{"id":14330,"date":"2013-03-12T00:23:34","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T07:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/?p=14330"},"modified":"2013-03-12T00:23:34","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T07:23:34","slug":"radio-stations-listener-liners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/radio-stations-listener-liners\/","title":{"rendered":"RADIO STATIONS THAT “SWAP” LISTENER TESTIMONIALS"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"radio<\/a>A Loyal Reader Writes:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“A while back you posted some information regarding the use of other voices in association with products<\/a> as far as what was legal. Do the same rules apply to using other voices for station promotion? <\/span><\/p>\n

“Example\u2014if someone wrote a letter complimenting the station\u2014can anyone voice that for use on air? <\/span><\/p>\n

“Along those lines, can stations ‘swap’ audio of listeners complimenting the other station and put their own call letters on the audio to make it theirs? <\/span><\/p>\n

“I have some real concerns about the ethics of these practices, but wondered if you knew if any of it was actually illegal.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I proudly remain not a lawyer, and my lifelong abstinence from offering legal advice continues here without interruption.<\/span><\/p>\n

Having said that….<\/span><\/p>\n

In the first situation you describe, having someone else voice a real fan letter isn’t a problem…as long as you make it clear it’s being read by someone other than the person who wrote it.<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. radio stations that “swap” audio testimonials are sleazy, dishonest, a disgrace to our industry…and almost certainly in violation of Federal Trade Commission regulations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Any radio station that “swaps” or otherwise acquires faked testimonials (if Station A plays real testimonials for Station B and claims they were for Station A, it’s fake) is admitting, “We can’t find any listeners willing to say nice thing about us.”<\/span><\/p>\n

In such a case, a change in station program management is desperately needed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Program directors who employ such pathetic tactics are the radio equivalent of spammers: They just don’t have what it takes to succeed legitimately, so they resort to dishonest, illegal tactics in a pitiful effort to survive.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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