It’s October 3rd. The morning show meeting starts in ten minutes. Somebody says, “We should do something for Halloween,” and everyone nods. Then there’s silence while five people try to remember a single Halloween game they haven’t already played to death.
The Halloween Feature Picker ends that silence. It’s a free, interactive Excel tool that sorts 72 proven Halloween features, games, contests, promotions and programming ideas from the Insiders Radio Network library. Tell it what kind of show you have, and it instantly shows you what fits.
Set the filters for your show:
- Your Scare Dial zone: from Fun Size (costumes, candy, kids) to Full Fright (horror, all the way)
- Solo or team show
- Kind of idea: programming, promotion, contest, feature or game
- Phones or no phones
- Prize and sponsor-ready features only
- Kid-friendly features only
- Music-based or talk-based
- Prep time: low, medium or high
- Length: a quick bit, a full segment or a multi-day event
The matching list updates instantly, with a one-line description of each feature and a link to the complete how-to article on Insiders. A solo host on a family AC station who needs something quick with no prep? The picker narrows 72 ideas to the handful that fit. An Active Rock team show looking for a big event? Different list, same 30 seconds.
How To Use the Halloween Feature Picker
- Start on the Feature Picker tab. Change the yellow filters to match your show. Everything else updates automatically.
- Plan your season on the My Lineup tab. Pick a feature for each of your 13 Days of Halloween, plus the day after. Details and links fill in on their own, and the sheet flags any feature you’ve scheduled twice.
- Browse everything on the Feature Library tab. Sort and filter all 72 ideas by kind, Scare Dial zone, prep and length.
- Not sure where you belong on the dial? Take the Scare Dial Scorecard first, then set the picker to your zone.
It works in Excel, Google Sheets and Numbers.
