Carmine5, THANKS FOR THE PLUG for Saving the 70s
http://www.savingthe70s.com
I'm legally blind, and do radio production from home, as I've done for ten yeas. But I missed being on the air terribly, so I started Saving the 70s specifically to exercise the "On-Air Muscle". I expected the show to be carried largely as a weekend show on FM adult contemporary stations. I'm obviously living in the past. A/C program directors tell me the music is "too old" for their audience. So it's almost entirely on oldies stations. Another big surprise, I have found internet stations (including big ones like 2NG and Heartbeat Radio) that are carried on Itunes, Windows Media Player, and other large aggregators, to be more receptive to the show than terrestrial AM and FM. It seems that today's "bean counters" at terrestrial stations don't find oldies shows to be of much value to their audience(s). Yes, I'm on AM and FM stations. But I'm on a BUNCH of internet stations. Oh, and my final surprise. I thought I'd be delivering the show to stations on cd. WRONG! They almost universally prefer to download it from the "tubular interweb". Welcome to (small-time) radio syndicaton in the new millennium!
Below is a link to my show. And NO I'm not the Miike Walker who works for the Enquirer. The first time I encountered him was at the NAB Radio Show in New Orleans (yes, held in THAT hall, where Katrina brought so much sandess and death!) in '95. I was mystified to hear an announcement that "Mike Walker will be doing his radio show live from the floor starting in a few minutes". Really????
Here's the link to my show. http://www.savingthe70s.com
Here's a demo of my show (tiny file) that you can download and pass along to fellow "radio dudes"
http://www.theproductionroom.net/savingthe70sdemo.wma
I'd love to hear my show on your stations!