Motor Sports Radio Network
Motor Sports Radio Network
Information For Prospective Affiliates
Currently, we offer two 5 minute weekly nationally syndicated programs for 52 weeks of broadcast:
"Race-Talk" (national premiere 1/28/1993)-- The program (produced since April 1988) covers NASCAR, Indy Racing League, NHRA Drag Racing, FIA Formula One Grands Prix and significant American Sports Car events. It includes major league auto racing news, previews, personality, commentary and book reviews.
"Radio-Road-Test" (national premiere 1/28/1993)--A program of driving impressions of American and foreign cars and light trucks. MSR has produced over 800+ episodes.
Open/Segment 1--Outcue: "Motor Sports Radio Network"
Network (our commercial, which may or may not take the entire :60 availability)
Segment 2--Outcue: "Motor Sports Radio" (this is your station :60 availability)
Segment 3--Outcue: "name..."Motor Sports Radio". Total time excluding commercials won't exceed 3:00
Both programs are usually released and uploaded to the site each Thursday on or before 3 PM Eastern time but in no case later than noon/9 am PT Friday morning. If there are further changes to the program production schedule, you'll be notified by e-mail.
In five minutes or less (on broadband) you can download our latest program for your evaluation by right clicking on the links that follow:
From time to time, special programs will be made available from auto racing venues and major automotive shows.
Format for specials:
Open/Billboard/Program body. Commercial should run adjacent to the program. Specials may range from 75 to 90 seconds, but in no case will exceed 90 seconds.
All Motor Sports Radio Network programs are hosted and produced by News Director Paul Kaminski. Paul has reported news and sports for CBS News Radio, ABC Radio News and Sports, the AP Radio Network, BBC World Service, CBC (domestic) Radio Sports, North Carolina News Network, Armed Forces Radio and Television Service and other broadcast clients. Paul is an Ithaca College graduate, a contributor to Radio World magazine, and is retired from the US Army with 28 years of active and reserve service. He founded PK Communications Co. (formerly known as Sportcom Associates) in 1978.
Availability: 50/50 barter to commercial radio operations. For non-commercial operations, other outlets, and non-barter commercial operations, a $624 annual fee ($12.00 per week for 52 weeks per program) payable with order is required. One primary station/outlet per SMSA. Multi-station clusters can run programs on any and all stations/digital channels in a cluster, but must designate a primary affiliate.
Distribution/Kill Dates: Programs are encoded in high rate mono mp3 and are available for normal pull distribution (you download from our site by FTP) or push distribution (we e-mail the programs to you) on Friday. We also offer distribution on CD (usually, for Radio-Road-Test), MD, or in emergencies, by dialed up phone feed. Special satellite delivered programs may be made available from time to time. Race-Talk has a kill date of midnight Saturday local time; Radio-Road-Test programs may be aired up to six months after the release date. Stations (including a station's digital channel) and outlets may transmit a contemporaneous performance of our programs on their respective web sites, if desired.