Nick, would you be willing to describe the process of running a radio show in general?
I'd love to do one sometime when I have resolve as opposed to being lazybones.
Heh, there's just so much to explain for that question... I personally use a ~$150 piece of software called SAM Broadcaster that connects to the
www.progrock.com server in order to broadcast my music. I owe a lot to whatever station I broadcast on, because frankly having a server that can handle broadcast shows ain't cheap, and so I'm very thankful to Shawn Gordon and all the station owners who have hosted the show in the past. In return I generally try and promote the station and the associated label. In addition to simply doing the show there is the endless promotion that costs money and time in a variety of ways. On one end I'm constantly pimping the show here, I made and constantly update the website (
www.wpapu.com), and have a facebook page that frankly I don't promote enough (
https://www.facebook.com/pages/When-Prog-and-Power-Unite/205104685210?ref=ts). After all the work I do with the website it always seems like a bit repetitive. The site costs me about $40 a year, and aside from the 3 hours of doing the show I'd say I average about 5-10 hours or so of work during the week on the show.
That time is spent maintaining what I just said, preparing what songs are going to be played, writing reviews (which has been tough as I've been struggling with massive writer's block over the past few months), and dealing with the other end or the promotional scale which is bands or promoters contacting me asking to play their material or seeing if I'll do a review of their material. Thankfully the two main promoters I deal with deal with me in the same manner I deal with my audience. I personally hate bugging people and trying to force people to listen to the show, which is why I use mostly passive promotion and don't just register everywhere trying to push my product, because I'm uncomfortable doing it. I have a vision of what I like the show to be and am just incredibly thankful I've found a decent number of people who are happy enough with it to enjoy the show and the site from week to week. In the same way I have those two promoters who are constantly sending me stuff, but don't bug me to do anything with it. Of course artists do come along that I really enjoy and I take advantage and play the stuff, or if I really like it try and set up an interview or review it. Interviews are another good time suck, as I generally take a solid hour or two to prepare for a 10-20 minute interview.
There are a bunch of different ways you can approach it, but at the end of the day I deal with the music I enjoy, do my best to promote it, and hope there is an audience to hear it. This is really only a brief glimpse at some stuff, so if there is more detail on certain things you'd like to know, please just ask.
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