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TODAY IS …
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NATIONAL CHOCOLATE MILKSHAKE DAY

NATIONAL DAY OF ENCOURAGEMENT

NATIONAL POLICE WOMAN DAY

NATIONAL PROGRAMMER’S DAY

NATIONAL VIDEO GAMES DAY

September is:

Baby Safety Month
Better Breakfast Month
Chicken Month
Classical Music Month
Hispanic Heritage Month
Honey Month
Little League Month
National Piano Month
Self Improvement Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

WHAT TO WATCH – New and Returning Shows and Movies
Premiering Thursday through Sunday
Listings sourced from the TV Guide and EW websites

THURSDAY, September 12

“Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter”
Netflix – New Docuseries
Synopsis: In this two-part documentary, a tenacious mother unravels the complex mystery surrounding the 1989 disappearance of the daughter she placed for adoption.

“The Tailor of Sin City”
AMC+ – New Docuseries
Synopsis: The sequin-filled, stranger-than-fiction story of how a gifted smalltown tailor, AJ Pratt, built a drug and fashion empire in the heart of Las Vegas.

Season Premieres:
FX – “The Old Man”
Netflix – “Emily in Paris”

FRIDAY, September 13

“How to Die Alone”
Hulu – New Series
Synopsis: Mel is a broke JFK airport employee who has never experienced love; a near-death accident inspires her to dream and live life again.

“In Vogue: The 90s”
Hulu – New Docuseries
Synopsis: Tells the definitive story of the fashion industry in the ’90s through the eyes of Vogue editors Hamish Bowles, Edward Enninful, Tonne Goodman, and Anna Wintour.

“The Grand Tour: One for the Road”
Prime Video – Series Finale
Synopsis: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May set out for their final Grand Tour adventure after 22 years of doing what we all wish we could: driving expensive and odd cars and doing stupid stunts in locations all over the world. The final drive takes the trio — who got their start together on the incredibly popular series Top Gear — to Zimbabwe, where they get behind the wheels of a Lancia Montecarlo, a Ford Capri 3-litre, and a Triumph Stag.

“Three Women”
Starz – New Series
Synopsis: Three women from different walks of life – entrepreneur Sloane, homemaker Lina and student Maggie – take radical steps to explore their true desires, while struggling to emerge from a prison of expectations.

“Uglies”
Netflix – New Movie
Synopsis: In a dystopian society that requires cosmetic surgery for everyone who turns 16, Tally has long been waiting for this operation that would turn her “pretty.” But when her birthday comes, she begins to learn there’s far more to the celebrated procedure than meets the eye.

SUNDAY, September 15

76th Primetime Emmy Awards
ABC – Awards Show

Season Premiere:
Paramount+ – “Tulsa King”

THE BUZZ

DUMB HEADLINES

Time for another episode of Three Dumb Headlines. These are actual, word-for-word headlines of stories found on the internet. There’s no story, no context, just the actual headline. Discuss them amongst yourselves. Then, encourage listeners to vote for the Dumbest Headline on your station’s social media page. Maybe ask them to leave a comment. Reveal the results in the next break.
Today’s Dumb Headlines:
1. “I Began Training For A Bikini Contest At 49”
2. “Cottage Cheese Ice Cream Is Better Than We Expected”
3. “How the Brain Separates Sneezing From Coughing, According to Mice”
And here’s a spare, in case you don’t like one of those three: “15-Year-Old Breaks His Own Jenga Stacking Records, Inspires Hallmark Film”

MAGICAL CHILDHOOD

A person on X asked the question, “What’s something your parents did that brought magic to your childhood?” Some of the responses:
– “Mom would set up our tent downstairs or create a ‘beach picnic’ in our living room during cold Minnesota winters when we couldn’t go on vacations.”
– “On the night of our birthdays, before we went to bed, my mom would come lay in bed with each of us kids and tell us all about the events of the day we were born, a lot of details, sentimental things and hilarious things. I’m almost 46, and I still ask her every birthday to tell me about the morning I was born.”
– “My dad used to tell me he could stop the rain but only at certain points. We had two overpasses over the road to our neighborhood. When we went under the rain would ‘stop’ when he said it would.”
– “My mother would sprinkle baby powder on the bedside table so we could see the tooth fairy’s footsteps. Once I fell asleep, she would walk through the powder with her fingertips so it would look like tiny footsteps.”
– ““My dad said ‘yes’ to as many things as possible. He said you are only a kid once so let’s make the most of it. Yes to movies on weeknights, basketball in the park, yes to ice cream, friends coming over, concerts, etc.”
– “Mom would wake me up in the middle of the night to play in the snow or to watch a meteor shower. She painted scenes on my walls and stars on my ceilings. She wrote me letters from fairies detailing their adventures in fairyland and asking me questions all about myself.”
– “My mother let us play outside in the rain in our bathing suits and swim in the puddles as long as there was no lightning or thunder.”
* PHONE TOPIC: What magical thing did your parents do for you as a kid?

