Beat That Bore
Here’s a new Monday feature where someone on the show runs down all the boring, rote things they did over the weekend, then you open the phones looking for a listener who had a more boring weekend. Call it Beat That Bore.
The Tip Plus Ten
With restaurants re-opening across the country, the service industry has been hurt more than many others. Mount a one week campaign on the show called The Tip Plus Ten encouraging listeners who go out to eat to increase their tip to 30% if they can, to help wait people out financially because of the money they lost.
Queen on the Scene
If the goal is to be bold and memorable, why not have a drag queen come on each week to run down the list of weekend things to do in your market for families?
Your Home, The Yelp Review
Now that listeners have been holed up in their homes for months, let’s treat that like their home is a hotel and ask family members to give a Yelp review of the stay. Come up with a few categories and open the phones (start with your home).
The Radio Free Sample
With businesses starting to re-open, do a feature a few times a week called The Radio Free Sample. Let people who own businesses come on and tell everyone all about their local business – what they do, where they are, and when they’re open. Give each person a free fifteen seconds and be an advocate for local companies while proving the power of radio.
Quarantine Court
With most everyone still holed up inside with their families, problems will bubble up. Choose the sillier ones and do a feature called Quarantine Court where the two parties plead their case to you for advice, then open it up to the jury (12 callers) with a vote on who’s right. Grab some production from Judge Judge online to spice things up and you have a relevant relationships-based feature until everyone can get back into their offices. Thanks to Hawkeye and Katelyn, KSCS, Dallas for this idea and frame.
The Home Hair Cut: FaceTime Edition
Still need that haircut? Get your stylist on FaceTime on one computer right in front of you and give your spouse the shears. The stylist walks your spouse through how to do that as you sip cocktails and carry on a conversation throughout. Let the audience see all of it. A fun video for Facebook with audio on the show to support it.
Movies on The Corona Scale
I wouldn’t normally endorse doing movie reviews on any show, but with everyone watching them to pass the time while we wait out the virus, let’s make an exception. This could be done as a Friday or Monday feature (or both) – call, tell us the movie you watched, rate it on the 0-5 Corona scale, then a couple of sentences why.
A Hair Cut on the DL
Dear Morning Show: my hairdresser called to tell me he’s pulling the shades at the shop and quietly cutting the hair of two people every day. He asks if I’d like to come Friday at 10am to get my hair cut. I’d have to pay in cash and could not tell anyone who did it. Should I do it? Ah, the moral dilemma – propose this then watch the phones go crazy.
The Last Resort for a Haircut
We gave you the idea of couples cutting each other’s hair with no salons being open during the pandemic. Now, a twist. What if someone on the show got their hair cut by someone who only grooms dogs? It’s a funny thesis. Go find one, introduce them to the audience, then see what you get.