{"id":7773,"date":"2010-11-18T01:05:28","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T08:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/?p=7773"},"modified":"2010-11-18T00:27:22","modified_gmt":"2010-11-18T07:27:22","slug":"radio-contest-promos-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/radio-contest-promos-2\/","title":{"rendered":"RADIO CONTEST PROMOS: Incredibly Tasteless"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Bad Taste Warning<\/h3>\n<p>If you are easily offended, please move on to the &#8220;Positive, Happy Thought of The Day&#8221; blog.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Still Here?<\/h3>\n<p>I am going to share with you four pieces of audio, excerpted from my <a href=\"http:\/\/danoday.com\/imaging-blueprint\"><strong>Radio Station Imaging Blueprint<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll enjoy this far more<em> if you do not &#8220;read ahead.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Please, trust me on this.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please read only my written introduction to each piece; do not read this entire section and then go back and listen to the audio.<\/p>\n<p>If you trust me and follow the above instructions, you will enjoy this a lot more.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Joel Moss<\/strong><\/span> is Production Director for WEBN\/Cincinnati. There&#8217;s no better station imaging writer than Joel.<\/p>\n<p>One day his program director gave him some raw audio, recorded by a WEBN listener who in 1975 had won a big cash prize and used it to move to California and start a new life. Now, the listener was dying. And he had decided to bequeath some of his money to WEBN, to give away to its listeners once again.<\/p>\n<p>(Reminder:  <strong>Please read only the description immediately before each audio sample,<\/strong> and then listen to the audio before reading further.)<\/p>\n<p>Here is the recording that was given to Joel:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"204\" height=\"79\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"play\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"loop\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"bUseColor=true&amp;sCustomColor= 9451520&amp;bUseText=false&amp;sBrandText=&amp;sBrandUrl=&amp;bAutoPlay=false&amp;bCloakUrl=true&amp;mp3url=jvIM5%2A%21%2BCx%2Fqh%2E%2Fdoo%211Ixoc0Fs%2F%2DNctzWknAF%2C9%2F2RC\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.danoday.com\/siteaudioplayer.swf\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"204\" height=\"79\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danoday.com\/siteaudioplayer.swf\" flashvars=\"bUseColor=true&amp;sCustomColor= 9451520&amp;bUseText=false&amp;sBrandText=&amp;sBrandUrl=&amp;bAutoPlay=false&amp;bCloakUrl=true&amp;mp3url=jvIM5%2A%21%2BCx%2Fqh%2E%2Fdoo%211Ixoc0Fs%2F%2DNctzWknAF%2C9%2F2RC\" wmode=\"transparent\" quality=\"high\" loop=\"false\" play=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>WEBN has a very strong image: Rude &amp; tasteless. Great station positioning always is consistent. Even if it involves somebody dying, if WEBN does a promotion you can count on it being rude &amp; tasteless.<\/p>\n<p>So here is the promo Joel created for this contest:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"204\" height=\"79\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"play\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"loop\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"bUseColor=true&amp;sCustomColor= 9451520&amp;bUseText=false&amp;sBrandText=&amp;sBrandUrl=&amp;bAutoPlay=false&amp;bCloakUrl=true&amp;mp3url=jvIM5%2A%21%2BCx%2Fqh%2E%2Fdoo%211Ixoc0Fs%2F%2DNctzWknAF%2C0%2F2RC\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.danoday.com\/siteaudioplayer.swf\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"204\" height=\"79\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danoday.com\/siteaudioplayer.swf\" flashvars=\"bUseColor=true&amp;sCustomColor= 9451520&amp;bUseText=false&amp;sBrandText=&amp;sBrandUrl=&amp;bAutoPlay=false&amp;bCloakUrl=true&amp;mp3url=jvIM5%2A%21%2BCx%2Fqh%2E%2Fdoo%211Ixoc0Fs%2F%2DNctzWknAF%2C0%2F2RC\" wmode=\"transparent\" quality=\"high\" loop=\"false\" play=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>And here is the on-air &#8220;Cue to Call&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"204\" height=\"79\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"play\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"loop\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"bUseColor=true&amp;sCustomColor= 9451520&amp;bUseText=false&amp;sBrandText=&amp;sBrandUrl=&amp;bAutoPlay=false&amp;bCloakUrl=true&amp;mp3url=jvIM5%2A%21%2BCx%2Fqh%2E%2Fdoo%211Ixoc0Fs%2F%2DNctzWknAF%2CA%2F2RC\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.danoday.com\/siteaudioplayer.swf\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"204\" height=\"79\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danoday.com\/siteaudioplayer.swf\" flashvars=\"bUseColor=true&amp;sCustomColor= 9451520&amp;bUseText=false&amp;sBrandText=&amp;sBrandUrl=&amp;bAutoPlay=false&amp;bCloakUrl=true&amp;mp3url=jvIM5%2A%21%2BCx%2Fqh%2E%2Fdoo%211Ixoc0Fs%2F%2DNctzWknAF%2CA%2F2RC\" wmode=\"transparent\" quality=\"high\" loop=\"false\" play=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Definitely one of the most tasteless things I&#8217;ve ever heard. And I love the &#8220;Elvis&#8221; line.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, this promotion garnered a lot of attention. And then Joel was given one more piece of information:<\/p>\n<p><em>Gary Willis never existed. The whole thing was a gag.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So Joel created one last promo:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"204\" height=\"79\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"play\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"loop\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"bUseColor=true&amp;sCustomColor= 9451520&amp;bUseText=false&amp;sBrandText=&amp;sBrandUrl=&amp;bAutoPlay=false&amp;bCloakUrl=true&amp;mp3url=jvIM5%2A%21%2BCx%2Fqh%2E%2Fdoo%211Ixoc0Fs%2F%2DNctzWknAF%2CB%2F2RC\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.danoday.com\/siteaudioplayer.swf\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"204\" height=\"79\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danoday.com\/siteaudioplayer.swf\" flashvars=\"bUseColor=true&amp;sCustomColor= 9451520&amp;bUseText=false&amp;sBrandText=&amp;sBrandUrl=&amp;bAutoPlay=false&amp;bCloakUrl=true&amp;mp3url=jvIM5%2A%21%2BCx%2Fqh%2E%2Fdoo%211Ixoc0Fs%2F%2DNctzWknAF%2CB%2F2RC\" wmode=\"transparent\" quality=\"high\" loop=\"false\" play=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Comments, anyone?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bad Taste Warning If you are easily offended, please move on to the &#8220;Positive, Happy Thought of The Day&#8221; blog. Still Here? I am going to share with you four pieces of audio, excerpted from my Radio Station Imaging Blueprint. You&#8217;ll enjoy this far more if you do not &#8220;read ahead.&#8221; Please, trust me on [&hellip;]<\/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-7773","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>RADIO CONTEST PROMOS: Incredibly Tasteless - 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\/2010\/11\/radio-contest-promos-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RADIO CONTEST PROMOS: Incredibly Tasteless - DAN O\u2019DAY TALKS ABOUT RADIO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bad Taste Warning If you are easily offended, please move on to the &#8220;Positive, Happy Thought of The Day&#8221; blog. 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