Help Someone
Your day will be much better by helping someone else. Make it a point to help a colleague solve a problem. It will come back to you many times over.
Radio people are weirdly competitive with each other when we should be collaborative. Somebody at your station is struggling with something you’ve already figured out. Help them. Share the template. Give them the contact. Show them how you do it. What goes around comes around, and the karma in this business is real. Plus, helping people just feels good. Try it today.
Besides the coaching tip of the day my daily prep also includes headlines making the news that day, essential pop culture updates, a topic of the day and a situation to use as phone topics, an impossible question, ten trivia questions, three hot takes, celebrity birthdays, horoscopes, today in history and today in music history. All curated with care and powered by Radio Content Pro.
Here are a few examples from today, April 21, 2026.
What’s Making News
Tim Cook Will Step Down as Apple C.E.O.
Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, said on Monday that he would step down after nearly 15 years running an operation that rode the wild popularity of the iPhone to become one of the most influential and valuable companies in the world.
Mr. Cook, 65, will move into a new role as Apple’s executive chairman in September and be succeeded in the company’s corner office by John Ternus, the 50-year-old head of Apple’s hardware engineering.
Pop Culture Essential Updates
Blue Origin’s Failure May Hamstring NASA’s Moon Plans
The space agency is counting on Jeff Bezos’ company to deliver equipment essential to the next moon landing, only two years away.
A rocket built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company appeared to launch perfectly on Sunday, its booster even landing successfully on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean.
A few hours later, however, it became clear that all had not gone well. The massive New Glenn rocket had failed in its primary task: putting a commercial satellite into the proper orbit.
Topic of the Day
Topic 1
Have you ever had someone get between you and your partner? What did you do?
Impossible Question
About 70,000 of these are stolen every year in the united states: santa claus yard decorations.
The Situation
I was laid off from my job a few weeks ago. I miss the money, but now I realize I didn’t like the job. In fact, I don’t want any job. I’m loving being home and watching TV and just kind of hanging out. I think I want an easy job that doesn’t demand much. But it pays well. Do you know of any jobs for lazy people?
Trivia
Question 1
What astrological sign is symbolized by The Fish? Answer: Pisces (The Fish) February 19 – March 20
Would You Rather
Would you rather the aliens that make the first contact be robotic or organic?
Today’s Birthdays – April 21
Hyein (2008, age 18) – Best known as a South Korean singer (born 2008).
Today In History – April 21
1802
Twelve thousand Wahhabis sack Karbala, killing ove…
Twelve thousand Wahhabis sack Karbala, killing over three thousand inhabitants.
Today In Music History – April 21
1958
US country music singer Marvin Rainwater was at No…
Marvin Rainwater
US country music singer Marvin Rainwater was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Whole Lotta Woman’. Rainwater was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian, known for wearing Native American-themed outfits on stage.
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