TechTAK on Saturday

[Raven Mill]

Just for convenience, TechTAK airs on Saturday at:

3-4pm Alaska
4-5pm Pacific
5-6pm Mountain
6-7pm Central
7-8pm Eastern

Those outside of North America, We air at -9 GMT.

The topic this week is "Open Forum"

Check out the new website at: http://www.techtak.com

 

[Patrick Dickey]

Just for convenience, TechTAK airs on Saturday at:

3-4pm Alaska
4-5pm Pacific
5-6pm Mountain
6-7pm Central
7-8pm Eastern

Those outside of North America, We air at -9 GMT.

The topic this week is "Open Forum"

Check out the new website at: http://www.techtak.com

Hey Raven,
Are you pretty much only broadcasting online, or are you also on some
stations around the country? If I get a chance, I'll listen and maybe pop
in with a few questions/answers.



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[Raven Mill]

Hey Raven,
Are you pretty much only broadcasting online, or are you also on some
stations around the country? If I get a chance, I'll listen and maybe pop
in with a few questions/answers.

Actually, we started out on KFAR 660am in Fairbanks, Alaska November of '04.
We're just starting negotiations with two national networks to go US
national. We're still on KFAR and air all over Alaska, and we stream on the
net. As it is, we're moving up 3 hours into Saturday's prime time and
extending the show to 2 hours.

(I know, most people think of Alaska as lumberjack haven. It is, but at the
same time, because of the remoteness, it's also the most connected state in
the US. Which is why Teddy S. is heading up the internet council in the US
senate, and also why I cried during his last speech.

If ya REALLY want us to be on your local stations, call the talk stations in
your area and tell them to pick us up. That's how it gets done. My problem
is that I'm really picky and want control over the ads played during our
show. I hate listening to Kim Komando (the really BIG computer talk show
in the country) and hearing her advertise some of the worst software in the
world. Problem with THAT is that the networks don't want to give that to
us, so we're teetering on the national idea. I just won't give up that
aspect of our show. I can't advertise stuff that I hate, no matter how much
money they've offered us.

Check out the site. We just got the new one up, but as we go along it'll
have more info...

TaK

 

[Raven Mill]

By the way. I did want to say that one of the things we like on our show,
as opposed to most of our genre, is when someone calls in with their own
ideas...

 

[Bernie]

I listened from London, England. Good show. Sounds like a lot of fun to
produce too. And good promotion for your business. I'm thinking of doing
something similar myself. What kind of setup do you have?

 

[Raven Mill]

I listened from London, England. Good show. Sounds like a lot of fun to
produce too. And good promotion for your business. I'm thinking of doing
something similar myself. What kind of setup do you have?

Our setup is the radio station, which, if we didn't have to support the
show, we wouldn't have a show. Radio equipment is astoundingly expensive.
To be honest, I haven't a clue as to what they use for their setup, other
than they have a LOT of dials and knobs to play with.

 

[Bernie]

That is a good way to do it. Unfortunately the only local station to me
is part of the state owned BBC and wouldn't be suitable. But I do
promote all over town with leaflets and Yellow Pages and the like. Maybe
I'll do a podcast that can be promoted in the leaflets.