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Program a Talk Station Like a Music Station – Sort of

| November 23, 2021

By Jon Quick
Jon Q Consulting
President/Founder

 

CARMEL, Ind. — Just as a music programmer has a music playlist, smart programmers, producers and hosts will have a topics playlist.

The topics playlist will appeal to your target audience. The list will continue to change and evolve every day. Too often we play topics that the host alone is interested in. Consider audience first. Does it matter to them? If so, go for it.

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The Tyranny of the Target Audience

| March 22, 2017

By Bill McMahon
The Authentic Personality
CEO

 

EAGLE, Idaho — I cringe every time I hear a well-meaning PD or GM instruct a personality to focus everything they create and present on “our target audience.” It often goes something like this:

“Our target audience is a woman 25-44. I want everything you create or put on the radio to appeal to her. Figure out what she cares about. Find out what she’s talking about. Imagine what she’s thinking about. Find out what she likes to do. Everything on your show should be about her. Just to remind you, I’ve put a big picture of her on the control room wall so you’ll see her every time you open the mic.”

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Mad Social Networking Skills

| September 9, 2013

By Chris Miller
Chris Miller Digital
Owner

SHAKER HEIGHTS — There’s more to being a good jock than listening to yourself talk.  There’s more to being a good sales manager than just knowing a lot of clients.  And, there’s more to having mad social networking skills than being passionate about posting a ton of stuff!

Alan Peterson asked me a good question.  This is the Radio World Alan Peterson in Washington, DC, not the news-talk guy in California.  He was getting ready to speak to a college radio conference, and asked me about social media skills.  “So what is it that differentiates ‘mad’ skills from ‘casual’ skills, or just plain competency?”  He suggested it might involve video shooting and editing, coding, HTML, or actual IT knowledge.

Those are all useful skills, but there’s more to it than that.  If you want to be at the top of your social media game, here are the different levels you have to go through.

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