worth the hassle. They can talk about how much better their life is because they got educated. Would be relevant to feature them when graduations are happening.
With Mother’s Day not too far off, who is the most famous person you know (in or out of your market)? If their mom will come on, do a series of short interviews with them each morning at the same time that week without ever referring to who their famous kid is. After the short segment each day, take a few calls to see if listeners can guess the famous person whose mom you’re talking to.