Info of special interest to
COMMUNITY & PUBLIC RADIO folks

(HOW TO PROMOTE PUBLIC & COMMUNITY RADIO! – see below)

For sixteen years, since Morning Edition first carried one of our songs, we've been supporting public & community radio with satire songs and commentary you won't find on NPR, PRI, MPR, BBC, EIB or anywhere else besides www.BlueCanyonSatire.com.

· All free MP3 downloads!

· Songs remain on site, especially such timeless hits as “ Susan's Cranberry Sauce ” (a tribute to NPR's Susan Stamberg and her annual, infernal cranberry relish recipe),
“ Bosses of the World, Unite!” (The CEO Fight Song)
and “ The Son of a Rabbi Man”.

· Interviews with such heroes as Counterspin's
Janine Jackson – and the latest on Rush Limbaugh, The
Dixie Chicks, Devil Weed, Laura Ingraham, Elvis and other favorites.

· NEW (coming April 26)!! : “Tell Mama” (Barbara Bush comforts her son),
“I Never Woulda Tried to Kill Your Daddy” (Saddam's Lament),“Crawford is Calling” (a fetching appeal for famous ex-residents to return to Crawford, Texas.)
and “Horton Hears a Human” (incredible video!)

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ATTENTION: MUSIC DIRECTOR

Over the years we have issued critically-acclaimed albums featuring Steve Young (“Seven Bridges Road”) , Slim Pickens , Junior Brown , Kathy Chiavola , Jim Terr, BuDDy and others, and comedy CDs like the critically-acclaimed “Chickenstock” (Jewish parody of Woodstock.)

In the coming year we will be releasing CDs including cuts by some of these artists, and great new ones as well.

The only way we'll know if you want to receive new releases is if you'll send us an e-mail . Include your name and address, of course.

And of course please visit www.BlueCanyonSatire.com regularly, for the most trenchant, timely and amusing satire songs and comedy on the Web – all free MP3 downloads !

COMING SOON: The Ultimate parody of NPR! If you're on our list, you'll be notified!

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NPR fixing what's not broken? Visit www.SaveBobEdwards.com

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HOW TO PROMOTE PUBLIC & COMMUNITY RADIO!

I love public and community radio -- absolutely couldn't live without them -- and therefore am very frustrated with what I see as tremendous missed opportunities to make them available to the wider audience which (trust me!) is not aware of them:

1. LOCAL COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS: I see many beautiful ads which capture the essence of community radio – but only IF you're already aware of it, and therefore are a great waste of time. That great majority who AREN'T aware could be made aware of your station by one simple technique:

Look for specific upcoming programs or specials which will grab the attention of the general community, or large segments, for whatever reason. Advertise THAT, not the station in general.

Bringing people to a particular program, even once, will make them aware of the station and where it is on the dial!

Your local papers should be glad to promote your upcoming programs in news stories and in their calendar. After all, unlike commercial radio and TV, you are NOT competing with the newspaper for advertising dollars!

2. NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO: NPR has a wonderfully full and active website and archives. I often hear a great news feature and then send out e-mails to friends suggesting they go hear it on the archives. WHAT IF NPR offered an e-mail sign-up specifically for listeners to be informed in advance of upcoming features on the next couple days' “Morning Edition”, “All Things Considered” , etc?

We could then inform more friends – including those who aren't aware of public and community radio (and most people ARE NOT) – in advance -- about upcoming items of interest. As above, getting people to tune in to public radio (and your station) once, will make them aware of it from then on!! (If ABC's Nightline can do this, why not NPR??)

Available for your use: BuDDy's public/community radio fundraising spot!

Highly recommended! Brilliantly progressive, balanced, history-and-science-based talk radio:

The Thom Hartmann Program ("Liberal talk radio") is available as a broadcast-quality stream off the web or in MP3 format.  It's commercial format, but the three commercial breaks in every hour are at specific, predictable times and you may replace them with music or other content.  The program is offered at no charge other than the cost of the stream.  For more information, go to www.thomhartmann.com or call 802 229-2288 during east coast business hours.

Save your child from a life of misery! (Linda Blair makeup test for "The Exorcist")

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