Here’s a fun summertime promotion compliments of Marci Braun, Brand Manager, WUSN, Chicago. They had a gas grill to win in a promotion. The caller had to curse them out to get qualified to win it. They obviously bleeped all the curse words before airing the call, which made it funnier. It was called Profane for Propane.
With the Olympics in full swing, every time you play a game this week and the listener wins, play the national anthem of the country of their ancestors. You can find all of these online (even cheesy versions, which would be funnier). Find out the country of their heritage before you play the game or contest and have it ready.
With the Paris Olympics the big topic for the next two weeks, have one cast member of the show (or a fellow employee if you are not part of a team) do a daily medal count update at 8am each morning. The only hitch is they have to do it in French!
Everyone’s headed out on vacation in the next month. Do a weekly phone topic asking listeners where they’re headed for vacation. Then ask them to send you a selfie from vacation. Print all the pictures you get and put them on a wall in the studio you will name The Wall of Vacation Selfies.
With Amazon Prime Days this week, set someone from the show up at a computer and signed into their account. Their goal over the course of the program, is to load their cart up with so much stuff it equals $1,000,000. The hitch? They can’t buy any more than two items of the same thing. Put live video of it on social media as you keep looking at the cart! Would be fun to see what happens.
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!