SEGMENT 1 — “Buying Christmas for Tampa Bay Families”

A. Overview of the station’s holiday tradition

• Recapping two weeks of giving away money to listeners in need
• Emphasis on tough times: cost of living, job losses, struggling families

B. Introducing Bentley’s Story

• Who Bentley is: a volunteer guardian ad litem
• What guardians ad litem do:
• Advocate for foster children
• Ensure safety, check living conditions
• Speak for children in court
• Bentley oversees 45 foster kids

C. The Christmas Crisis

• None of the 45 children were selected to receive Christmas gifts this year
• Bentley applied for the $1,000 with the intent to use all of it on the kids
• Hosts moved by her story

D. The Big Surprise

• Bentley returns call within 9 minutes → wins $1,000
• Local business owner Mike Disser (Finn’s, Apollo Pizza, Soho Saloon) hears the segment → calls in to match the $1,000
• Donation coordinated through Voices for Children (local nonprofit supporting foster kids)

E. Emotional Reactions

• Bentley overwhelmed/grateful
• Hosts talk about foster kids’ realities—many travel with belongings in garbage bags
• Total gift for the kids: $2,000
• Segment ends on a very high note

SEGMENT 2 — “Christmas Music: Love It or Hate It?”

A. Launa drops a bombshell

• She hates Christmas music
• Setting up her tree to Breaking Benjamin, not Mariah Carey

B. The Worst Christmas Song of All Time

• The Alvin & the Chipmunks song
• Debate: nostalgic vs. unbearable

C. Christmas Music Radio

• Stations switching to all-Christmas “way too early”
• Launa removes them from her car presets during December
• (Sorry, 105.5 The Dove!)

SEGMENT 3 — “Year in Review: Music, Apps & Pop Culture”

A. Top Music of the Year

• Morgan Wallen: top album
• Kendrick Lamar: top artist
• Launa admits she doesn’t know any Kendrick Lamar songs

B. Most Downloaded iPhone Apps of 2025

• Google apps dominate (Maps, Gmail, Gemini, YouTube)
• Instagram still being downloaded (surprising to the hosts)
• WhatsApp → helpful for travel
• TikTok
• Threads (Instagram’s version of X/Twitter)
• #1 most downloaded free app: ChatGPT
• All three hosts confess they just downloaded it this year

SEGMENT 4 — “Is AI Cheating?”

A. The Shocking Stats

• Almost 40% of teens talk to chatbots for advice or companionship
• 28% of adults have had “intimate or romantic relationships” with AI
• More than 50% of those are in committed relationships with humans

B. Hosts React

• JR & Kevin: weird, can’t understand the appeal
• Launa:
• Would be LIVID if her husband Paul talked to a chatbot
• “Marriages require time, conversation, and work — not robots”
• Compares trying AI relationships to “trying drugs — don’t even start”

C. Funny Scenario

• J.R. imagines walking in on Kristin chatting with an AI “perfect guy named Derek”
• Group jokes about AI relationships and boundaries

D. Real Uses for ChatGPT

• JR: uses AI daily for radio prep, themes, and brainstorming
• Launa: tried it for movie script lookup; still not impressed

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