Pledge Round Up for Week of 2/26/2007

Welcome!  There are only a handful of stations with drives this week and next, but a variety of styles and formats to listen to.  Enjoy we’ll update the list again next MONDAY.

Station   Market    Start & End Date    Web Address

WYEP Pittsburgh, PA 2/22/07 2/27/07 www.wyep.org 
Wisconsin PR State-wide 2/22/07 3/3/07 www.wpr.org                                                                                                            KEXP  Seattle, WA 2/23/07  3/2/07 www.kexp.org
Utah Public Radio Logan, UT 2/28/07 3/7/07 www.upr.org 
WEKU Richmond/Lexington, KY 3/5/07 3/11/07 www.weku.fm 

One final note:please contact the originating station for tips on how to best implement any ideas you hear, and to make sure that the ideas and materials of interest are not copyrighted by any national organization, consultant, or fundraising service provider.

Pledge Round Up for Week of 2/12/2007

Happy Valentines to all of you, and especially those of you who are conductingdrives this week.  There are a few stations who are looking for the love of listeners to help them meet their goals.

BTW If you’ve just completed a roses or other Valentine-related campaign,please leave a comment about how it went.

Thanks for checking in, this list updates on MONDAYS.

  Station   City/State   Start Date   End Date   Web address
WMFE Orlando, FL 2/1/07 2/14/07 www.wmfe.org
KOPN Columbia, MO 2/4/07 2/13/07 www.kopn.org
WNYC New York, NY 2/8/07 2/16/07 www.wnyc.org
WYEP Pittsburgh, PA 2/22/07 2/27/07 www.wyep.org
Wisconsin PR  State-wide 2/22/07 3/3/07 www.wpr.org
Utah Public Radio Logan, UT 2/28/07 3/7/07 www.upr.org

One final note:please contact the originating station for tips on how to best implement any ideas you hear, and to make sure that the ideas and materials of interest are not copyrighted by any national organization, consultant, or fundraising service provider.

Great Pitch Lines - Spring Pledge

Some stations have gotten the jump on spring fundraising. Here are two great pitch lines heard so far:

“Pledge on-line at minnesotapublicradio.org and put more of your money into programming instead paperwork.”

- heard on KNOW this week.

“Because you spend more time in your car than on your couch.”

- heard on KCRW last week as they pitch the value of the station as a companion for LA commuters.

What are some of your best lines? It’s easy to listen to colleagues fundraise. The DEI membership team is compiling a list of pledge drive dates around the system for the winter/spring seasons. Please send the dates of your upcoming campaign directly to Melanie Coulson at melanie_coulson@comcast.net.

Izzi Smith, DEI Marketing Advisor