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AMP 103.3, Boston Cardi B Does Nursery Rhymes

August 12, 2018

Cardi B has her baby and The TJ Show, AMP 103.3, Boston has a reply! As TJ always does, it’s both relatable and highly innovative. My friends at Coleman Insights talked this week in their blog about the three T’s of content: What is your topic, what treatment will you give it, and what will be its tone? We preach all the time to be on the biggest topics of the day, and doing something with them that both fits the show and is different for the market. TJ and his team do that here first with a highly known topic (Cardi B having her baby) that requires no effort to follow as she’s very familiar. Their treatment is to debut Cardi’s new “songs” (which are nursery rhymes). The tone is humor, which is the most important attribute because listeners wake up wanting to have a great time. Enjoy an excellent execution of Coleman’s three T’s of content.

CBS-FM, New York Scott Shannon is Confused by Lettuce

August 5, 2018

Real life is really funny. Relatable stories are fun to hear. That’s proven in this clip from the legendary Scott Shannon, CBS-FM, New York City. Scott knows he’s perceived as a star by the audience (he earned his way there by connecting with and entertaining the audience over the years). That’s why this break about Scott going to lunch is so humorous. Admitting he’s hungry, Scott finds a new restaurant in town which is “just like Chipolte” where you have to get on line and choose the items you want in the meal. Here’s where the fun happens as Scott admits confusion to knowing what all those items are. He said he had to choose between six lettuces – and didn’t even know there were six lettuces. The whole break has wonderful details that paint a great picture and reminds the audience that, while Scott is a star, he’s actually a regular guy like you and me. Don’t underestimate the power of a story like this to grab the audience.

WDRV, Chicago Sherman’s $14,000 Vacation

July 29, 2018

Hooking the audience with a question almost always works to build intrigue to hear a story. Brian Sherman, from Sherman and Tingle, WDRV, Chicago, had a lovely summer vacation, until he got home. That’s when he discovered his air conditioning unit and furnace were completely, totally dead. And that the cost to replace all of it would be $14,000. Brian could have just told the story, which would have been good. But he hooked them by asking the audience what happened that cost him $14,000 at the end of his vacation (there’s your hook and intrigue). After a series of wrong guesses, someone got it right, which is when Brian then told the story. This is brilliantly structured and executed to grab the audience to want to hear the story while including listeners.

MIX 104.1, Boston It’s Time for Lobster News

July 22, 2018

Karson & Kennedy There are very few markets where lobster news would be a part of a show’s information segment. But considering it’s a local food in their market, Karson and Kennedy, MIX 104.1, Boston, highlight all news that is lobster-oriented. Lobster ice cream might not make it as a FOX News Alert, but for these guys, it’s something that should be showcased and included in Kate Merrill’s hourly news segment! The most important thing you can do as a show is cultivate an image of fun. In this stressful world, being the respite from the seriousness of the world today, laughter is your best bet. Just reporting the lobster news isn’t enough. In this short part of the newscast, you’ll not only hear the lobster news, but also a silly Letterman-esque jingle that highlights it and makes it even more fun. Go create laughter for the listener and you’ll be doing the one thing listeners want most – escape from the world we know today.

WARH, St. Louis The Interview Q&A

July 15, 2018

There’s this belief in PPM that interviews don’t work. In reality, crappy interviews don’t work. That’s why Howard Stern’s famous one-hour interviews with near anyone are riveting – because Howard works overtime figuring out what he’ll do in the interview; what he’ll talk about with the subject; and how he’ll create a compelling, fun, interesting, probing conversation. Any idea who David Koechner is? He’s the guy who played Champ opposite Ron Burgundy in one of the funniest movies ever, Anchorman. Koechner was playing the local comedy club when he stopped in for an interview with Spencer’s Neighborhood, 106.5 The Arch, St. Louis. Knowing the audience would not recognize him by name and that a standard Q&A wouldn’t be enough, they threw Anchorman lines at him to see if he remembered what the character said in the exchange Quirky, different, and fun. If you get interviews, work hard on what you’ll do to draw in people who’ve never heard of your subject – probe, tell stories, and have fun and you’ll be in a good spot.

Kick-Ass Audio Breaks

AMP 103.3, Boston Cardi B Does Nursery Rhymes

CBS-FM, New York Scott Shannon is Confused by Lettuce

WDRV, Chicago Sherman’s $14,000 Vacation

MIX 104.1, Boston It’s Time for Lobster News

WARH, St. Louis The Interview Q&A

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