(1) Take your show template you have saved for your teleprompter, open it up in the your teleprompter and save it with the name of your guest and the date as the file name. Enter everything you are going to say that is not already in your template; like you intro, show policy etc., Enter things such as the introduction of your guest and what you are going to say about them in the introduction of your guest.
(2) Enter the questions you agreed to ask your guest.
(3) Copy and paste the information from your teleprompter into a Word Document or WordPad document and save it to email to your guest a day prior to the interview.
(4) Rehearse your part as host for your upcoming show until you are comfortable with it.
(5) Prepare your office/studio for the call. Make sure you equipment is all operational - make sure there will be no background noise in your office or from outside your office. Get your families cooperation on this issue.
(6) If you have someone else producing/controlling your show practice with them again using your actual show format in your teleprompter.
(7) Email your show format from your teleprompter to your guest the day before the interview. Ask if they have any additional suggestions. If they do ask them to reply with them in the email. Let them know you will be calling about 20 minutes prior to air time to make sure they are ready and have dial instructions etc.
(8) Set up your call and include your guest in the invitations.
Get excited. You're almost there. It wont be long and your be hosing your first live talk radio show. You have learned everything you need up to this point to conduct a professional interview.
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