Kick-Ass Audio Breaks

Trivia always works on morning shows because is makes listeners play along.  How you do the trivia, though, determines if it’s entertaining.  Jimmy and Yvonne, on DAVE-FM, Atlanta, do “The Waffle House Aptitude Test”.  They line up five callers and then ask the person who answers the phone at a local Waffle House five questions based on current events.  However many of the five questions the person get right determines which phone line/listener wins the prize (i.e. if they get three right, the listener on line three wins).

Kyle and Rachel at Radio Now, Indianapolis, do this fun, interactive thing with listeners on occasion called “I Don’t Believe You”.  Listeners call, give a one sentence story about something they may have experienced in life, and the morning show has to determine if it’s believable.  Most stories told are true, so they get the details and entertain the audience in the process.  It’s just another fun way to get listeners participating in the show around a vicarious feature.