I hope we can work together to protect the industry that has been my life for 30 years this month.
Here is how we can celebrate this fantastic and important day:
#1 Ask me about advertising for your business, event or activity! Listenership is WAY UP during the pandemic, but too much ad space is available and the government has refused any emergency loans or financial support for radio companies. There is even endorsement space available from me on my morning show (which hasn’t been open in over 5 years)! Just ask me how! (Email [email protected] or find me easily on social media and slide right into my DM’s)
#2 Say something nice to a news reporter. You can use email, social media, or if you meet one in person, just say thanks for keeping you informed. The truth is precious, and it is easy to get so caught up in reacting to the headlines, that you skip the work it took to bring them to you. Local coverage is dying everywhere due to cost and we can’t afford to not know what is going on.
#3 Listen on air and online/ podcast when you can. FYI, the morning show is now available in a shorter podcast form for free M-F , with no music/commercials/news, just the parts I can control. So even if you can’t listen the way you used to, I guarantee we have an alternative to offer you, for free.
And when somebody asks you if you listen to the, say “Yes, I do!” loudly. Local radio is still cool and it is important for a community to have this way to communicate.
August 20, 2020 is the time to celebrate the invention of radio by several inventors who had a part in the creation of the radio in the late 1800s. Amazingly, not just one person can be credited with its beginning. Entertainment and music didn’t always fill the airwaves. In fact, the radio’s first function was much more practical. First, the wireless radio served the military. The radio also provided a regular public service role. Much like the dits and dots of a telegram, the wireless transmitted information. Aboard the Titanic at the time of its sinking, a Marconi wireless broadcast the ship’s distress signal. In 1906, the first radio broadcast of voice and music purely for entertainment purposes aired.
Thank you for reading, listening, and making this amazing life possible for me. I hope it lasts a bit longer, but celebrating 30 years on the air is really sweet. Stations you may have heard me on starting in 1990: WSQR-AM, WZOK-FM, WROK-AM, WYZM-FM, WZEE-FM, KYMX-FM, WGN-AM, WJBC-AM AND WBNQ-FM!
Susan Saunders 8/20/20
