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[subtlenuance]

Hi, I'm new to the board. I'm looking for some answers to some questions I have no idea to ask.
Okay, long story short: I've written a comedy radio show that I've been trying to get some feedback on from the someone in the radio industry. I started out six months ago e-mailing radio personalities with mediocre results... basically, many promises were made, none were kept.
So, I tried to asked advice from the executive branch of the radio industry (Program Managers, Promotional Directors, hell, even a Human Resources lady), but I may as well have e-mailed God.
I realize I'm just some putz like a thousand other putzes, but if I could just get five minutes I know they would be wanting more information. But as of yet, I'm contactless.
So, I was wondering if anyone had any advice as to how one would go about "pitching" an idea? I didn't think it would be easy, but I didn't realize it was nearly impossible.
Any feedback would be GREATLY appreciated.
Peace,
Shannon Russell<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by subtlenuance on 06/26/05 10:47 PM.</FONT></P>

 

[rowdy]

> Hi, I'm new to the board. I'm looking for some answers to
> some questions I have no idea to ask.
> Okay, long story short: I've written a comedy radio show
> that I've been trying to get some feedback on from the
> someone in the radio industry. I started out six months ago
> e-mailing radio personalities with mediocre results...
> basically, many promises were made, none were kept.
> So, I tried to asked advice from the executive branch of the
> radio industry (Program Managers, Promotional Directors,
> hell, even a Human Resources lady), but I may as well have
> e-mailed God.
> I realize I'm just some putz like a thousand other putzes,
> but if I could just get five minutes I know they would be
> wanting more information. But as of yet, I'm contactless.
> So, I was wondering if anyone had any advice as to how one
> would go about "pitching" an idea? I didn't think it would
> be easy, but I didn't realize it was nearly impossible.
> Any feedback would be GREATLY appreciated.
> Peace,
> Shannon Russell

Contact Mike Anderson at stlmedia.net. He runs the board, and has been in the biz for a long time. If he can't help, he'll probably know someone who can.
Good luck!
>

 

[Crusty_Bob]

> Hi, I'm new to the board. I'm looking for some answers to
> some questions I have no idea to ask.
> Okay, long story short: I've written a comedy radio show
> that I've been trying to get some feedback on from the
> someone in the radio industry. I started out six months ago
> e-mailing radio personalities with mediocre results...
> basically, many promises were made, none were kept.
> So, I tried to asked advice from the executive branch of the
> radio industry (Program Managers, Promotional Directors,
> hell, even a Human Resources lady), but I may as well have
> e-mailed God.
> I realize I'm just some putz like a thousand other putzes,
> but if I could just get five minutes I know they would be
> wanting more information. But as of yet, I'm contactless.
> So, I was wondering if anyone had any advice as to how one
> would go about "pitching" an idea? I didn't think it would
> be easy, but I didn't realize it was nearly impossible.
> Any feedback would be GREATLY appreciated.
> Peace,
> Shannon Russell
>

Having spent 30 years in radio I can testify that it is heavily-populated by lots of shallow people with a vastly inflated sense of self-importance and most will not take time to give honest, sincere feedback to the person working next to them, let alone to a stranger.

Just out of curiousity, what kind of program did you do? Radio really does not lend itself to such things as pre-recorded comedy shows other than on public radio.

Your best bet for pursuing this might be to go to Google and search for: radio syndication