U.S. NEWS

CAR DEALER ATTEMPTS TO WEASEL OUT OF CONTEST PRIZE

At Purdue University in Indiana, the Boilermakers played their football season opener on August 1st. There was a promotional contest – a student was selected to try and kick three field goals in 30 seconds. If they did, they would win a two-year car lease. With a crowd of nearly 60,000 people cheering him on during a timeout, Zachary Spangler made successful kicks from 20, 30 and 40 yards on Rohrman Field. However, five days later the student was informed that he had actually lost. In an email to Spangler, an official from the dealership said their insurance company reviewed video of the event and his “40-yard field goal was not kicked in time by five one-hundredths of a second.” The dealer, Rohrman Automotive Group – whom the field is named after – told the kid he’d get a $250 consolation prize. But, intense public criticism forced Rohrman’s hand, and Spangler was offered the original lease deal or $5,000 in cash. School officials say the competition would have different rules in the future to avoid this issue.
* One of the new rules: No Jerk Car Dealership Sponsors.
* Rohrman Automotive: We treat every customer like a college student contest winner.
* But just look at all the great publicity they’re getting now for a lousy $5,000!
* Take the five grand and go buy an e-bike, kid. You’ll be better off.

UNLUCKY WOMAN FOLLOWED BY NATURAL DISASTERS

Dayna Wyland, of Lake Arrowhead, California, calls herself the “unluckiest woman,” after living through her fair share of natural disasters. She is currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada, with an aunt after evacuating from the devastating California wildfires. Her history:
– When she was a kid, the family lost their home in a fire in the Madiera Hills in Simi Valley, California. And there was an avalanche. The family moved to New Orleans.
– In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. “There was about 10 feet of flooding in my house,” she says.
– Her family moved to Houston, Texas, until two months later, in September 2005, when Hurricane Rita hit prompting Wyland to evacuate her family once again.
– They moved back to California, where they went through a wildfire about 16 years ago.
– Two years ago, Wyland and her family lived through the giant California blizzard, “snowed in for 11 days with no electricity.”
* Next stop: the Grímsvötn volcano in Iceland!
* That’s terrible. What’s her TikTok, she’s gotta be cashing in on this.
* Pray you never sit next to her on an airplane.
* It’s like the old joke about the hunter and the bear: “You don’t come her for the hunting, do you?”
* She was going to talk more, but the ground started shaking and the interviewer ran away.

THE CANDY CORN SUITE

The Halloween season always brings the candy corn stories; here’s the first one. Brach’s, maker of candy corn, the candy people love to hate, has unveiled the Candy Corn Hotel Suite. It’s a hotel room decked out top-to-bottom in candy corn colors: everything is orange, yellow, and white. The beds, the curtains, the throw rugs, the table runners, the pictures on the wall all look like candy corn. The guest experience includes a pantry fully stocked with candy corn. Each stay also includes a year’s supply of candy corn that will be delivered to your home after your stay. There are two Candy Corn Suites, both at Great Wolf Lodge locations: in the Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania and in Gurnee, Illinois. The suites are available from Sept. 22 through Oct. 31 with rates starting at $349 per night.
* You can buy a lot of Reese’s Cups and Snickers bars with that kind of money.
* The Candy Corn Suite starts at $349 per night. Regular rooms start at $400.
* Like candy corn itself, the room is filled with bad taste.
* How much candy corn is a year’s supply? Two cups?
* With all that orange, a couple of minor changes could turn it into the Cheetos Suite for 4/20 Day.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

WOMAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT OVER WATER GUN SPRAY

In Simcoe, Canada, a woman was charged with assault with a weapon for accidentally spraying a neighbor during a water gun fight. Wendy Washik, 58, was part of a water gun fight with some neighboring children when another neighbor was hit with what police called “a rogue spray of water.” Washik – a mother of two who works with children with developmental disabilities – was criminally charged. She noted that, in the report that was made public, her full name was disclosed but the type of weapon – a water pistol – wasn’t mentioned. Because of the charge, she was suspended from her 25-year job as an educational assistant until the case goes to court, which will be on September 24.
* Who was the neighbor, the Wicked Witch of the West?
* She sounds like a real drip.
* Good thing it wasn’t water balloons, she’d be in solitary.
* This is what happens when, frankly, you rip your kids away from the safety of a video game and send them outside to play in the sunshine.

