I am the co-producer and host of Midweek Politics (www.midweekpolitics.com), a weekly political talk show that is broadcast on the nationwide Pacifica radio network (www.pacifica.org). The show has well known guests (recently John Kerry, Ralph Nader, etc) as well as many advertisers also advertising on Sirius and XM radio, etc. The show has a heavy podcast following, with over 15,000 views/downloads on itunes and our website per SHOW, and we do one show per week, in addition to airing on traditional radio stations across the country. Each show remains downloadable for a total of 6 weeks., meaning that when you advertise on ONE show, it is downloaded for the 6 weeks that follow. This is a GREAT opportunity for website businesses that are not location-based to advertise. Cash4Gold, one of the BIGGEST affiliate programs in the country, uses this type of advertising regularly, as do many others. This is strong advertising for product based websites, content sites looking to drive traffic, affiliate programs, etc. Details: Ads are 30 seconds long. You can provide be a produced 30 second ad, or we can produce the ad for you, and I would voice it. The show airs Wednesdays. Wednesday at 12:00 pm eastern US time is the cutoff for making it to that night's show. If YOU create your advertisement, there is NO MINIMUM. If WE create your advertisement, there is a 2 show minimum. You must provide a script if we voice your advertisement. Cost is $35 per show and includes your 30 second ad DURING the show, AND a mention of your site at the beginning of the show, ie "today's program is made possible in part by yoursite.com.' Please contact me directly to move forward. Payment via Paypal.
Hmm, this is really not done. Producing and airing a spot is really quite a bit of work, and unless you can sell me on the idea, I don't know that we'd be interested in that. We have limited time availability on each show, and we are always close to if not full.
I will forward this ad to our marketing department. Sounds like a great opportunity at a great price, to me.
I agree with the above poster, this is a great product with a great price. I am just struggling to find a site that I would be able to use in partnership with this service. Will let you know . . . Cheers, Jared Gravatt.
What is your ATH for the live broadcast. and please hit me with the demos. do the two shows have to be back to back for the minimum? I have vocal talent for my radio station, but i hate using them for something like this.
Hello, The live broadcasts are not in markets where we can measure that. This is for the podcast anyway...the shows do not have to be back to back, but it seems traditionally, repetition works in radio, and i've never had anyone run them non-consecutively. Demos available at www.midweekpolitics.com, the last 6 weeks of shows are there.
seems like a great service especially during election time...do you have a sample of your voice i can listen to (i may hire you to do the ad.)? I'm very interested in purchasing this...how many advertisers do you have per show?
also, one more thing, i listed to first part of last week's show: http://www.midweekpolitics.com/shows/midweek_politics-2008-10-15.mp3 and i didn't hear any part at the beginning that stated 'brought to you by <website>', perhaps you didn't have any advertisers for that show? Let me know, thanks.
Man, I wish I had a political or business website. This seems like a great opportunity. For some reason I don't think a drinking games website or a Whangarei (NZ) base Real Estate Website will convert overly well.
I want to update this thread with a couple of samples from this week. They can also be done over a musical bed: http://www.midweekpolitics.com/spots/1.mp3 http://www.midweekpolitics.com/spots/2.mp3 60 second options are also available for $60 per week.