CPR Promotional Check-Up

Silly Bandz

Or silly bands, like Slade.

Because of the Japanese tourist crowd, Hawaii tends to see trends quicker than most US markets. Heard about pogs from them first. About five months ago Scott Mackenzie at Cox in Honolulu said that the next big thing would be Silly Bandz. And he was right.

He's got a vendor who can customize the, for the station starting with orders of 10,000. Email his guy Lance at Lancepacificerim@aol.com

Be Afraid....Be Very Afraid

Last year my very good and very talented friend Jeanne Ashley at Star 102 in KC did an experiment. She writes for a publication that is marketed to AC stations. So she did a customer service check: she emailed or "commented" through station websites, hundreds of DJ's from AC radio stations.

She had a fake email address and she'd send a note about having just moved to town and she loved the station, did they ever work in Kansas City, or some other quick question about music or concerts.

And then she kept track of who responded. And it was pretty sad/scary. Most did not. Did not so much as hit reply and type "Thanks for listening!"

That's actually kind of pathetic.

So....I did the same thing. I hit all of my US clients' DJ's. And most of their competitors.

I'm not going to out the people who didn't respond. What IS interesting is that there were stations or clusters that across the board, replied, replied quickly and replied personably. And "I'm just saying" that these stations all have killer numbers. Just saying.

Do this. It's a terrific customer service test. In the meantime, here is:

The Hall Of Fame

For either speed or "quality", kudos and accolades to:

• Murph from Hot 98.1 in Greenville
• Lisa Paige from NOW in NYC
• The entire airstaff at iPower in Richmond
• The Morning Zoo at KLUC in Vegas for actual personal replies from each team member
• Dougie Stylz at B-96 in Chicago
• Rebecca Wilde and Tim Richard at Q-104 in Cleveland
• Savannah at The Wolf in Portland. Almost an instantaneous reply
• Ditto with Wingnut at The Wolf in Seattle
• Everyone at Fly in Albany and Special K from Jamz and Gozer from The Edge
• Johnny, JT and Ginger from Radio Fargo-Moorhead
• Mary K at 95.7 Jamz
• Blaine and Lisa from 'DVD in Detroit
• Lucy and JP from Power 96 in Miami
• Bonneville in Cincy, across the board
• Greg Runyon, Chris and Ric from KZIA in Cedar Rapids
• Citadel in Albuquerque, across the board.
• Peak Broadcasting, all three stations in Boise, across the board
• Leighton Broadcasting of Grand Forks, pretty much across the board
• Brian and Miss L from Jammin' in New London. Literally instantly. And nice and personal.
• Casey from AMP in LA. Very cool and friendly.
• Zac and Dustin from Hot 107.1 in Denver
• Kaden, Kelly and Mo from Hot in Houston
• Jackson Blue from 106.1 Kiss FM in Dallas. Very fast and a nice personal message
• Scant from Wild in Tampa. ASAP.
• Guenn and Taylor from Kiss in Charlotte
• Ronda at 102 Jamz in Orlando