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Show prep for Hot AC stations

Hot AC radio show prep

Pop culture and real-life stories for busy adults, ready before your show.

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For You showing your show, ready by 6:00 am with 6 stories, and Swap on the first story

“This is the most revolutionary prep site I've seen in over a decade. Most don't change how you prep. This one will.”

Kevin RolstonKVJ Show, WRMF/West Palm

Hot AC

What Hot AC morning shows need

  • Pop culture with perspective

    The same celebrity news as Top 40, told for adults who have jobs, kids and a commute.

  • Relatable real life

    Money, work, relationships and family: the stories listeners bring up at dinner.

  • Benchmarks that build habit

    Daily features listeners plan around, fed with fresh material every morning.

How it works

How Radio Content Pro preps a Hot AC show

  1. Set your format

    Choose Hot AC on your profile and tell Ava who listens and where.

  2. Ava picks

    Every morning, For You fills with the stories that fit your show, each with a tease.

  3. In your voice

    «In my voice» writes each story the way you talk, checked against the story.

  4. Ready by your time

    Set a ready-by time and how many stories. Your show is built in running order.

Inside the app

Built for Hot AC listeners

Stories picked for Hot AC listeners

Set your format to Hot AC and For You picks for your show, not a generic feed. Not right? Press «Not for me» and pick «Not my format»; Ava learns.
  • Music news from other genres is filtered out of For You. Browse still has every story.
  • Politics, crime and other hard news are played down, unless your interests ask for news.
  • Set your market and local stories come from there.
A story page with The Story, Why it matters and Key facts

Talkable, every morning

Every story opens with «Why it matters», «Key facts» and «Talk angles», so a story turns into a break in minutes.
  • Written like a Hot AC host: «In my voice» uses your Character Profile.
  • «Key facts» and «Article source» keep the original story a tap away.
A story written in your voice, with «Verified against the story — ready for air.»

Ready before you are

Set a ready-by time and how many stories. Ava builds your show in running order, and can email it to you.
  • Reorder stories and add your own notes in Show Builder.
  • Copy, print or email your show.
The Show schedule card: ready by 6:00 am, days on air, 6 stories, Email it to me ticked

The format

What is the Hot AC radio format?

Hot AC (Hot Adult Contemporary) plays current and recent pop and pop-rock hits for adults. It sits between Top 40 and AC: current enough to feel new, familiar enough for the workday. Morning shows mix pop culture with the real life of working adults and parents.

  • Hot Adult Contemporary
  • Modern AC
  • Adult Top 40

Included

Everything else comes with it

Ask Ava

Ask Ava about Radio Content Pro for Hot AC

In the app, Ava takes any question about a story: an angle, a tease, a phone topic or a rewrite. Here, ask her how it would work on your show.
Ava Hart smiling, ready to help with your show

Ask Ava. Thinking about Radio Content Pro for your Hot AC show? Ask me.

Try it on tomorrow’s Hot AC show.

Start free. Set your format. See what Ava picks.

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Questions

Hot AC show prep questions

Is Hot AC different from Top 40 here?

Yes. Set Hot AC as your format and tell Ava who listens. Ava picks for your audience, not a generic pop one.

Can I mix in lifestyle stories?

Yes. Browse has every story, and «Add to show» puts any of them in your show.

Does Hot AC cost extra?

No. Radio Content Pro is $199 a month or $1,999 a year, for any format.

Can I try it first?

Yes. Start a 7-day free trial and get full access, no card needed. Pick a plan when you are ready to keep going.

I’m already a member. Does my price change?

No. Existing members keep their current rate.

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