PROFESSIONAL WEDDING OBJECTOR WILL GET YOU OUT OF YOUR WEDDING

A Spanish man has turned what was a prank into a steady business of being paid to object at couples’ weddings. Ernesto Reinares Varea said he posted an ad as a joke that read, “If you have doubts or don’t want to get married and don’t know how to refuse, don’t worry anymore, I’ll object to your wedding. You just need to tell me the time, place, and date. I’ll show up at the ceremony, claim to be the love of your life, and we’ll leave hand in hand.” People started contacting him to actually show up at their wedding and say “I object.” He charges 500 Euros (US$550), but if anybody hits him it costs an extra 50. Some hire him as a joke, others are serious about not wanting to get married. Varea says he is currently booked through December.
* The real money is in being paid to sit at the kid’s table and babysit.
* Does he always run away with the bride? Does the groom ever hire him? Because THAT would be interesting.
* For men, a woman made up to look pregnant would work pretty good.
* How was this not an Adam Sandler movie? Maybe they should pitch it to Pete Davidson?

DIVORCE: THE PERFUME

The daughter of the ruler of Dubai, who announced her divorce in a brutal social media post, is releasing a perfume brand titled ‘Divorce.’ Sheikha Mahra, one of the 26 children of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, married Sheikh Mana bin Mohammed in April 2023, and welcomed a baby two months ago. But then she posted a message on her Instagram: “Dear Husband, as you are occupied with other companions, I hereby declare our divorce. I divorce you, I divorce you and I divorce you. Take care. Your ex-wife.” Now she’s capitalizing on her newfound fame with a scent called Divorce. It comes in a black bottle with ‘Divorce’ scribbled on the front.
* I get the feeling their marriage is in trouble.
* “Divorce – You’ll notice the difference. The irreconcilable difference.”
* Don’t drink it – it’ll leave a bitter taste in your mouth.
* Men already have a scent called Divorce. It smells like scotch and Costco hamburgers.
* 26 children! How is that not a reality show on TLC? They could call it “Sheikhin’ the Babies” or something.

TRENDING

MTV VMA AWARD WINNERS

Here are the major category winners from Wednesday night’s MTV VMA Awards – The Video Music Awards….Awards:
– Video of the Year – Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone — “Fortnight”
– Artist of the Year – Taylor Swift
– Song of the Year – Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso”
– Best Collaboration – Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone – “Fortnight”
– Best Hip-Hop – Eminem – “Houdini”
– Best R&B – SZA – “Snooze”
– Best Alternative – Benson Boone – “Beautiful Things”
– Best Rock – Lenny Kravitz – “Human”
– Best K-Pop – LISA – “Rockstar”
– Video For Good – Billie Eilish – “What Was I Made For”
– Song of the Summer – Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone — Fortnight
– Best New Artist – Chappell Roan

 

JON BON JOVI TALKS WOMAN OFF LEDGE

Police in Nashville, Tennessee, praised singer Jon Bon Jovi for helping prevent a tragedy by speaking to a woman who was on the ledge of a bridge Tuesday. Bon Jovi and his team were at the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge setting up for a video or photo shoot as a woman stood precariously over the Cumberland River. Jon and others talked to the woman and helped her come back onto the bridge, police said. In a video of the incident, Bon Jovi, walks over to the woman with someone else. He waves hello at her and then leans on the railing near her. The person with Bon Jovi gets closer and holds on to the woman’s forearm. After about a minute, Bon Jovi walks to the woman’s other side, and the pair help her back onto the pedestrian walkway. Other people walk over after the woman is safe, and Bon Jovi embraces her in a hug. A few minutes later, he leaves the bridge with her.

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE TO ENTER PLEA DEAL FOR DUI CASE

Justin Timberlake is scheduled to enter a new plea Friday in his drunk driving case in New York’s Hamptons. Details of the plea weren’t disclosed, but a person with knowledge of the deal said Timberlake has agreed to plead guilty to a less serious offense than the original charge of driving while intoxicated. The pop singer is set to appear in person on Friday in Sag Harbor Village Court to enter a plea.

