Welcome guys! Excited to have you. in addition to the great advice Jeff has given below, you may also want to create a handbill to leave around town, you will see some examples at the station. Have fun with your shows! - saffron Pra treasurer extrordinaire On Jan 1, 2012 5:35 AM, "Noah Fence" <itsaniceworldtovisit@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Just added a couple more shows to the near full PRA schedule! > > *"Anodynes for the Anhedonic" with Ninja Simone Thursday 2 to 4 PM > * > *"The Chinese viking" with Jake Tong & Amanda Sundvor Wednesday 10 pm to > Midnight* > > Please help to make them feel welcome! > > And now, with the schedule so full, if I could offer some thoughts or > advice. > > Here goes... Self-promotion of your show has always been greatly > encouraged and it is a useful tool to get listeners for your show. If you > have not already, start a facebook page for your show and provide me with > URl for the page, so I can add that to your show's information page on PRA. > To make your page on the PRA web site look better, please send Saffron a > picture. Here is her email address : saffronathon@xxxxxxxxx > > Another fantastic way to promote you show is to record the broadcasts and > post them as podcasts. If you are not already doing this, please contact > Mike for more information : mikejedlicka@xxxxxxxxx I think you will find > that a higher number of people might download your podcasts then actually > listen to the show as it is broadcast live. Podcasts can be listened to > when the user chooses. Which is sometimes more convenient. > > But aside from self promotion, now that the schedule is nearly full I > would also like to suggest that you try to cross promote with other shows > on PRA. If you are friends with another DJ or if you think there are other > shows that are similar to your program, such that your listeners might > enjoy the other program, please mention the shows during your mic breaks. > Show titles, brief bits of info about the shows & dj names can all be found > by clicking on the show titles while looking at the PRA schedule. While you > already have your listeners attention, it could possible help the station > to mention other shows & I think creates a sense of Unity. > > > Thanks for all your work this past year helping to make PRA a force to be > reckoned with. Let's all have a great 2012!! > > > Noah Fence (Program director / The Portland Radio Authority) > "It's a nice world to visit" > 9:00 a.m. to noon PST Saturdays > Helping to make Portland the internet destination of choice since 2006 > www.praradio.org > >