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Local Public Radio: What To Do…

Posted on: Oct 09, 2012 in Audio, Public Radio, Video

…in a world where the networks you pay for content circumvent you by distributing much of that same content online? This is a complicated question, but it’s one that branding authority Tom Asacker tackles with me in this highlight from our conversation at the recent Public Radio Program Director’s conference in Las Vegas. Is it as simple as “more local news” because newspapers are folding (pun intended) all over America? Oh no it isn’t.  Not nearly. Watch (or click on…

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Consumers Don’t Care about your Messages

Posted on: Oct 03, 2012 in Audio, Branding, Public Radio

There’s a difference between giving people what they desire and messaging them to convince them that what you have is what they desire. That’s one point from my friend, branding authority Tom Asacker, in the conversation we had on the stage of the recent Public Radio Program Director’s conference in Las Vegas. Watch (or click on the post title if there’s no video image): Please upgrade your browser Prefer audio?  Try this: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download…

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Will Kickstarter Disrupt Public Radio?

Posted on: Jul 20, 2012 in Public Radio

Kickstarter is one of several crowdsourced funding platforms.  Have a pet project?  Post it there and let the crowd fund it for you (or not). Recently the folks at public radio program developer PRX (friends of mine) have been experimenting with crowdsourcing development funds for some of their programs, including the third season of a show about design and architecture, 99% Invisible. The results for this show in particular have been very strong:  Almost $100,000 raised as of this writing…

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MRM President Mark Ramsey has worked with innumerable television and radio broadcasters over his career, including all the biggest names, from Clear Channel, CBS, Bonneville, Sirius XM...

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