TOM CRUISE DID OLYMPIC STUNT FOR FREE

Remember the Olympics closing ceremony, where Tom Cruise rappelled from the roof of the stadium, grabbed the Olympic flag, motorcycled through the streets of Paris, then skydived to the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles? He did all that for free. But he only agreed to do it if he could do all the stunts himself. In addition, according to Casey Wasserman, chairman of the LA2028 Olympic Games, Cruise actually did two parachute jumps down to the Hollywood sign because he didn’t like the first jump.

JOE JONAS, SOPHIE TURNER DIVORCE FINAL

Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner have finalized their divorce a year after the two first split. Jonas, 35, and Turner, 28, reached an agreement through moderated negotiations regarding spousal support, splitting the former couple’s assets and custody of their two children. Miami-Dade County Judge Gina Beovides declared that the marriage was “irretrievably broken,” and that the couple’s agreement, especially their parenting plan, was in the best interest of the family, and approved the agreement last Friday.

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

Sept. 20, Friday – National POW/MIA Recognition Day (The third Friday of September)
Sept. 22, Sunday – Fall begins (Autumn Equinox is 8:44 a.m. EDT)
Oct. 14, Monday – Columbus Day
Oct. 16, Wednesday – National Boss’s Day
Oct. 31, Thursday – Halloween

BIRTHDAYS

Kelsea Ballerini (country singer) … 31
Jennifer Hudson (singer, actress) … 43
Ruben Studdard (singer, “American Idol” winner) … 46
Louis C.K. (Louis Szekely, cancelled comedian, actor, writer, director who refuses to be cancelled, still filling venues with his stand-up) … 57
Ben Folds (singer-songwriter, Ben Folds Five) … 58
Linda Gray (actress, “Dallas”) … 84

BIRTHDAY QUOTE QUIZ – Ask your listeners “Who said it?” HINT: Today’s their birthday!

“Every day starts, my eyes open and I reload the program of misery. I open my eyes, remember who I am, what I’m like, and I just go, ‘Ugh.'”

(A) Matt Lauer
(B) Harvey Weinstein
(C) Louis C.K.

ANSWER: (B) Louis C.K.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2018 – Archaeologists announced the discovery of the oldest known drawing by a human, dated at 73,000 years old, in Blombos Cave, South Africa.
* Making humans’ top three inventions fire, the wheel, and graffiti.

2012 – Excavators found the remains of King Richard III of England under a parking garage in Leicester.
* Where he was parked for over 500 years.

1983 – Arnold Schwarzenegger became a U.S. citizen. He had emigrated from Austria 14 years earlier.
* He’s foreign? Gee, I couldn’t tell.

1916 – Adelina and August Van Buren finished the first successful transcontinental motorcycle tour to be attempted by two women. They started in New York City on July 15, 1916.
* It was a pretty nice trip except for that part where they had to jump the Grand Canyon.

1910 – Alice Wells, a former social worker, officially became the world’s first policewoman in Los Angeles.
* And was promptly sent out to write parking tickets for those newfangled automobiles.

1873 – The typewriter first went on sale.
* Imagine creating a letter directly on paper with no computer, no word processing program and no printer. Things are so much simpler now!

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2008 – Kanye West and his manager Don Crowley were arrested and charged with vandalism, battery and grand theft after a fight with paparazzi at Los Angeles International Airport. After performing court-mandated community service and agreeing to attend anger management classes, the charges were dismissed in January, 2010.

2003 – Johnny Cash died of complications from diabetes at the age of 71.

2002 – The house that Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) lived in as a child, from 11-15, was sold on eBay for $210,000. The house had been valued at $52,660 in 2000.

1990 – Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie from Fleetwood Mac announced they were leaving the band at the end of their current tour.

1987 – Michael Jackson began a tour of Tokyo in support of his album “Bad.”

1967 – The Doors performed “Light My Fire” on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Jim Morrison had been asked to change the line “Girl, we couldn’t get much higher,” but sang it anyway.

X-TREME TRIVIA CHALLENGE

Every installment of X-Treme Trivia Challenge includes three mystery factoids. Create your own “Impossible Question” contest – great for listener giveaways and phone interaction starters! Also a perfect sponsorship opportunity!

1. On average, a woman does THIS about 3 times a week, and each time it takes about 20 minutes. What is it?
Calls her mom

2. In a recent survey, 15% of women said they have done THIS for a special occasion. What is it?
Bought clothes, wore them once, then returned them

3. When it comes to relationships, a recent study found that only 10% of women get a say when it comes to THIS. What is it?
Their engagement ring

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