i am a presenter on local radio (breakfast shows) im running out of ideas of things to talk about, feature,?

Question

i need to have ideas about what to talk about that incites pontification, debate......funny things, anything....please help???
what do u like to hear presenters talk about?
please help guys im getting desperate
cleaver ideas for competitions, phoneins anything

Answer 1

Next week is Banned Books Week. Check it out on the American Library Association website. www.ala.org

Here are some books that have been banned in some places:
The Lorax
The Harry Potter books
The Wind in the Willows
Catcher in the Rye
Huckleberry Finn

Go to the site and read the list of 100 most banned books. It tells why they were banned. I'll bet you've read a lot of them. Your listeners probably have, too.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Contests:

change 1 or a few letters in a word, and make up a definition for it.

mix and mash 2 different sayings together to come up with a new one.

ugliest pet/truck/tie/furniture contest - people send in pictures.

worst vacation/boyfriend/girlfriend

most embarrassing moment

A local radio station here does a halloween costume for dogs. Some of the costumes are hilarious.



Topics:
invite local leaders in the community - school officials, mayor, businessmen, the director of the high school band, the coaches, the fire chief, the police chief. Read the local paper, find something that has people fired up, and get speakers from both sides.

Invite the cheerleaders, or the band. Have them play in front of the station.


Charities:
find a local charity, invite the head to come in, get some details, and ask the station to sponsor an event to help it. Volunteer to have your hair or beard shaved off, or to skydive into the local football homecoming if you meet a high goal. Rotate through the local charities once every 2-3 months.

Sponsor a wacky art contest, like who can decorate a car the best.

Answer 3

Ok, here's what I've got for you:
1) It's football season, so open up the lines to let people share they're greatest "fumble" of all time. These stories can be very entertaining.
2) Halloween is coming up, so have a competition for costume ideas (they have to describe the costume on the air). This could get pretty outragous!
3) Iran is in the news lately, so maybe get some trivia questions going dealing with the history of US/Iran relations (you know, like when did Iran take Americans hostages, how long were they held captive, what year did Khomani take over, etc.)
Hope that helps!

Answer 4

Spin the wheel of Topics That Should Be Avoided!!

click click click click click ABORTION! click click click click GUN CONTROL! click click click EVOLUTION! click click DEATH PENALTY! click ... Congratulations! Your topic today is GAY MARRIAGE!

or

Get a guest, some nutjob (you can find a million nutjobs and their websites online all willing to talk about their theories and passions), interview them by phone while opening phones for audience participation. Call it Freak of the Day, or Week, or something. You know, the guy that thinks he's a vampire, the gal who believes that aliens run the government, or the group that thinks breast-feeding is evil, etc.

or

Name That White Trash Bimbo! Give clues about famous trashy pop stars, heiresses, actresses (you can find all this stuff online, just Wikipedia it) and then the contestants get to win really white trash or redneck prizes (Congratulations Bob! Alright, do you want the free oil change from Pennzoil or the Colonel Sanders bug-zapper?)

Answer 5

On our AM station here in the mornings, there is usually a contest and it's different every day. One day may be the battle of the sexes where men are asked women questions and women are asked men questions. Another one is called slogan-off. You hear the slogan and guess what the company or product is.

Answer 6

If you want to talk about a controversial subject that's hot for debate, discuss the degradation of our gene pool and the fact that it seems the dumb people keep breeding and filling the world with idiots while the intelligent people don't seem to be multiplying as rapidly.

Answer 7

do you read interesting but crazy facts on your show and comment on them? sometimes the newspapers can be full of strange things. I live in a small town and I remember readng about a man that hit a cow (he was driving, the man, not the cow) and the cow walked away. read a strange fact of the day and ask the listeners to comment on it

Answer 8

Would you Rather..... you can think of so many funny things. I think there is actually a board game for this game too!

Marry, Kill, or Do.... you select 3 people, and then you have to say which one you would marry, kill and do.

any kind of prank phone call works too!

Answer 9

Talk about the funny things kids say at the times least expected.

peace.

Answer 10

Sex...anything that has to do about sex. It sells and it sells well. *shrug* Because it's the one thing that everyone on the face of the Earth has in common and can relate too no matter the nationality, gender or culture. We all do it! *shrug* Doesn't have to be dirty...just sexual.