Radio Show Content | Audio Breaks

Froggy 92.9, Santa Rosa, CA Joss Loves to Decorate

November 27, 2016

Rob & Joss Audio helps you tell a story. When planning your breaks, part of the prep process should be to see if audio exists to help place your commentary and observations in context (i.e. when talking about something you saw on TV, that audio helps bring in those who didn’t see the show – which is a majority of those listening). Likewise, ask what audio might exist that will heighten the entertainment factor of the break. Rob and Joss, Froggy, 92.9, Santa Rosa, CA got into a discussion of Joss’s love of holiday decorating and the topic of her mother came up. The team is also a couple, which the audience knows, which gives Rob license to have fun with Joss’s mother in the conversation. Here, but briefly, Rob uses the wicked witch of the west music from The Wizard of Oz solely to put more energy and laughter in the break, thus helping the story-telling and creating more fun.

Power 106, Los Angeles – Which Cast Member is Ugliest?

November 20, 2016

power106_cruz_500x350 Self-deprecating humor is a huge attribute to get the audience to root for you. David Letterman and Howard Stern, in part, built their empires on the persona that they weren’t good enough, smart enough, or funny enough to be popular. That made them even more authentic and positioned them as the kind of personalities you root for because they are confident and comfortable enough to make fun of themselves. Here’s an idea you can bank for next Halloween. The Cruz Show, Power 106, Los Angeles, showed kids pictures of the cast and asked them which person on the program was so ugly, they didn’t need a Halloween mask. Kids have no filter and, as you know, are brutally honest. What comes (towards the end of this short break below) are funny reactions that endear the audience to each cast member as they’re chosen.

Power 106, Los Angeles Your Voice is Heard on The Cruz Show

November 13, 2016

power106_cruz_500x350 We control how people feel about our brand. It’s in our power, based on how we do our content, to communicate the vibe and emotion listeners leave with. After the Trump win, The Cruz Show, Power 106, Los Angeles, processed very carefully if they wanted their fans to hear a break the morning after the election unhappy and with despair or hopeful, despite the election not going their way as a radio station targeting Hispanics listeners. They had the power to be negative or lack hope. They went in the opposite direction taking calls, even from Hispanic Trump fans, to let people know their voice is heard on the show even if they disagree and that, most importantly, they wanted them to be positive. In controlling the emotion, as expressly shown and and stated in this break, they leave their P1s with a message that ultimately builds who they are as people. This is strategically created radio.

B105, Cincinnati Beat the Bear

November 6, 2016

amandajesse_500x350 Fun benchmarks serve two main purposes for a show: they help develop significant “fun” images. Shows cannot win if they’re not perceived as fun by their audience. This is one of the chief reasons listeners turn you on – there is no show that can win without this image. The other benefit of a terrific benchmark is that it creates an appointment into the show for listeners. Considering PPM is a game of occasions, unique and fun benchmarks do this for you. Trivia and games are an easy vehicle to develop into a benchmark because they are vicarious. But…(important), it’s how you do it that gives you both benefits. Any TV game show is basically built around trivia. Its execution is what cannot be duplicated. At Amanda and Jesse, B105, Cincinnati, we took the typical “name a certain number of items in a category” game and created Beat the Bear, where the caller has to name the category items or…they’ll be mauled by a bear. Few have survived, which is the hook for the win. Here is an example of an effective, strategic benchmark.

B105, Cincinnati What Would Scarecrow Do?

October 30, 2016

b105_bigdave_500x350 The goal each morning is to be silly and fun in a way that reflects your brand and your program’s collective sense-of-humor. The Big Dave Show, B105, Cincinnati has a highly opinionated, terrifically goofy listener who always calls that they’ve turned into a recurring character for Halloween in a feature called What Would Scarecrow Do? Listeners call with their Halloween costume dilemma and Scarecrow has at it. With the tension of the presidential race and the world, your audience is looking for a respite from the stresses of life. Humor cures anxiety and there is lots of it. This show (Big Dave, Chelsie, and Statt) are picking up a CMA Award this week in Nashville for the Best Large Market Show (exceptionally proud, it’s very deserved). This goofy audio is a four-minute break from the world, which is exactly what the doctor ordered. You’ll love the jingle.

Kick-Ass Audio Breaks

Froggy 92.9, Santa Rosa, CA Joss Loves to Decorate

Power 106, Los Angeles – Which Cast Member is Ugliest?

Power 106, Los Angeles Your Voice is Heard on The Cruz Show

B105, Cincinnati Beat the Bear

B105, Cincinnati What Would Scarecrow Do?

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