1. “Oregon Mom” bumper sticker. Beth’s daughter is attending the University of Oregon.
2. TV camera and light to provide live feed for their weekly appearance on Channel 3’s Good Morning, Arizona.
3. Beth McDonald, the woman behind the Beth McDonald Woman of the Year Award. “We are just trying to recognize women in the Valley. Normally we hear about women who are either very socially connected or have really big-profile jobs or names, and we are trying to find and recognize women you don’t hear about necessarily every day,” she says.
4. Moo Can. When giving dating advice to women, Beth has been known to ask, “Is he getting the milk for free?”
5. The Shirley MacLaine Memorial Dump button has several options – Talk Back, Cough, On and Off. “We ended up with it because Shirley MacLaine came onto the air and said the Fword, and we didn’t have one at the time,” says Beth. “Also Bea Arthur,” Bill adds. “Yeah, the delightful Golden Girl came in and dropped the F-bomb.”
6. “$12.99 right there,” says Bill. “$20 million radio station and 13 bucks for headphones.”
7. Before being invited to do the show with Beth on 99.9 KEZ, Bill was an evening weatherman for Channel 12. “Saying ‘hot and, uh, sunny,’” Beth jokes. “It’s like being a bartender at the Betty Ford Clinic. No one really needs you, but they just like to watch you,” Bill laughs.
8. Google is kept on standby for last-minute headline checking and other searches.

9. Scissors to cut out news stories.
10. Newspapers are an essential component to the “morning routine.” Beth and Bill don’t have much of a routine other than coming in, grabbing coffee and reading the paper. “Let me put it this way: there are probably a lot of people who wouldn’t like to work with us because we don’t plan anything.” says Beth. “And we can give you that list!” laughs Bill. “Many of them are still in this building.”
11. Bell. “I don’t even know what the dinger means. It just means you wake up with Beth and Bill and we just ding you and say, ‘oh, gosh.’ It’s an extra little thanks. It’s a special moment. It’s kind of like an affirmation,” says Beth.
12. Beth and Bill are entering their 18th year on the air together. They celebrated their 17th anniversary on June 5. Bill happens to be Beth’s ninth partner. “Bill had actually been on the show as a guest when I was with somebody else; when I was with another man. We don’t like to talk about my years with other men,” jokes Beth.
13. “The woman behind the curtain.” Lisa Aguilar, producer of the Beth and Bill show, has her office behind the clouds. “Sometimes Bill stands behind it naked and shakes his various body parts and I guess what it is,” Beth says. “I show her my man cleavage,” Bill jokes.
14. Bill’s typical uniform is a Hawaiian shirt. “I’m sorry I can’t hear you; my shirt’s too loud!” Bill shouts.
15. Together they drink countless cups of coffee. “Hot, black coffee,” says Bill. “Like how we like our men,” Beth says.
16. Copy of The Times.
17. After the show, Beth and Bill can work from home and answer e-mails on a laptop, though you might have a tough time hearing back from Bill. “I don’t answer e-mails because I am anti-social. Don’t call me; don’t e-mail me,” jokes Bill.