Comments on: WHY RADIO STATIONS (REALLY) HAVE ON-AIR CONTESTS http://danoday.com/blog/2010/01/radio-station-contests/ Straight talk about radio programming, radio advertising, radio production...Well, you get the idea. Tue, 22 May 2012 15:41:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dan O'Day http://danoday.com/blog/2010/01/radio-station-contests/comment-page-1/#comment-13655 Dan O'Day Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:45:18 +0000 http://danoday.com/blog/?p=3831#comment-13655 <b>@Shruthi: </b> I have an entire <a href="http://danoday.com/contests" rel="nofollow">book</a>... @Shruthi: I have an entire book…

]]> By: Shruthi http://danoday.com/blog/2010/01/radio-station-contests/comment-page-1/#comment-13649 Shruthi Wed, 23 Jun 2010 06:15:07 +0000 http://danoday.com/blog/?p=3831#comment-13649 Wow Dan... u bet you are right... but I'm looking for the solution too. What kind of contest would make you pick up that phone and call? Wow Dan… u bet you are right… but I’m looking for the solution too. What kind of contest would make you pick up that phone and call?

]]> By: Tom Johnson http://danoday.com/blog/2010/01/radio-station-contests/comment-page-1/#comment-8592 Tom Johnson Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:25:13 +0000 http://danoday.com/blog/?p=3831#comment-8592 Greetings: Theatre of The Mind is King! If you do not see life with a tilt to it you may not have the ability to use (Theatre Of The Mind) You have to see the show in your mind before you can write the script , hire the actor,produce the bit and then go on stage with it. Of course you are all the above. Liner Jocks are like little robots with no (Theatre Of The Mind) I refer to it as Controlled Insanity. Thanks, Tom Greetings:
Theatre of The Mind is King! If you do not see life with a tilt to it you may not have the ability to use (Theatre Of The Mind) You have to see the show in your mind before you can write the script , hire the actor,produce the bit and then go on stage with it. Of course you are all the above.
Liner Jocks are like little robots with no (Theatre Of The Mind) I refer to it as Controlled Insanity.

Thanks, Tom

]]> By: TJ KELLEY http://danoday.com/blog/2010/01/radio-station-contests/comment-page-1/#comment-7871 TJ KELLEY Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:42:52 +0000 http://danoday.com/blog/?p=3831#comment-7871 The solution is, don't be the staus quo, and put some thought into your contesting. "Caller 9 Qualifies" is BS, and nobody cares what 42% of women do every morning right outta the shower.... Whatever happened to "Theatre of The Mind"? Think of contests that not only engage your contestant so that THEIR personalities can take stage, but also provide some entertainment to your listeners.... Listeners hear OUR voices every day...over and over. The more you engage your contestant, the more the OTHER people are drawn in, because they'll STILL want to know if their funnier, smarter, more clever than the person that got through. The solution is, don’t be the staus quo, and put some thought into your contesting.

“Caller 9 Qualifies” is BS, and nobody cares what 42% of women do every morning right outta the shower….

Whatever happened to “Theatre of The Mind”? Think of contests that not only engage your contestant so that THEIR personalities can take stage, but also provide some entertainment to your listeners….

Listeners hear OUR voices every day…over and over. The more you engage your contestant, the more the OTHER people are drawn in, because they’ll STILL want to know if their funnier, smarter, more clever than the person that got through.

]]> By: Earl Pilkington http://danoday.com/blog/2010/01/radio-station-contests/comment-page-1/#comment-7806 Earl Pilkington Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:15:41 +0000 http://danoday.com/blog/?p=3831#comment-7806 FYI Rajesh - "Rooting" in Australia and New Zealand - refers to having casual sex... "Rooted" means that it is stuffed/broken ... It is a good point you make Dan - but something occurs to me reading this - you state what the problem is - but no solution - I would have thought that those people not wanting them to win are also participating - in their own way. How else can you engage besides making the experience funny and amusing? The listener involved might not be amused at you making fun of them or simply giving them a sound effect of "Wrong Answer". Should all contestants who are on the air - recieve a participation prize? What is the solution ? My brain hurts trying to figure this out? Aghhh - now my brain is rooted. FYI Rajesh –
“Rooting” in Australia and New Zealand – refers to having casual sex…
“Rooted” means that it is stuffed/broken …

It is a good point you make Dan – but something occurs to me reading this – you state what the problem is – but no solution – I would have thought that those people not wanting them to win are also participating – in their own way.
How else can you engage besides making the experience funny and amusing?
The listener involved might not be amused at you making fun of them or simply giving them a sound effect of “Wrong Answer”.
Should all contestants who are on the air – recieve a participation prize?
What is the solution ? My brain hurts trying to figure this out?
Aghhh – now my brain is rooted.

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