RADIO FILL-IN SHOWS; AIRCHECK CRITIQUE

by Dan O'Day on July 18, 2010

The latest issue of my Radio Programming Letter includes advice to someone who is filling in for another person’s morning show, plus a critique of a subscriber’s aircheck.

This posting is for subscribers to add their own comments….

Comments on this entry are closed.

Brian July 20, 2010, 6:18 am

Regarding Andy Alm’s aircheck, allow me to opine:
Overall, good job, but as a busy PD/Ops Mgr, I really don’t have time to listen to a five-minute aircheck from a prospective employee, UNLESS something about it draws me in. In this case I listened to the whole thing because The Guru (Dan) asked me to; if you had sent this to me to apply for a job, I probably would’ve stopped the CD after the first break. That being said, you should start with your strongest break, which I felt was the homeless woman / Dork-a-Pellas bit. After that you could’ve gone to the Opinion Poll bit, and then followed that up by playing a piece of your conversation with one of these callers who say they never participate in such polls.

Link

Next post: MONDAY RADIO COMMERCIAL SMACKDOWN: Volkswagen Joins The Motorcade of Bad Radio Advertising

Previous post: HOW I INTRODUCED Z-100’s ROSS BRITTAIN TO PENN & TELLER