The Morning Plug with Joe

The Morning Plug

Target – Everyone!

Time: 06h00 – 09h00 Weekdays

Presenter/Producer Joe

Description: The breakfast program is your morning plug to get the day started on a
high energy mode with news, interviews, random but yet true facts, and music of today
and tomorrow! Not to forget our word of the day, knowledge is indeed power and there
is nothing more exciting than learning a new world early in the morning. Don’t forget you
have to turn on “The Morning Plug” on 89.0 FM to be powered up for the day.

Main Segments:

● Front Page News
● The positive note of the day
● The Box
● News Update with Business News
● Weather
● Get it off your chest (On hold)
● Word of the day
● Entrepreneur toolbox
● Money Lessons (Financial Education)
● Office Request (through WhatsApp Voice notes) (On hold)
● Morning Song battle (Listeners vote for it)

Recurring Segment

● Tasty Monday( Breakfast Recipe of the week) & Mental Check-in
● Tuesday Band Conversations (Interviews)
● Tuesday Health Tip
● Wednesday Fitness Tip
● Thursday: Job Shop and One hit wonder (An artist who released a great hit then
went silent.)
● Friday Travel Namibia/ What to watch/ Zero & Heroes

The Morning Plug Running order

National Anthem before 06h00

06H00: Music
06H10: Morning intro
06H20: Weather Update
06H30: BBC News
06H40: Business News Update
06H50: Positive note of the day
07H00: Pre-Sell upcoming segments ( Introduce the morning song of the day for voting)
07H10: Newspaper headlines & Stories
07H30: BBC News
07H40: Word of the day
07H50: Money Lessons
08H00: Pre-Sell upcoming segments ( Introduce the social topic of the morning)
08H10: The Box | Mental Check In Monday | Brand Conversation Tuesday |
08H20: Entrepreneur toolbox | Entrepreneur of the week
08H30: BBC News
08H40: The Coffee Corner
MON – Breakfast Recipe of the week
TUE – Health Tip
WED – Fitness Tip
THU – Job Shop | One hit wonder
FRI – Travel Namibia | What to watch | Zeros & Heroes

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Breakdown of the segments (Profile)

Front Page News
We are keeping listeners updated with news headlines courtesy of the local
newspapers.

The positive note of the day
We give a morning quote just to inspire the listeners in the morning, sometimes the
quote is related to the theme days. Or Sharing positive news or development in the
country.

The Box
Random yet true facts from around the world.

News Update with Business News
Sharing what is happening in the world of sport, locally, internationally, and in Africa.
Sources
News24, African News, BBC, Namibian Sun, New Era, and the Namibian.

Weather
Nothing is more pleasing than to know what the weather has in store for the rest of the
day. Making sure we let you know how to dress for the day.

Get it off your chest
With so much happening in the world, this segment gives listeners an outlet to get
things off their chest like that steam from a boiling kettle. Making the listeners feel light

Word of the day
Knowledge is indeed power and there is nothing more exciting than learning a new
world early in the morning while the brain is still fresh. They are weird but so funny if you
are brainy you will love this segment of the show.

Money Lessons (Financial Education)
Sharing tips about saving and using your money. Basically financial literacy.

Office Request (through WhatsApp Voice notes)
This is where workers send in their requests/shout-outs for their workplace.

Morning Song battle
Listeners can vote for the morning song on our Instagram story, where we post the poll.
Monday is Namibian songs, Tuesday is songs from the UK Top 40, Wednesday is
songs from the Billboard Hot 100, Thursday we throw it back and Friday it’s party mood
songs.

Recurring Segment

Tasty Monday( Breakfast Recipe of the week)
Sharing a quick and easy breakfast recipe for the week. Ask the listeners to try it out
and share it with us on Social Media or send us a picture of the recipe they have tried
for us to post.

Mental Check-In (Monday)
Your mental health is just as important as your physical health, the mental check-in
gives us a chance to check in on your well-being and share ways how you can cope
and equip you with the tools you need. With experts in the field joining us on Mondays.
Normalizing the conversation around mental health as well.

Band Talk (Tuesday)
Where we have a conversation about branding and the importance of building one,
especially for entrepreneurs, artists, and those in the business world. Skills experts with
a world of experience in branding.

Wednesday Health/Fitness Tip
From eating healthy to what exercises to do. What app to use for home workouts?

Winning Women Wednesday (Podcast form prerecorded)
Celebrate women who are leaders in their respective industries. Sharing their stories to
inspire both the girl child and boy child. Success is not overnight but requires hard work,
focus, and determination and the women we will have on this segment are the perfect
example of that.

Thursday: Job Shop/One hit wonder
Share job opportunities in the country with the listeners.

An artist who released a great hit then went silent, locally and internationally.

Friday Travel Namibia
Taking the listeners through Namibia. Places they know, places they don’t know, facts
about the country, and strange sites.