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Barbara, etc, What about those interview programs they have on some of the more serious stations on Sunday mornings? I've heard all sorts of topics being discussed. How does one get onto one of those? Hilary Blue ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Barbara Blake-Krebs wrote: > > Hi Nancy B and listmembers, > > In the U.S. not-for-profit orgs are eligible for FREE ads, known as Public > Service Announcements on all commercial broadcast outlets. Depending on a > variety of factors, e.g. station policy, listenability and/or viewability of > the spot, personal contact between you and station personnel, such spots may > be run more or less often in prime time to off-off prime time. Political > spots are excluded. But educatonal awareness spots are fine. > The beauty of radio is that you can provide written copy only--in fact, some > stations will reject a pre-produced tape. They either tape it themselves or > do it live. > The format on the page, readability, and length of spot are very important. > Most spots are 10-sec, 20-sec, or 30-sec. It's common to provide multiple > spots in each length with emphasis on 10-sec & 20-sec. This we can do at the > local level. > Gina, Ellen, Barbs, Jeanette to name a few--please write and post to the > list, spots suitable to your locale. This is my challenge. > I will expand on this "how-to-do-it" message given any incentive. > > Barbara Blake-Krebs 57/1984 > Merriam KS > [log in to unmask] > > << > Lately MS has had a great commercial on the radio. Why couldn't one of the > > PD organizations sponsor something similar. The MS ad is about trying to > > connect to the legs etc from a touch tone phone and all lines are busy. > > Nancy B cg for Don 64/15 > > >>