Available from Focal Press in March of 2011

 


BEYOND POWERFUL RADIOA Communicator’s Guide to the Internet Age: News, Talk, Information & Personality – Broadcasting, Podcasting, Internet and Radio

 

by VALERIE GELLER

 
"This book is to broadcasters, or anyone who communicates for a living, as the "JOY OF COOKING" is for those who cook!"

For Managers, Programmers, News, Sales & Talent

*Full Instructor’s Manual available.

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In BEYOND POWERFUL RADIO:

·   GROW YOUR AUDIENCE - Increase your ratings! Work with LifeStage Demographics: Know your audience and how they listen.

·   PROGRAMMING - Build exciting programming - even on dull news days - with proven techniques to guide programmers and talent to the next level of performance.

·   MULTI-PLATFORM PRESENTATION - No longer "just radio..." Learn techniques to work effectively using internet radio, social media, You Tube, and more to deliver content, promote and grow your audience.

·   NEWS - Write & deliver powerful news. Learn multiple version and interview techniques and much more.

·   CITIZEN JOURNALISM- Interactive media means involving the public. Learn the best and most effective and credible ways to use your audience for new and original content.

·   PERSONALITY - Identify winning talent. Develop strong air personalities. Learn to manage high ego talent and motivate your staff to do their best.

·   TALK - Secrets to improve your show. Learn powerful radio interview techniques and ways to make the talk win big.

·   POWERFUL STORYTELLING - There are NO boring stories, only BORING storytellers.  Break down the walls between news and entertainment radio. Creative methods to easily write and deliver complex, detailed stories or issues using the multi-version method, learn techniques to move up to the next level as a powerful storyteller!

·   PROMOTIONS - Learn methods to spread the word about your station and write powerful copy for more effective promos and commercials.

·   SALES & COMMERCIALS - Learn proven techniques to "get the buy" then go on to write good copy FAST.

·   FUNDRAISING - Methods to use the airwaves to raise money for charity, good causes, emergencies and raising money to stay on-air.

·   AIRCHECKING – Find and develop talent. A comprehensive step-by-step guide to show prep and effective airchecking.

BEYOND POWERFUL RADIO

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword by Tom Taylor

Introduction

1.  No Longer “Just Radio”

TALENT & PERFORMANCE

2.  Are you a Generator or a Reactor?

3.  Personality Radio, Morning Shows

4.  Performance & Formatics

5.  Understanding Your Audience - How They Listen

6.  Becoming a Powerful Storyteller

7.  Finding & Developing Talent

8.  Airchecking

9.  Managing High Ego Talent

10.  Your Voice

11.  Avoiding Burnout

CREATING POWERFUL CONTENT

12.  Content Counts

13.  Local vs. National Programming

14.  Show Prep – Finding & Developing Ideas

15.  Producers – Facing the Blank Page

16.  Talk shows

17.  Call Screening

18.  Interview Techniques - for Journalists, Talk Hosts & Music Personalities

19.  Public Service

NEWS

20.  Creating Powerful News

21.  Traffic & Weather Together

22.  In Case of Emergency

23.  News-Writing

24.  News Anchoring

25.  Multi-Version News

26.  Integrating News and Talk

27.  Citizen Journalism

28.  News - Integrating Radio & TV & New Media

PROMOTION & BRANDING

29.  Promotion

30.  Building the Brand, Beyond Radio

MULTIPLE DELIVERY PLATFORMS

31.  Audio Communication Across Multiple Platforms

32.  Broadcasting, Streaming, Video, Podcasting, and Beyond...

MAKING MONEY

33.  Sales & Commercials

34.  Fundraising

KNOWING YOUR AUDIENCE

35.  LifeStage Demographics

36.  Research

37.  Final notes

Resources

Index

 

 
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To pre-order your copy of BEYOND POWERFUL RADIO, email Valerie@GellerMedia.com

This will be Geller's fourth book, her third, "Creating Powerful Radio - Getting, Keeping & Growing Audiences" is now in a third printing from Focal Press.

 

                                                            CREATING POWERFUL RADIO is still available. Click the book below for your copy:

For more:

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Watch author Valerie Geller speaking
about Powerful Radio in this YouTube video.
(Video courtesy of Art Vuolo, Jr. – www.vuolovideo.com)

Author: Valerie Geller is an internationally

acclaimed broadcast consultant working

with stations that emphasize news, talk,

information and personality radio

 

 
 

 

 

 

 




 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




                                                           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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