Live from the Drive [part 3]

Okay, this might be confusing so lemme preface. I have been really busy and as the blogging of ethics goes, you really are not supposed to back date a blog. So this blog was written on Thursday October 25th, but is not being posted till tonight.

So consider this a late addition:

So I am here, live at the Pledge Drive and I wanted to give you some insight into what actually happens during the shows for pledge drive. I am on-air as I type on "Semi Colon Closed Bracket", with it's host Aaron "I spoke english good" Feldman. Lemme go over how a pledge drive show is different from a regular program.

1) Content: This is the major difference. In a show like Aaron, there would be around 2 or 3 songs played during about 40 minutes of banter about different types of literary topics, because Aaron does a literature show. During the pledge drive, however, there is zero talk about topics related to the show. There are still 2 or 3 songs, but this is just to keep the host sane. Why you would they be going insane you ask? Well between songs, it's all pledge drive talk. We talk about why we need the money, what we do with it, what we bring to the community, how you can give money and all of this while saying the call in numbers about a billion and a half times. Content on the pledge drive show is not listener friendly, but CJAM reminds the listeners we do this once a year so we can bring you quality programming for the other 51 weeks.

2) Threes a crowd: During the pledge drive you always have to have extra hands in the studio to answers callers that wanna pledge. Now the studio is not exactly huge. If people complain about how small the rooms are in residence, they should try to sit with three people in the studio for long periods of time. It is tiny, but also needed because when the calls come in, it sounds really bad when there is dead air because a host is answering the phone.

3) Drop ins: Now the last two have been negative changes for the pledge drive, but this one is a positive one. CJAM is really a big family when it comes to events like pledge drive, so during a pledge drive show you will get random CJAM hosts drop into studio to chat alittle about the pledge drive. Now, this is good for two reasons. It gives the audience alittle change of pace to hear a new, enthusiastic voice. And it also gives the hosts a break from saying the same stuff over and over again.

So that's all I really have to say during this pledge drive show. I need to get back to Aaron's show as he is raking in the pledge drive dollars. I think we are at about $11 000 bucks, and have like 3 or 4 days to get to our goal of $25 000. Wish us luck.