{"id":1559,"date":"2019-05-23T11:23:02","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T01:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bprworld.com\/?p=1559"},"modified":"2019-05-23T11:23:02","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T01:23:02","slug":"great-talk-radio-its-about-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bprworld.com\/de\/news\/great-talk-radio-its-about-ice\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Talk Radio &#8211; It&#8217;s About ICE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By David Kidd, BPR<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1431\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bprworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DK.jpg?resize=116%2C117\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bprworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DK.jpg?w=298 298w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bprworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DK.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 116px) 100vw, 116px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The internet is now the most used platform for news and information.<\/p>\n<p>Talk radio has to be much more than merely an information provider.<\/p>\n<p>Successful Talk stations are Informative, Compelling and Entertaining \u2013 ICE.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Informative<\/u><\/strong>. Tell me something I didn\u2019t already know; make the world make sense to me; make the complicated easier to understand. Be well researched but present the information in an easy to understand manner. \u00a0Make sure the information is relevant to the audience.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Compelling<\/strong>.<\/u> The information\u2026the content \u2026.is presented with passion. Great Talk presenters are great storytellers.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Entertaining<\/strong>.<\/u> The talents speak frankly \u2013 they have an opinion and usually a very strong one. Opinion is the key to being a successful Talk show host. A star has his opinion and says \u201cI am right!\u201d. Don\u2019t be grey or wishy-washy. The essence of entertainment is \u201cconflict\u201d \u2013 whether it\u2019s drama or comedy.<\/p>\n<p>Great Talk show hosts identify the issues that impact their audience and who is to blame. The great Talk show host knows how to fix the problem\u2026or at least, that\u2019s what their audience thinks!<\/p>\n<p>Is it an incompetent politician, a judiciary that is too lenient on criminals, a new tax that effects a large segment of their audience. Great Talk shows hosts \u201cpoint the finger\u201d at those responsible.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not all negative news though\u2026\u2026light and shade is just as important in Talk radio as it is with Music radio. Celebrate heartwarming stories of success with passion.<\/p>\n<p>The best Talk stations are as tightly formatted as the best CHR\u2019s. Hosts do not waffle, they do not let topics go on until they become boring. They are fast paced, energetic. Callers are carefully screened to ensure they too are entertaining.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Solving the world\u2019s problems by sitting around a campfire singing Kumbaya does not make great Talk radio.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By David Kidd, BPR The internet is now the most used platform for news and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bprworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/audio-microphone-radio-484.jpg?fit=6000%2C4000","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bprworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bprworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bprworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bprworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bprworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1559"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/bprworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1563,"href":"http:\/\/bprworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559\/revisions\/1563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bprworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bprworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bprworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bprworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}