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 end of British Summer Time. This will take place on Sunday 27th October 2019 when the clocks go back an hour so one hour more in bed. An easy way to remember it is that in Spring clocks spring forward and in Autumn they fall back.

In 2019: the Sundays of 31 March and 27 October
In 2020: the Sundays of 29 March and 25 October
In 2021: the Sundays of 28 March and 31 October
In 2022: the Sundays of 27 March and 30 October
In 2023: 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 2019....

January 1 New Year's Day
January 6 Epiphany
February 2 Groundhog Day
February 5 Chinese New Year (Year of the Pig)
February 14 St. Valentine's Day
March 1 St David's Day
March 5 Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day)
March 6 Ash Wednesday
March 11 Commonwealth Day
March 17 St. Patrick's Day
March 20 First Day Of Spring
March 31 British Summertime Begins (Clocks go forward 1 hour less in bed)
March 31 Mother's Day
April 1 April Fools Day
April 6 The Grand National, Aintree, Liverpool
April 14 Palm Sunday
April 19 Good Friday
April 20 First Day Of Passover
April 21 Easter Day
April 21 Queen Elizabeth the II born (1926)
April 22 Easter Monday
April 23 St George's Day
May 6 May Day Bank Holiday
May 6 First Day Of Ramadan
May 27 Spring Bank Holiday
May 30 Ascension Day
June 4 Eid-Al-Fitr
June 9 Pentecost - Whit Sunday
June 9 Jewish Feast of Weeks
June 16 Trinity Sunday
June 16 Father's Day
June 21 First Day Of Summer (The Longest Day)
July 1 - July 14 Wimbledon Fortnight, London
July 4 American Independence Day
July 6 - July 28 Tour De France
August 26 Late Summer Bank Holiday
August 31 Islamic New Year
September 2 Labor Day (first Mon in Sept)
September 6 - 8 Sept Italian Grand Prix, Monza
September 23 First Day Of Autumn
September 30 Jewish New Year 1st Day
October 1 Jewish New Year 2nd Day
October 9 Jewish Day of Atonement
October 14 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 Armistice day
November 10 Remembrance Sunday
November 28 American Thanks Giving (4th Thur in November)
November 30 St. Andrew's Day
December 1 First Sunday In Advent
December 22 First Day Of Winter (The Shortest Day)
December 23 Hanukkah 1st day
December 25 Christmas Day
December 26 Boxing Day
December 31 New Year's Eve

July Events

Dog Days of Summer - July 3 - August 11
National Blueberry Month
National Anti-Boredom Month
Unlucky Month for weddings
National Cell Phone Courtesy Month
National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month
National Picnic Month


Weekly Events:

Week 2 - Nude Recreation Week
Week 3 - Capture the Sunset Week


Daily Events:

1 Canada Day / Dominion Day
1 Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day
1 International Chicken Wing Day
1 International Joke Day
1 National Postal Worker Day
2 I Forgot Day
2 World UFO Day
3 Compliment Your Mirror Day
3 Disobedience Day
3 Eat Beans Day
3 Stay out of the Sun Day
4 Independence Day (U.S.A.)
4 National Country Music Day
4 Sidewalk Egg Frying Day
5 National Apple Turnover Day
5 National Bikini Day
5 Work-a-holics Day
6 International Kissing Day
6 International Cherry Pit Spitting Day - first Saturday of month
6 National Fried Chicken Day
7 Build A Scarecrow Day - first Sunday in month
7 Chocolate Day
7 National Strawberry Sundae Day
8 Body Painting Day
8 National Blueberry Day
8 Video Games Day
9 National Sugar Cookie Day
9 Teddy Bear Picnic Day
10 Pick Blueberries Day
10 Teddy Bear Picnic Day
11 Cheer up the Lonely Day
11 National Blueberry Muffins Day
11 World Population Day
12 Different Coloured Eyes Day
12 Pecan Pie Day
13 Barbershop Music Appreciation Day
13 Embrace Your Geekness Day
13 Fool's Paradise Day
13 National French Fries Day
14 Bastille Day
14 Pandemonium Day
14 National Nude Day
14 Shark Awareness Day
15 Be a Dork Day
15 Cow Appreciation Day
15 Tapioca Pudding Day
16 Fresh Spinach Day
16 World Snake Day
17 National Hot Dog Day - third Wednesday in July
17 Peach Ice Cream Day
17 World Emoji Day
17 Yellow Pig Day
18 National Caviar Day
19 National Daiquiri Day
19 National Raspberry Cake Day
20 National Ice Cream Soda Day
20 National Lollipop Day
20 Moon Day
20 Ugly Truck Day
21 National Ice Cream Day - third Sunday of the month
21 National Junk Food Day
22 Hammock Day
22 Ratcatcher's Day
23 Vanilla Ice Cream Day
24 Amelia Earhart Day
24 Cousins Day
24 National Tequila Day
24 Tell an Old Joke Day
25 Culinarians Day
25 Threading the Needle Day
26 All or Nothing Day
26 Aunt and Uncle Day
26 System Administrator Appreciation Day - last Friday in July
27 National Day of the Cowboy - fourth Saturday in July
27 Take Your Plants for a Walk
28 National Milk Chocolate Day
28 Parent's Day - fourth Sunday in July
29 Interntional Tiger Day
29 National Chicken Wing Day
29 National Lasagna Day
30 National Cheesecake Day
30 Father-in-Law Day
30 International Day of Friendship
31 Mutt's Day