With schools back in session, let’s find a high school teacher who’ll come on once a week to give every member of the show a five question quiz they gave their students that week. They ask you the questions on day one, you submit your answers, and they come back the next day at the same time to see who passed. Do this for the first month of school to see who the smartest is in the room.
Football is about to start again and with that, there will be lots of tailgating. Go grab audio of tailgators at a local game. Talk to them while they’re eating. Play that audio for the listener, who has to guess The Meat in My Mouth. Make sure the person eating also reveals the meat in their mouth!
Ta-dah. A new feature for the show designed to get phones and easy social media action. How Old, How Many! Choose a category like tattoos. The audience then tells you how old they are and how many tattoos they have. You can easily do this with a bunch of categories (jobs, cities you’ve lived in, sex partners), all resulting in a frame that leads you to explore some stories around it.
Does your show have a relationship with a local TV station? See if the anchors/reporters will do a video series with you called First Laugher Loses. Someone on your show sits facing someone on their air. You go back and forth telling short jokes, trying not to laugh. The first person to laugh at the other’s joke loses. It’ll help soften the images of the TV folks, give you great videos for social media, and some free attention from the TV station.
Teachers are already heading back to set things up for a new school year. Any chance you can hook up with an appropriate client, ask teachers to decorate their lounge with your logo and pictures, and submit them to you for digital content? Choose one winner and outfit their teachers lounge with the item the client provides you.
Teachers are headed back to prepare for the new school year. Lots of teachers pay for school supplies out of their own pocket. They post online the list of things they need. Grab those lists (have local teachers send theirs to you) and take care of it in Clear the List.
How about a cross-promotion with a local TV station? In return for coverage, spend an entire week on your show calling all their on-air personalities to ask one simple question (and the name of this week’s Free Idea): “Hey, What Did You Have For Breakfast”?
With summer travel in full swing, and lots of travel trouble, you know who has great stories? The TSA. See if a local TSA agent will come on to tell stories of things they’ve seen, and stuff found in luggage they had to keep. If a current TSA agent won’t come on, use social media to find a former TSA worker who can tell stories, too, in Tales of the TSA.
With so many flights being affected with the pilot and flight attendant shortage and weather, here’s a fun new game you can play called Delayed, Cancelled, Or On Time? Find a flight that leaves your airport while you’re on. The listener has to guess if the flight is delayed, cancelled, or on time when you give them the flight number. Then call the airline phone number to get the audio of their system telling you the status (much better than just looking it up on-line).
Each week through the summer, talk to one family leaving for vacation that weekend. Give them a budget of $5 and ask that they bring you back a souvenir from the gift shop from wherever they’re going.