SHOW PREP

I'm always amazed when one of my personalities doesn't know how to show prep which means they don't have a clue on how to put together a simple show prep sheet. So here is a sample sheet and if you just fill it out with a little information, you'll be surprised at how much info you will have to talk about on your show.

I. CELEBRITY BIRTHDAY'S~ (example) Luther would have been 61 on today, Fri 4/20/12

II. CD RELEASE DATES~ (example) Tank "This Is How I Feel" (5/8/12)

III. LOCAL NEWS~ (example) Weather

IV: ENTERTAINMENT NEWS~ (example) Beyonce named People Magazine's World's Most Beautiful Women.

With just these five items and a little web searching, you'll have plenty of content for your show. But before you put together your sheet, make sure you know the target and focus of your radio station. Your PD may not want you to do Jeezy updates on an Urban AC station.

I'm also always amazed when my personalities ask me what sites to go to for this news and information. The best site for any artist information to me is Wikipedia. You want to know their real name, home town, date they were born and how many Grammy's they have won? Start with Wikipedia. Essence.com, EURWeb.com, and TheUrbanDaily.com are great for Black celebrity news and of course you can hit TMZ.com, MediaTakeOut.com, Bossip.com, TheYBF.com, Necolebitchie.com and Sandrarose.com for the latest gossip. Billboard.biz is another great site for artists news as well as music chart positions including digital sales.

All of this is just the basic info needed to begin show prepping. I suggest you get with your PD for his or her opinion before you begin. There are more tricks to the trade, these are just some of mine.

Lj