We’ll Sex You Up

Dave McKay from the WQYK, Tampa morning show was talking recently about how his mother’s outgoing voicemail message made her sound like she works at a 900-number.  He aired it, then added some porn music, which made it even funnier.  Go grab some stereotypical porn music from your production library and put it under the outgoing messages of fellow station employees to “sex them up”.  Then have listeners give you their cell numbers, call them back to capture their outgoing message, and do the same to them.

Summer Camp With the Show

One great relatable from everyone’s summer as a kid is camp.  Now there are a slew of them, and all different kinds.  Ask fellow station employees who have kids going to overnight camp to ask their children call your voicemail each night on their cell phone to list the things they did at camp that day.  Edit together the most interesting/fun things as told to you by the cutest sounding kids.  Air them in packages through the summer that will make every listener feel like they’re twelve years old again!

I Quit!

How about calling random businesses around the country, introduce yourself to the person answering the phone, and (pretending you are an employee there), quit.  See how the person reacts, maybe they will even feign knowing you even though you say you “work in different departments”.  Remember to not air anyone without their permission!

Daddy Day Music Lab

For Father’s Day:  “The Daddy Day Music Lab”.  Have a father on with his kid.  You play a hook from a song from the dad’s generation and the kid has to give you title or artist (remember you’re playing the hook so let’s see if the kid is smart enough to just regurgitate it back to you). Do the same with popular songs today to see if the dad knows them.

Name the Rich Guy

With Mitt Romney now firmly in command of the nomination, do “The Rich Guys”.  There are tons of iconic rich guys on TV over the years (Thurston Howell, Mr. Drysdale, Jed Clampett, Bruce Wayne, Montgomery Burns, Gomez Adams, Richie Rich, Mitt Romney!).  Have audio of each.  Your contestant must guess three of five right to win.

Shoe Spelling Bee

The National Spelling Bee is this week.  Get two male listeners on and have a Shoe Spelling Bee.  You give them a brand name of shows (designer) and the first guy to correctly spell three brand names wins.

The Name Game

This one is incredibly silly.  It’s called “The Name Game”.  Get two people on the phone (it works best with a guy and a gal) and only introduce them to the audience as “caller one and caller two”.  Going back and forth, each gets five shots at guessing the other’s first name.  First to do it wins your jackpot or prize.  But if neither do it, the prize goes in the bundle and you come back again the next day at the same time with two fresh people.  This will go on forever and you’ll never get a winner and that will be the allure.

Let’s Meet the Moms

Mother’s Day is one week away.  An angle that’s never explored is to put together a list of local celebrities (sports, TV, entertainment, politicians) and get their moms on.  You might even land that hard-to-get interview with the local celebrity if you do!

Naughty or Not

With the book “Fifty Shades of Gray” all the rage with women, play “Naughty or Not”.  Listeners choose a random page in the book.  You then go to that page and if they’ve chosen a page with naughtiness, they win.  Find an entertaining person (your chief engineer?) in the building to read the naughty passages, with all the dirty words or phrases substituted for with the name of a vegetable!

Mariachi Wake Ups

With Cinco de Mayo just around the corner (it’s on a Saturday this year), do some Mariachi Wake Up Calls.  Find a local mariachi band and solicit (via on-air or social media) for moms who are frustrated that their kids can’t seem to get up on time for school.  Show up at a home at 6am (or the time the kid needs to be awake) and wake them with a full mariachi band in their bedroom.  This works best when recorded, edited, and presented as live.  You can do a few the week of the holiday!