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Tease: Coming up in ___________ minutes, a member of British Royalty has passed away
Buckingham Palace announced this morning that Prince Phillip has died. The husband of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh was 99 years old. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that Philip, ‘inspired the lives of countless young people.’ According to the statement from the Palace, ‘His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle.’
Tease: In ______ minutes, how many hurricanes forecasters are expecting this season
Forecasters expect another overactive hurricane season with 17 named storms predicted this year. Colorado State University released its 2021 Atlantic hurricane season forecast yesterday. It calls for 17 named storms, 8 of which are hurricanes including 4 major hurricanes that are Category 3 or higher. Plus, they’ve agreed to name one Elsa in an effort to ruin a beloved kids movie for everyone. (Additional Out) Meaning we’ll have at least 4 chances to watch TV reporters who drew the short straw putting their lives’ at risk to show us how wind works.
Tease: Coming up at _____, we’re facing a shortage of this popular condiment
America is facing a ketchup package shortage. Last year’s surge in delivery and takeout orders decimated our country’s supply of prepackaged condiments leading to the shortage. This week Heinz announced a 25% increase in production, totaling 12 billion extra ketchup packages, to address the problem. Luckily, I’ve been preparing for this for my whole adult life with my leftover ketchup packet drawer in the kitchen. (Additional out) I blame people who use ten packages for one side of fries.
Tease: In _____ minutes, what a new Capitol Riot report says about security failures
A new report by the US Capitol Police watchdog reveals more security failures leading up to the January 6th riots than previously assumed. The USCP Inspector General found that Capitol Police officers had expired ammunition and ineffective shields. They also ignored a warning about a map of the tunnel system under the Capitol weeks before the insurrection. Along with everything said on Twitter, Facebook, Reddit and 8chan. (Additional out) That literally anyone with eyes and ears could have predicted.
Phone Topic/Web Poll: According to a new survey a third of remote workers say they may quit if they are called back to the office full-time. The study conducted by global staffing firm Robert Half found that 34% of professionals currently working from home due to the pandemic would look for a new job if required to return to the office full-time. Also, nearly half surveyed said they would prefer to have a hybrid work environment. What about you, do you prefer working at home full time, in an office full time or a hybrid?
Contest Tease: Contest Tease: Coming up at _____________, how many of these did this late legend sell? The correct answer wins ________.
[Contest setup] Prince’s estate is releasing a new album in July five years after the music legend’s death. The album was recorded by Prince in 2010 but never released. The title track ‘Welcome 2 America’ is streaming now on several platforms including Spotify and Apple Music. To date how many total albums has Prince sold worldwide?
A: 60 million
B: 80 million
C: 100 million
Answer: C, Prince has sold 100 million records worldwide including nearly 50 million here in the US. It’s also estimated that Prince wrote upwards of 1,000 songs. Exactly 999 more than Bobby McFerrin.
[DIY Feature] Fast Five Fridays: If you can name five in five seconds you’ll win _________. Call for your chance to win.
Fast Five Friday Topic: Musical Instruments
(Read once you get the caller on the line)
Name 5 of the 8 most popular musical instruments to play in the US (Piano, guitar, violin, drums, saxophone, flute, cello, clarinet)
Name 5 musical instruments in a marching band (Trumpets, flutes, piccolos, clarinets, snare drums, base drums, tenor drums, cymbal, sousaphone, baritone, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, trombones, bass clarinets, tubas)
5 Things You Need to Know
1) Buckingham Palace announced this morning that Prince Phillip has died. The husband of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh was 99 years old. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that Philip, ‘inspired the lives of countless young people.’ According to the statement from the Palace, ‘His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle.’
2) Forecasters expect another overactive hurricane season with 17 named storms predicted this year. Colorado State University released its 2021 Atlantic hurricane season forecast yesterday. It calls for 17 named storms, 8 of which are hurricanes including 4 major hurricanes that are Category 3 or higher. Meaning we’ll have at least 4 chances to watch TV reporters who drew the short straw putting their lives’ at risk to show us how wind works.
3) America is facing a ketchup package shortage. Last year’s surge in delivery and takeout orders decimated our country’s supply of prepackaged condiments leading to the shortage. This week Heinz announced a 25% increase in production, totaling 12 billion extra ketchup packages, to address the problem. Luckily, I’ve been preparing for this for my whole adult life with my leftover ketchup packet drawer in the kitchen.
4) A new report by the US Capitol Police watchdog reveals more security failures leading up to the January 6th riots than previously assumed. The USCP Inspector General found that Capitol Police officers had expired ammunition and ineffective shields. They also ignored a warning about a map of the tunnel system under the Capitol weeks before the insurrection. Along with everything said on Twitter, Facebook, Reddit and 8chan.
5) Prince’s estate is releasing a new album in July five years after the music legend’s death. The album was recorded by Prince in 2010 but never released. The title track ‘Welcome 2 America’ is streaming now on several platforms including Spotify and Apple Music. To date Prince has sold 100 million records worldwide including nearly 50 million here in the US. It’s also estimated that Prince wrote upwards of 1,000 songs. Exactly 999 more than Bobby McFerrin.
Do You Prefer Working at Home or In An Office?
According to a new survey a third of remote workers say they may quit if they are called back to the office full-time. The study conducted by global staffing firm Robert Half found that 34% of professionals currently working from home due to the pandemic would look for a new job if required to return to the office full-time. Also, nearly half surveyed said they would prefer to have a hybrid work environment. What about you, do you prefer working at home full time, in an office full time or a hybrid? We posed those questions to our _________ listeners, click below to hear their responses, take the web poll below to weigh in, then listen Monday at _______ to hear the results.
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(Web polls)
Do you prefer working at home full time, in an office or a hybrid?
At home
At an office
A hybrid of both