Classic Radio Promotions (from the Billboard Magazine archives)

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6 April 1985

TAX TIME
WPFB Middletown, Ohio (country)
Contact: Bob Spangler

With the even tougher IRS restrictions this year, it's becoming a game of creativity to see just what you can get away with on your tax returns. As April 15 is rapidly approaching, WPFB has decided to help listeners out, so to speak, by having the audience share the loopholes they've discovered.

In a tongue-in-cheek promotion, the country station is asking listeners to send in a letter outlining their most creative tax scam to date. If the listener phones when his or her "deduction" is aired, he'll have a chance for a weekend for two in nearby Cincinnati.

Pre-Raphaelite Brah (King Boy Pato), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 10:10 (three years ago) link

7 April 1984

Station: KMEL San Francisco (AOR)
Contact: Rick Lee, GM
Concept: "Where's the beef?"

Execution: The Wendy's hamburger chain's commercials featuring an old woman shouting "Where's the beef?" have captured the imagination of program directors across the country. In San Francisco, KMEL is asking listeners to write the station in 25 words or less explaining why KMEL has the beef.

Claiming to be the station that delivers the beef, KMEL will award the grand prize entry: 1,000 pounds of it - live on the hoof.

Pre-Raphaelite Brah (King Boy Pato), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 10:21 (three years ago) link


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