The Regular Person Olympics

The Olympics are two weeks away.  We really have no idea just how good Olympics athletes are.  That’s because we’re always comparing them to other Olympic athletes.  Enter the Regular Person Olympics.  Choose enough Olympic events to match the number of people on your show (make them the easy events).  Assign one person per event – they have to go do it, get audio doing if for the show and video for social media.  Want to see just how good a swimmer or runner is?  Compare them against the person on your program doing the same event.  Thanks to The Josie Dye Show with Matt and Carlin, Indie 88, Toronto for this great idea.

How Cold Is It There?

Are you suffering through the heatwave in your market?  Play “How Cold Is It There?”  It’s summer here, but winter below the equator.  One listener guesses the temperature in a city in the southern hemisphere.  Then call a hotel in a big city there and ask how cold it is.  If the listener comes within 5-degrees, they win!

The Masket Casket

With everyone shedding their masks, go get yourself a pet casket on Amazon and have a burial service for all the masks we are no longer required to wear.  Put them in the coffin and bury them out back, with someone playing Taps.  Call it The Masket Casket.

Five Question Friday

As people head back to work, find listeners who work in interesting professions and invite one on each Friday to explore it.  To force more occasions through the week, each day at the time of the Friday interview, ask listeners to submit questions that can be asked using social media.  Gather them through the week and call the feature Five Question Friday.

Jobs After Jabs

There seems to be a hiring issue in every area of the country.  Lots of jobs, but no workers.  Feature local clients and area businesses who have open positions on the show.  Let them come on to tell your audience what’s available and how they can apply.  Call it Jobs After Jabs.

Hi to the Haters

Betcha there were people in your life who told you that you’d never make it.  We call them The Haters.  Here’s a great spot to root for the audience with a new feature called Hi to the Haters.  Let listeners come on, give the first name of someone who told them they’d never amount to anything, then celebrate their win.  Thanks to Karson and Kennedy, MIX 104.1, Boston for this idea.

What Did You Have For Breakfast?

If you’re looking for a new, occasional feature for your show, how about What Did You Have For Breakfast?  Get a quirky jingle, then open the phones and ask listeners as they’re driving to work what they had for breakfast that morning.  You’ll get everything from two eggs and bacon to a bag of potato chips.

Not Responsible For Broken Windshields

Have you ever been behind a truck that has a sign on its back, “Not Responsible For Broken Windshields”?  I’ve long wondered if a rock falls from that truck and breaks your windshield, if the sign is enough to absolve them of actual responsibility.  Find a lawyer and ask them on-the-air if that’s true!

The $5 Gift

With everything opening up, talk to one listener each week through the summer who’s going on vacation with their family.  Ask them to bring you back something from the gift shop where they’re going as a gift and that you will reimburse them.  Then tell them you have a weekly $5 budget and they cannot go over it.  Collect the gift when they return and then, at the end of the summer, give out all the gifts you received to another listener.

He Shoots, He Scores

Go grab some play-by-play audio from YouTube of a sporting event for a new game called He Shoots, He Scores.  You play the audio just until the ball is released.  The caller then has to guess if the player scored.  Then go back to the audio to finish the play-by-play to see if they guessed right.