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Hello everyone! Two months of continuous work is now bearing fruit as we roll out the new and improved Edge FM! Soon you will be hearing “Twenty the Countdown”, “The Emerging Leader” and “Surf’s Up!” along with many other new additions. You will find out who’s the top selling artist each month, discover the best [...]

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Production Music

Hello rockers!  If you are looking for Production stuff then THIS LINK may be of interest to you.

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Madagascar: Radio Andrea

Hello rockers… This from Rudi Petersen our African UCB Director… I especially loved the call sign picture… very cute. Do you know where Madagascar actually is?….go find a map and go the bottom east Coast of Africa. Gary Hi,I have just returned from Madagascar. The opening of Radio Andrea was ons of the best events [...]

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Prep sites:…what the big boys use

I’m looking to get your thoughts on how to prep…and some great web sites from which to get prep from…. So why prep?…..let me start the ball rolling….this is simple…..you are now competing against hundreds of media alternatives…from ipods to other stations…from TV to books…you do not have your listeners guaranteed every day…they have choices [...]

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Not only is he the CEO of UCB Europe but Mr Mackie apparently also moonlights as a radio show producer…..this is what he has found from Church newsletters for you to use on-air…some are very funny….Gary ————————– The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals. ————————– The sermon this morning: “Jesus Walks on the Water.” The [...]

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Hello rockers!…If you’re familiar with Aussie evangelism professor Michael Frost’s work then you’ll probably know that ‘ Exiles’, his latest book, will be tad controversial. It’s subtitled “Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Culture”. The main thrust of the interview (and the book) is for Christians to stop trying to be “Shiny Happy People”…why?…because the world [...]

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What’s Up with Radio? The fourth of a four-part series on the state of Christian radio is well worth a read….it is writtten by Mark Geil and was posted 01/29/07 on Christianitytoday.com Mark suggests there are two very different populations in the Christian music listening world. The first is represented by “Becky,” the late 30s/early [...]

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Radio Station programmers have been asking the first question for years!….not so much the second…..There is an interesting article that Peter Bradshaw from Ireland directed me to today in ‘ Christianitytoday.com’ …..It will be of huge interest to programmers…..Amongst some interesting stuff about the so called ‘Becky’ there was comment about station positioners…in particular the [...]

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A question from an announcer in NZ

Here’s a question Rob Holding the drive guy on NZ’s Rhema asked:…..if you can help with a thought …please connect directly with Rob…Gaz Here’s a question: How do you ‘peak’ day after day for that all important 4:30pm – 5:30pm (5pm – 6pm) hot hour of afternoon drive when you’ve already been on air for [...]

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My friend John Lindsay from CRC in NZ has some radio short form programs that you may just love!…..he also some some scripts on the ‘Stress of Xmas’ you might like…..I can vouch for John as we went to Sunday School in the same town and the same high school in that very same town [...]

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Free Music…..faster!

Al Baker, the PD at UCB 102.3 FM in Canada has the details on 2 free music download services…..this is especially helpful if you have been having difficulty in getting new releases….now…you won’t get every release you want from them but it is a huge start….you can can contact Al for further info at al@ucbcanada.com [...]

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