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vtown7:
Hi guys and gals,

I walked into the campus radio station this morning, and the program director was in.  He says to me "Ryan, do you want to do a live call in game show?  And I'll produce it?"

I'm thinking dear me, YES!!!

So, what I'm wondering from you folks is... suggestions on what type of format I should use?  Questioning, word games, name association... I would imagine anything goes!  Please do give your input!

Also... in other news, I interviewed a guy at my university that was on TPIR this past week.  I should be playing it shortly after 11 am eastern/12.30 Newfoundland (ironically, when TPIR is on) this Wednesday, if you'd like to hear.

Thanks in advance!

Cheers,

Ryan :)

Mario500:
"Just Luck"


Call in constestants are asked 5 multiple choice questions to win up 5 lucky numbers on a scale of 1-15 for the big spin of the "Lucky Wheel". If the ball lands on any one of the lucky numbers the contestant picked, he/she wins a prize.


-Mario500

DrBear:
Hmmm...charades? :)

clemon79:
[quote name=\'Mario500\' date=\'Nov 10 2003, 03:17 PM\'] Call in constestants are asked 5 multiple choice questions to win up 5 lucky numbers on a scale of 1-15 for the big spin of the "Lucky Wheel". If the ball lands on any one of the lucky numbers the contestant picked, he/she wins a prize.
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This is radio. Nobody gives a rip about a wheel spinning.
[quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Nov 10 2003, 03:35 PM\']Hmmm...charades? :)[/quote]
Now that's funny. :)

Seriously? Keep it simple. You're not gonna wanna have more than one contestant at a shot on the air anyhow, your listeners will not be able to keep track.

The local morning show in Seattle plays a couple of games: "Dead Or Alive", where you have to guess whether people are, yes, dead, or, alternately, alive, and "Yea or Nay", where contestants are to discern the true statements from the false ones. Both have the same scoring system: $10 for a right answer, you can stop anytime and take what you've won, or risk it all on the next question.

I'm not suggesting you have that kind of budget (although virtually everyone who plays continues until they flame out, so more often than not it costs them nothing), but maybe you can steal the scoring system: ask trivia questions, and the person who nails the most in a row wins the prize. Anyone who nails 7 or 10 straight is an automatic winner. Anyone can call in to play.

That's just with 30 seconds of thought, I'm sure you can refine it into a program somehow. Just don't try to be too complicated, it's college radio, nobody is listening anyhow. ;)

Harold E Riedel:
For what it's worth, back in 1979, when I was in college at the University of Central Arkansas, a couple of other guys in the speech department and I launched a live call-in show called "Mr. Trivia" on our campus station for an hour each week.  Since we couldn't do trade-outs as such, we got places like McDonald's and the bowling alley to donate coupons for prizes and we did a "community service grant" announcement for them at the top and bottom of the show.  We asked questions like guessing the numerical answer to a question and saying higher or lower until it was answered, we had a question where we gave increasingly easier clues toward a famous person's identity (the more clues, the less prizes) and then we turned the tables and let people call in and try to stump us.  Plus a dose of oldies records sprinkled throughout plus some news and weather.  All in all, a pretty entertaining hour (for us, at least). Over time, several students and some locals found us (college students with not much money will gladly call a radio station for a chance for a free burger!)  Your show sounds like a lot of fun!  Have a blast and enjoy!

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