Radio Show Topics for talk radio shows!
Radio Show Topics
Good radio shows require great radio show topics! Here is a list of creative ideas for topics that you can discuss on your radio show:
News Topics
- Real news, especially recent or breaking events
- Funny or ridiculous news items
- Recent articles from the newspaper, magazines, or online publications
- Sports news — esp. local high school / university / professional teams
Entertainment Topics
- Celebrity gossip
- Recent events in TV shows or movies (don’t spoil the ending! well, unless it’s a reality show.)
- New movies (again, no spoilers!)
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Advice
- Sex & relationships (keep it clean!)
- Health and fitness
- Saving money and investing
- Family and parenting
- Technology and internet
- Jobs and workplace issues
- Beauty tips
Funny radio show topics
- Ridiculous things that really happened to you or a friend
- Internet memes (the Macarena’s of today, the Harlem Shakes of tomorrow)
- Childhood mistakes
- Dating disasters
- Music parodies
Controversial issues
Be careful with these! Being aggressively political can turn people off, if your show is not explicitly political.
- The economy
- Crime
- Global warming
- Education
- Same-sex marriage
- Poverty & inequality
- Foreign policy
- War
- Religion
Local lifestyle
- Food & restaurants
- Events
- Entertainment
Audience involvement
- Trivia contests with listeners
- Would you rather…?
- Childhood/holiday memories
- Hate mail to your show
Interviews
- Interviews with recent newsmakers
- Interviews with local politicians
- Interviews with local professionals (doctors, therapists, lawyers)
- Interviews with book authors (who are always hungry for publicity)