Friday, January 15, 2021

Positive promotion without the hype

One rule I did my best to follow at any radio station: I would promote the DJ following me on the air by sounding positive but not oversell his or her show.  I've never been of the "Just wait until you hear so-and-so; (s)he's got three hours of the best tunes you'd ever want to hear" school.  For all I know, the DJ about to go on the air after me might have a cold or the flu.  If it's a station where the music was preprogrammed, I couldn't promote the DJ's song selection abilities.  Even if it's a station where the DJs get to choose some or all of the music, that's a subjective call anyway.  When signing off, I would just ask listeners to "stay tuned for so-and-so, who will continue the smooth jazz (or will bring you however many hours of another genre of music.)"

Asking listeners to stay tuned is the key.