The Monday Morning Free Idea
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Check back every Monday for The Free Idea—a fun, entertaining bit of inspiration to help your show connect with your audience even more. You can also view past ideas, many of which my clients and I successfully used to engage listeners.
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The Celebrity Peep
/in Free Idea /by Steve ReynoldsEaster isn’t too far off. The Celebrity Peep is a fun, interactive bit you can do that will engage and intrigue listeners. Find a local celebrity everyone knows. Fill their mouth with peeps. Then have them read something. Play it for the audience. The first listener to guess the “celebrity peep” wins.
Name That Accent
/in Free Idea /by Steve ReynoldsVariety is the spice of life! You should always have a ton of fun ideas that can be used on the show to keep the program fresh. Name That Accent is where you invite listeners with accents to call (or better – tape them ahead of time). Each person reads the directions on how to use a common household product and callers have to say where that person is from.
The Irish Booth Annoucner
/in Free Idea /by Steve ReynoldsFor St. Patrick’s Day, find someone with an Irish accent and have them be your live booth announcer that morning. They’ll talk the show into spots and back to content. They can read sponsorships and do your teases.
Leprechaun Theater
/in Free Idea /by Steve ReynoldsWith St. Patrick’s Day not far off, do a topical parody of a classic radio bit where two people act out the scene of a movie with listeners guessing the movie. Find two people with Irish brogues, pitch up their voices, and call it Leprechaun Theater.
Zillow That Mess
/in Free Idea /by Steve ReynoldsWhat does each of us do when someone gives us their home address? We head to Zillow to see what it’s worth! There’s content there! Have listeners call with the address of their childhood home. Head to Zillow and tell them what it’s worth today!
Who Did You Sue?
/in Free Idea /by Steve ReynoldsPhone topics are either very broad (everyone can relate and has a similar story) or they are very narrow (few have stories, but those you get will be great). There’s never a downside to adding to the arsenal of ideas you can use when there isn’t much else going on. Who Did You Sue invites listeners who’ve sued someone to call and tell you that story.
Spice Up Your Spouse
/in Free Idea /by Steve ReynoldsIf you can get your hands on a couple of spa packages, do Spice Up Your Spouse for Valentine’s Day. Let female listeners call to complain about how their partner has given up on the holiday when it comes to gifts. Choose one and give each a spa package to spice things up.
The Weekend’s Dumbest Argument
/in Free Idea /by Steve ReynoldsMonday content tends to be easy because you have all that real life stuff from the weekend. If you’re up for a new Monday feature, do The Weekend’s Dumbest Argument where you take calls from listeners, auditioning for who had the dumbest argument with anyone.
Flex On Your Ex
/in Free Idea /by Steve ReynoldsTime for a new feature for the show. This one’s called Flex Your Ex where listeners come on and say something nice about their ex. That gives you a shot to explore their relationship and why it didn’t work out.
The Super Bowl Super Anthem
/in Free Idea /by Steve ReynoldsThe Super Bowl is less than one month away (February 13). Here’s an early idea as it has some production time necessary to make it sparkle. Get on YouTube and grab a ton of famous people singing the National Anthem. Make a super cut of it (each line done by a different person). Play it the entire week leading up to the game. The first listener to identify all the singers in order wins a nice prize.