Above My Paygrade
Above My Paygrade is a weekly one-hour radio show for anyone who’s ever muted themselves to scream during a Teams meeting. Each week dives headfirst into the absurdity of corporate life.. from offsite travel disasters and return-to-office guilt trips to Slack etiquette, horrible bosses, and survival tips for not looking like a total idiot in front of your coworkers.
Every hour blends satire, emotional truth, and listener-submitted cries for help into segments like “Work Best Friends & Villains,” “Microsoft Teams Is A Rat,” and “Corporate Holiday Party Survival Guide.” It’s catharsis for the cubicle crowd, therapy for the remote warriors, and a safe space to laugh at the madness we call work. 50% of our waking hours are spent working… that makes us cry a little.
On the air every week. Bring your PTO requests and emotional baggage.
Why it’s a fit for your station
Every market has an office park. Above My Paygrade speaks directly to the commuters, cubicle-dwellers, and remote workers driving to and from the 9-to-5 every day—a built-in, everyday audience that’s hard to reach with general-interest comedy. It’s a specific, underserved niche, not a crowded one.
The show is fully produced and professionally hosted, so it airs ready to go with no editorial lift required on the station’s end. It’s also built for the exact daypart structure stations already run (local and national avails included) so it drops into a weekend or evening slot without reformatting.
And because the format leans on real listener stories about work, it’s built to grow local engagement over time: stations can plug in their own call-in or submission line and make the segments regional, turning a syndicated show into something that feels locally owned.