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New Oldies Radio Station Considering "8-Track Day"...
Hi,
I'm program director for a smalltown AM radio station that will soon be flipping to an oldies format. The station has virtually no budget. It's just a little 250 watt AM daytimer. But we're trying to do some innovative and different things with it to make radio more fun. One of us got the idea of an 8-track day. This would be setup on remote somewhere sponsored by a local business. We'd announce it in advance, and if people in the audience had any 8-tracks sitting in a closet somewhere collecting dust, they could drop them off and we could hang out and have some fun playing some of the songs from them live on-air. Yes, we understand there might be quality issues. We already probably have most of the music we'd receive in our digital library too. We just figured this might be a more fun way to experience the music for a day. A whole new audience might get exposed to a song fading out in the middle, then the loud *click*, and then the song fading back in for it's conclusion - yes, we'd really put that out on the radio Anyway, the station has NO 8-track player, and only about 30 8-track tapes. I was wondering if anyone here might be interested in donating some tapes or a player for our project. As an incentive, we'll probably be videotaping the entire event for our webpage (pictures) and private station audio archives onto DVD. We'd be happy to supply this rare and highly collectable DVD-R free to people that help contribute in our effort. (I know, I know, it's not the $$$$ you might be hoping for, but we're planning to put on some good radio...) If you have some type of Internet 8-track related business such as the sale of tapes, players, etc., and could benefit by radio advertisements during the show in exchange for some of what we need, I suppose we'd be happy to barter as well. We'll probably be Internet streaming our station as well so even people that couldn't contribute and listen via DVD would be able to listen online. We're probably the only station considering anything like this for an event. I'm sure it'll be unique. I can't reveal too many station details now, as the format flip isn't public yet... but if anyone was interested in validating my story prior to sending anything, I would be happy to send you full station address/phone number once we get closer to this project becoming reality. Would there be any interest here?? Any other ideas or suggestions for a project like this?? Please help us make radio better! Please post your replies, or if they are private, email. Thanks! Jason |
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Hi,
I'm program director for a smalltown AM radio station that will soon be flipping to an oldies format. The station has virtually no budget. It's just a little 250 watt AM daytimer. Like, what state is this in? Dan 2 |
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wow, sounds great!!!!! Very interested. I could send you a ton of sealed
8-tracks for free. Were and what station?? ....mfat ....great idea "Danspeakin" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm program director for a smalltown AM radio station that will soon be flipping to an oldies format. The station has virtually no budget. It's just a little 250 watt AM daytimer. Like, what state is this in? Dan 2 |
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"Mfatoldsun" wrote in message
gy.com... wow, sounds great!!!!! Very interested. I could send you a ton of sealed 8-tracks for free. Were and what station?? ...mfat ....great idea Send them to me instead. Scott |
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