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The Middle Name Game

admin — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:14:30 +0000

With Monday of this week being President’s Day, an easy game to play is “The Middle Name Game”. For some strange reason, we know the middle name of almost every president who’s been. Sometimes in PPM, easy wins because listeners can follow along, especially if the design of the game is vicarious. Offer up the president (“Richard Nixon”) and the listener has to tell you their middle name “(“Milhous”). Three of five right and you win. Doesn’t need to be any harder than that!

Jobo and His Wife

admin — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:11:13 +0000

One very efficient way to do character development is to put a relative on your show. Recently, Jobo, from Eddie & Jobo, KHITS, Chicago, gave his mom a car for Christmas. He was beside himself when one of his brothers drove the car (against orders!) and smoked in it. Jobo wasn’t too pleased. Being too emotional about it, Jobo asked his partner, Eddie (who knows his mom very well), to call her to get things right. What you have here is a break, grounded in real life, that’s quite fun to listen in on.

WJMK Jobo And His Mom Break From Wed

Hot List February 20, 2012

admin — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:59:58 +0000

Whitney Houston
Mardis Gras
Academy Awards
Bobby Brown
Jeremy Lin
Gas Prices
Nicolas Cage
Nick Cannon
Girl Scout Cookies
NAACP Image Awards
American Idol
Sh@t People Say
The Simpsons Milestone Episode
Robin Thicke
NY’s Fashion Week
iPad 3
Black History Month
Stephen Colbert

The Last Meal Game

admin — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:53:04 +0000

Keep an eye out for when there’s an execution in the country to play “The Last Meal Game”. Listeners have to guess what the convict’s last meal was. First to guess it wins. Edgy, yea. But definitely memorable!

Hot List Feb 13, 2012

admin — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:49:56 +0000

Whitney Houston
Grammy’s
Valentine’s Day
CPAC
Jennifer Hudson
Prop 8
Tiger Woods
Westminster Dog Show
American Idol
Black History Month
Ellen DeGeneres
JC Penney
NY’s Fashion Week
Facebook IPO
Macaulay Culkin
Girl Scout Cookies
Madonna
M.I.A.
Jeremy Lin
Susan Komen Foundation

WBMX Karson’s Grandmother

admin — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:28:57 +0000

Nothing humanizes a radio talent more than when you put a fun relative on the show. It’s terrific character development as the talent shifts from being an entertainer to someone’s kid, spouse, or parent. In these segments from WBMX, Boston’s Karson and Kennedy, Karson’s 93-year old grandmother calls the show to see if Karson knows that that town’s famed Fenway Park is turning 100 years old. Real life is funny…and these two segments with his grandma are.

WBMX KarsonGrandmaWEB

WBMX karson’s gramma part 2

Who’d It Happen To?

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:00:19 +0000

Here’s an easy Monday morning character development bit. Each member of the show notes to the producer the most interesting thing that happened to them over the weekend. The producer reduces the story to once sentence and throws them out, one at a time, to listeners on the phone. The listener must guess who that interesting thing happened to. Then the cast member tells the story.

Hot List Feb 6, 2012

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:56:47 +0000

Super Bowl
Susan Komen Foundation
Madonna
Tim Tebow
Ferris Bueller
Puppy Bowl
JC Penney
Ellen DeGeneres
Girl Scout Cookies
American Idol
Facebook IPO
Demi Moore
Black History Month
Kim Kardashian
Brad Pitt
Sh-t Other People Say
X Factor
Don Cornelius
Valentine’s Day
Westminster Dog Show

WBMX The Black Box

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:54:56 +0000

The Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts was recently in a car accident where it was discovered, via the car’s black box, that he was traveling over 100-mph. That lead Karson & Kennedy, at MIX 104.1, Boston, to wonder what the black boxes in their cars might say. This is not only innovative, it’s terrific character development.

WBMX The Black Box

Little Guy Insults the Giants

admin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:18:05 +0000

With the Super Bowl this Sunday, here’s a cute bit to tie in, especially for the Patriots fan on your show. Find a cute 10-year old boy (preferably the son of a cast member or station employee) and have him read insults you write about the New York Giants and Eli Manning. In a character definition bit throughout this week, package the insults with a small production value and air them in a feature the Patriot’s fan will call “The Little Guy Takes on the Giants”.