CPR Promotional Check-Up - Apr 5, 2011

Gown Town

GT is and forever shall-be one of the best campaigns a CHR can do. Good link and recap at http://kluc.radio.com/2010/03/18/gown-town-2010/#photo-1

Great Music Positioning

Speaking of KZIA, 366 is to music was Spinal Tap's "11" was to volume. www.kzia.com

Break It For Bieber & The Naked Wedding

A few of the daily readers have asked for more Naked Wedding pics. Here ya go.

http://www.brmb.co.uk/photos

And the final act of destruction for Bieber tickets is documented here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSAmIaQuguo

If There's Karma, He'll Get A Diary

Steve Kicklighter at 103.3 Kiss-FM in Boise programs a station that does better community "stuff" then any CHR that I can think of. Highlighted by his Live For 175 campaign every year. From Steve:

I received a Facebook message yesterday asking for help with a number. I caught it right after the post directly to me and then he erased it. I remembered his name and instant messaged him. He responded and gave me his number. I called back less than 10 seconds.

I man I don't know called to say he was gonna kill himself in 10 minutes - and replied,"what should I do?" he said there was nobody else he trusted and followed live for 175 and knew he had to talk to me.

I kept him on the phone for an hour getting his sisters first/last name, phone numbers and contact information. It was at 55 minutes past, I can tell he was just about to do it. I had michelle on the phone with 911 this whole time tracking info and finding him. Right before he said his thank you's and said it's time to put the exclamation point on his life. He receives a phone call from his sister (which the police called) then seconds later the police showed up at his work.

This was his message to me from his sister and then from him this morning. The power of Facebook can't be denied. I knew you would enjoy this. NO, I didn't air him due to the time.

From his sister:

Keke,

Thanks so much for your care and quick response. Tony is home with me and doing better. Your concern could very well have saved his life. I would rather have a houseful of cops and an upset but alive brother than face the alternative if someone hadnt noticed a problem. Many thanks from the bottom of my heart for being there when my brother reached out.

Sincerely,

Amy

From him:

Keke-

It wouldn't be right if I didn't send you a thanks. I honestly can't apologize enough about this morning. To say I was at the lowest of the lows this morning, would certainly be an understatement. To say I needed someone to sound off of without hearing the same ol' "you'll be just fine, just smile and everything will go away", would also be an understatement. Losing two parents ini a matter of a few months certainly hasn't been easy. And as I said earlier, the burden of having to dive through everything and go through the legalities finally came to a head this morning. And what set it off, I'll probably never know. But at the end of the day yesterday, I realized that life really isn't that bad. Yeah, it sucks losing a parent. No, it's absolutely no fun losing them that quickly. But you pointed out quite a bit this morning that I never even thought about. And as I re-think about that, it actually makes me feel pretty selfish. I'll soon change that. Along with quite a few other things. It's a long road, and needless to say, you picked me up this morning in a way and got the feet going in the right direction. With a little bit of heart, patience, and understanding that I'm going to take some bumps and bruises... I know now that everything will indeed be OK. If I don't see you or talk to you again, please know that you saved someone this morning. You saved them from something that could have been bad. You saved me... from me. For the next few weeks, I'm going to take some time and start over. A change of scenery, a better way of thinking, and a little bit of patience should take me where I need to go.

Again, your patience and understanding, and your action this morning prevented someone from succumbing to something they couldn't see. Some day, I hope to re-pay.

Tony