HOW MUCH COULD YOU REALLY MAKE BEGGING FOR MONEY?

With the economy still unsettled, you see more and more people on the street holding up signs asking for spare change.  The streets of our cities are getting so crowded with the homeless that beggars these days have to be really creative with their “pitch” in order to stand out from their competition on the [...]

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FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL SUPPORT GROUP

There are few moments more emotional for parents than the day they have to send their child off to that first day of kindergarten.  This year, as there is every year, you’ll find gaggles of mothers and fathers sobbing uncontrollably at the doors of your local elementary schools.  So consider sending someone from your morning [...]

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I HAD A DANNY BONADUCE MOMENT WHEN I….

August 13th is former child star, radio personality, and rehab veteran Danny Bonaduce’s 51st birthday.  Danny is on a pretty long list of celebrities who have struggled with drug and alcohol problems.  While, hopefully, most of us will never experience some of the things Danny and people like Lindsay Lohan, Mel Gibson and Robert Downey [...]

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THE THINGS WE’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO ASK A PSYCHIC BUT WOULD NEVER PAY FOR

The first week of August is officially National Psychic Week, a week to “utilize the power of the psyche to bring peace, find lost individuals and concentrate psychic power on beneficial causes.”  To mark this week, it could be fun to make a list of The Things We’d Love to Ask a Psychic But Would [...]

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POSSIBLE BACK-TO-SCHOOL PARODY SONG

If you have the heart of a poet or songwriter, here’s an idea for a potentially fun parody song.  Re-write the lyrics to Aretha Franklin’s Chain of Fools using the lyric line “pain of school”.  How good your parody song will or will not turn out is now all up to you.

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THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE SINGING TELEGRAM

On July 28, 1933, the first singing telegram was said to have been delivered to singer Rudy Valee on his 32nd birthday.  Early singing telegrams were often delivered in person by uniformed messengers on bicycle.  Later they were usually sung over the telephone. Of course today the singing telegram has been replaced by “talking” greeting [...]

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NATIONAL TELL THE TRUTH DAY

July 7th is National Tell The Truth Day, a day to challenge all Americans to go one whole day without telling a lie and saying anything misleading or dishonest.  You could have some fun with this idea by doing the topic, “The Lie I Told My Parents That I Never Confessed To.” Solicit your audience [...]

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IT’S NATIONAL SPORTS CLICHE WEEK!

This week is officially National Sports Cliche Week, a week set aside to honor the use of sports cliches by athletes, sports announcers and sportswriters.  There are a couple of ways you might be able to make some fun radio with this. One way would be to schedule an interview with someone and see how [...]

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I’D LIKE TO STUFF HIM INTO THAT LEAKING BP OIL PIPE!

The BP oil disaster has all of us feeling angry at those we feel allowed it to happen and the incompetence surrounding the supposed solutions.  I know I’d like to stuff the head of British Petroleum into that leaking oil pipe and see if that might stop the flow.  This brings to mind the topic, [...]

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GET ME THE DAY OFF!!!!

It is so hard to concentrate on work on a beautiful summer day.  You can capitalize on that phenomenon by offering to try and get your listeners the day off throughout the summer. Solicit your listeners to call in and give you their bosses name and phone number.  Then call the bosses and try to [...]

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