Radio Showprep....

Looking for "stuff" for your radio show. Here's some of the basics you will need. If you know of any other good sources of information, please let me know.

Radio Showprep Services....

If you want to buy in radio show prep there are many paid for services upon the web. Here is a list of some of the most common ones you can sign up for.

www.funnyfirm.com The Funny Firm contains show prep and topical jokes for radio personalities
www.broadcasthub.co.uk   resource for registered journalists
www.thisdayinmusic.com   daily trivia
www.empireonline.co.uk   latest film news
www.fmjock.com    subscription prep service
www.interprep.com   subscription prep service
www.preplinks.com  subscription prep service
www.gagwriter.co.uk A topical comedy pay as you go prep service with UK and International material
www.tomslake.com From our cabin beside a lake in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains we send topical humor to successful radio personalities across the USA and Canada -- plus seven other countries worldwide.

Weather Conversion...

If you need to convert the temperature from Celsius to Fahrenheit for weather forecasts then here is the conversion tool you need. Enter either figure in the appropriate box and then press the calculate button for the result.

°C   =     °F      

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The next clock change will be for the start of British Summer Time. This will take place on Sunday 30th March 2025 when the clocks go forward an hour so one hour less in bed. An easy way to remember it is that in Spring clocks spring forward and in Autumn they fall back.

In 2024: the Sundays of 31 March and 27 October
In 2025: the Sundays of 30 March and 26 October
In 2026: the Sundays of 29 March and 25 October
In 2027: the Sundays of 28 March and 31 October
In 2028: the Sundays of 26 March and 29 October

All clocks in the UK go forward on the last Sunday in March and go back on the last Sunday in October at 1am Greenwich Mean Time.

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All You Ever Wanted To Know About....

The series of pages that gives you the lowdown on all the main holidays throughout the year. All the facts, reasons and traditions thought to be the basis of the following celebrated dates. Click each link for more details.

Labor Day	St Valentine's Day	Greatest Halloween Songs
New Year's Day	Pancake Day	Halloween
Christmas Day	Mother's Day	Bonfire Night
Boxing Day	April Fools Day	Thanksgiving
January Sales	Easter	Father's Day
Chinese New Year	July 4th American Independence Day	Saint Patrick's Day
Groundhog Day	New Year's Eve / Resolutions	Saint George's Day
Christmas Markets

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Canada Day	Mardi Gras	National Tooth Fairy Day
Ramadan	Bastille Day	World Peace Day
The Superbowl	Ash Wednesday	International Pancake Race

Important Dates For Your Diary 2024....

Some events will be dependent on covid restrictions

January 1 New Year's Day
January 6 Epiphany
January 22 Chinese New Year (Year of the Rabbit)
February 2 Groundhog Day
February 13 Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day)
February 14 St. Valentine's Day
February 14 Ash Wednesday
March 1 St David's Day
March 10 Mother's Day
March 11 Commonwealth Day
March 11 First Day Of Ramadan
March 17 St. Patrick's Day
March 20 First Day Of Spring
March 24 Palm Sunday
March 29 Good Friday
March 31 Easter Day
March 31 British Summertime Begins (Clocks go forward 1 hour less in bed)
April 1 Easter Monday
April 1 April Fools Day
April 10 Eid-Al-Fitr
April 13 The Grand National, Aintree, Liverpool
April 23 First Day Of Passover
April 23 St George's Day
May 6 May Day Bank Holiday
May 9 Ascension Day
May 19 Pentecost - Whit Sunday
May 26 Trinity Sunday
May 27 Spring Bank Holiday
June 12 Jewish Feast of Weeks
June 16 Father's Day
June 20 First Day Of Summer (The Longest Day)
June 29 - 21 July Tour De France
July 1 - 14 July Wimbledon Fortnight, London
July 4 American Independence Day
July 7 Islamic New Year
August 26 Late Summer Bank Holiday
August 30 - 1 Sept Italian Grand Prix, Monza
September 2 Labor Day (first Mon in Sept)
September 22 First Day Of Autumn
October 3 Jewish New Year 1st Day
October 4 Jewish New Year 2nd Day
October 12 Jewish Day of Atonement
October 17 First Day Of Tabernacles
October 27 British Summertime Ends (Clocks go back 1 hour extra in bed)
October 31 Halloween
November 5 Bonfire Night
November 10 Remembrance Sunday
November 11 Armistice Day
November 23 American Thanksgiving (4th Thur in November)
November 24 Black Friday
November 30 St. Andrew's Day
December 1 First Sunday In Advent
December 21 First Day Of Winter (The Shortest Day)
December 25 Christmas Day
December 26 Hanukkah 1st Day
December 26 Boxing Day
December 31 New Year's Eve

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