Kiwanis Radio Days

by Tryan Hartill

Yep, it’s that time of year again!

Every year on April Fools Day the Astoria-Warrenton Kiwanis, KAST and local businesses put on a special event known as “Radio Days”.

As if they were not generous enough before, KAST is offering Radio Days participants even more than years past.

How It Works

Local Kiwanis members contact local businesses that are interested in donating charity dollars in exchange for advertising on the radio. The business can choose the number of ads and what they want the ad to say. In years past Kiwanis members themselves actually read them on the radio. We would take over a studio and read each one over a period of about 7 hours. As you might expect handing over the mic to a bunch radio amateurs and goofballs made for some rather interesting programming. This year though KAST is offering up their staff to do the ads. If this isn’t enough they are also going to play the ads on “The Eagle” – 103.9. In years past we were given the stations with a smaller listening audience, but this year the ads will be presented on one of the most popular to stations in the area, with thousands of listeners in Clatsop and Pacific counties.

Tom Freel did a short blurb about Radio Days a few weeks back on CoastWatch Blog:

By the way, just want to encourage you to listen to The Eagle 103.9 FM on April Fools day. We are(for the 20th year) hosting the Astoria Kiwanis Radio Day which means the club can sell our commercial inventory for that day and keep every bit of the money. If you are contacted by a member of the club over the next month to buy ads just keep in mind that the money is going to a great local organization and all they do to support those in need right here.

Where The Money Goes

As our motto says “Serving the Children of the World”, this basically describes what we do. Over 95% of our fund raising dollars goes to kids and kids programs in Clatsop County. The other 5% is sent to kids and kids programs in other areas who suffer through major hardships such as Hurricane Katrina or the families of 9-11.

Cost and Deadlines

The cost per ad depends on the number bought. They become much cheaper the more you buy:

• 1 Ad = $25
• 3 Ads = $50
• 7 Ads = $100

Each commercial can be up to 30 seconds long and at $14-$25 a piece, with virtually all funds going to local kids, it becomes a winning situation for all those involved.

In years past we accepted ads right up to 9am the morning before we read them on the air. This year we are on a tighter schedule since KAST must produce all the ads. So by next Friday, the 23rd of March, all ads and payments must be given to a local Kiwanis member so we can turn them in at the Radio Station. This event usually brings in about $4,000 for our Club. Although this is a very small number compared to the Tillamook Club, they raise $20,000 year after year. Surely we can beat a bunch of Cheesemakers!

Contact

For those who are interested in supporting Radio Days, please contact a local Kiwanian.

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My phone is 717-3516, or you can stop by the Smokehouse Mon-Fri 9-5.

Thanks to all!

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