Tools you can use: BlogTalk Radio

Hello fellow progressives! Remember how a few posts ago I told you to stop whining about lack of media coverage and make your own coverage? Well, I did not want to leave you empty handed, so here is the first post in what will hopefully be a periodic series of entries that show how you can generate, take control of, and propogate your own media coverage.

First up: BlogTalk Radio - we all know how the right wing dominates AM talk radio, and this leaves little space for progressive voices on the air right? Wrong! BTR gives you the tools to host, produce, and advertise your own talk radio program! No longer do you have to fight to get your views heard on conservative talk radio, or even on the few "progressive" talk radio programs, which invariably parrot the DNC party line.

How it works:

You easily set up your program. You choose the length, the broadcast time, and how much interaction with the audience you want. Guests or no guests? Your choice. Call in questions? Your choice. The site automatically sets up a call in number for you and your guests. The program is broadcast live, and then auto-archived in easily downloadable .mp3 format after the show concludes. Also imbedded in each episode listing are tools to broadcast the link to facebook, twitter, email recipients, etc.

Examples: Green Party Watch, NoVAgreens

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Daryl Northrop