{"id":15897,"date":"2013-10-01T00:22:11","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T07:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/?p=15897"},"modified":"2013-10-01T00:22:11","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T07:22:11","slug":"clever-radio-program-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/clever-radio-program-name\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO BE CLEVER ON THE RADIO IN ONE EASY LESSON"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most radio people who attempt to be “clever” make the mistake of not beginning their creative process in the most promising arena: their own true life experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ironically, beginning with your own simple truth is the most reliably fast way to arrive at something truly original.<\/span><\/p>\n

On our “I’m A Radio Pro Who Still Wants To Use My Talents And Skills Profitably” Facebook group<\/a>, AJ MacKay<\/strong><\/span> posted this question:<\/span><\/p>\n

“Looking for some suggestions on what to call a party\/request type show that would be playing songs from the 90’s and early 2000’s……anybody have any suggestions?”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

I responded:<\/span><\/p>\n

“Just as an exercise, try writing an invitation to this party where you’ll be playing all those great songs.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The invitation is something you’ll be mailing to all of your friends who love exactly this kind of music and would enjoy hanging out together, grooving to the sounds.<\/span><\/p>\n

“No word limit; just write and write and write.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I know this sounds like ‘work,’ but if you do it I predict you’ll stumble upon a great name for the show.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

AJ replied:<\/span><\/p>\n

“Not work at all….I’d consider it research and a worthwhile investment. <\/span><\/p>\n

“Great idea. Thanks! Ill definitely do that this weekend.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Later he reported:<\/span><\/p>\n

“I did what you suggested and I think I struck gold.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I graduated high school in ’92 and started my radio career as a freshman, so a lot of those memories came flooding back.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The title: ‘Back In The Day w\/AJ McKay’<\/span><\/p>\n

“Being a Production\/Imaging\/Voice Over guy….the creative in the imaging will really sell the feel of the show, or at least that’s my hope.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Personally, I think it’s an excellent title that both describes and personalizes the program. <\/span><\/p>\n

You want to be “creative” and “original”? Start with the truth, and see where it leads you.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most radio people who attempt to be “clever” make the mistake of not beginning their creative process in the most promising arena: their own true life experiences. Ironically, beginning with your own simple truth is the most reliably fast way to arrive at something truly original. On our “I’m A Radio Pro Who Still Wants […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15897","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"yoast_head":"\nHOW TO BE CLEVER ON THE RADIO IN ONE EASY LESSON - DAN O\u2019DAY TALKS ABOUT RADIO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/clever-radio-program-name\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HOW TO BE CLEVER ON THE RADIO IN ONE EASY LESSON - DAN O\u2019DAY TALKS ABOUT RADIO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Most radio people who attempt to be “clever” make the mistake of not beginning their creative process in the most promising arena: their own true life experiences. Ironically, beginning with your own simple truth is the most reliably fast way to arrive at something truly original. On our “I’m A Radio Pro Who Still Wants […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/clever-radio-program-name\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"DAN O\u2019DAY TALKS ABOUT RADIO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DanODayRadio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-10-01T07:22:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dan O'Day\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Dan_ODay\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Dan_ODay\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dan O'Day\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/10\\\/clever-radio-program-name\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/10\\\/clever-radio-program-name\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dan O'Day\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/afe504342187ed9676675802d9c9b19c\"},\"headline\":\"HOW TO BE CLEVER ON THE RADIO IN ONE EASY LESSON\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-10-01T07:22:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/10\\\/clever-radio-program-name\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":316,\"commentCount\":3,\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/10\\\/clever-radio-program-name\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/10\\\/clever-radio-program-name\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/10\\\/clever-radio-program-name\\\/\",\"name\":\"HOW TO BE CLEVER ON THE RADIO IN ONE EASY LESSON - DAN O\u2019DAY TALKS ABOUT RADIO\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-10-01T07:22:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/afe504342187ed9676675802d9c9b19c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/10\\\/clever-radio-program-name\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/10\\\/clever-radio-program-name\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/10\\\/clever-radio-program-name\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"HOW TO BE CLEVER ON THE RADIO IN ONE EASY LESSON\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"DAN O\u2019DAY TALKS ABOUT RADIO\",\"description\":\"Straight talk about radio programming, radio advertising, radio production...Well, you get the idea.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/afe504342187ed9676675802d9c9b19c\",\"name\":\"Dan O'Day\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/assistant\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"HOW TO BE CLEVER ON THE RADIO IN ONE EASY LESSON - DAN O\u2019DAY TALKS ABOUT RADIO","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/clever-radio-program-name\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"HOW TO BE CLEVER ON THE RADIO IN ONE EASY LESSON - DAN O\u2019DAY TALKS ABOUT RADIO","og_description":"Most radio people who attempt to be “clever” make the mistake of not beginning their creative process in the most promising arena: their own true life experiences. Ironically, beginning with your own simple truth is the most reliably fast way to arrive at something truly original. On our “I’m A Radio Pro Who Still Wants […]","og_url":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/clever-radio-program-name\/","og_site_name":"DAN O\u2019DAY TALKS ABOUT RADIO","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DanODayRadio","article_published_time":"2013-10-01T07:22:11+00:00","author":"Dan O'Day","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Dan_ODay","twitter_site":"@Dan_ODay","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dan O'Day","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/clever-radio-program-name\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/clever-radio-program-name\/"},"author":{"name":"Dan O'Day","@id":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/afe504342187ed9676675802d9c9b19c"},"headline":"HOW TO BE CLEVER ON THE RADIO IN ONE EASY LESSON","datePublished":"2013-10-01T07:22:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/clever-radio-program-name\/"},"wordCount":316,"commentCount":3,"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/clever-radio-program-name\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/clever-radio-program-name\/","url":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/clever-radio-program-name\/","name":"HOW TO BE CLEVER ON THE RADIO IN ONE EASY LESSON - DAN O\u2019DAY TALKS ABOUT RADIO","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-10-01T07:22:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/afe504342187ed9676675802d9c9b19c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/clever-radio-program-name\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/clever-radio-program-name\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/clever-radio-program-name\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"HOW TO BE CLEVER ON THE RADIO IN ONE EASY LESSON"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/","name":"DAN O\u2019DAY TALKS ABOUT RADIO","description":"Straight talk about radio programming, radio advertising, radio production...Well, you get the idea.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/afe504342187ed9676675802d9c9b19c","name":"Dan O'Day","url":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/author\/assistant\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15897"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15900,"href":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15897\/revisions\/15900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}