Kick-Ass Audio Breaks

We suggested a new game a few weeks ago on the Monday Morning Free Ideas page called Cancelled, Delayed, or On Time. Designed to play off the summer travel trouble vacationers endured, the show chooses a flight leaving the airport that morning, a listener guesses if it’s delayed, cancelled, or on-time, then you call the airline’s voice-activated phone line to see its status.  Our wins will always come when we’re relevant (travel trouble was a topic over the summer everyone could relate to whether they traveled by air or not) and then figuring out what to do with them that no one else will think of.  When listeners come to your show and you’re on the biggest topics and doing something with them conjured from your creative brain, that isn’t perceived as a wacky radio idea, you win big because you have a show that can’t be found anywhere but your station.  Here’s Josie, Carlin, and Brent, Indie 88, Toronto, with a couple versions of the game.

Have you ever been accused by your PD that your show is in a silo?  When I did mornings, I never quite got this accusation until I stepped away.  Many shows ignore the rest of the radio station.  They don’t talk about station promotions too much or the other personalities.  I’ve never believed it’s malicious – you’re just into doing your content.  It helps in building the station brand for the audience to know that you’re one big, happy family.  That’s why finding reasons for other talent to be on your show and you being on their show lifts all boats.  A few weeks ago, we lost a key cast member on Karson and Kennedy, MIX 104.1, Boston.  The day before her final show, the afternoon team of Gregg, Freddy, and Danielle called Annie Dow to have some fun and say how much they’ll miss her.  Station fans leave a break like this knowing everyone likes one another.  Smart move.