Make New Friends, But Keep the Old: Reconnecting with Radio

We don't know about you, but we are soooo ready to have some new music to promote! Being patient is HARD! But while we wait, there are some things we can do to lay the groundwork for that first single off the album.

Your Mission

Now is the time to create or re-establish relationships with your local radio stations. This mission is all about establishing yourself as a fan of the station so that when we do start requesting Kris's new music, we'll be regarded as regular listeners, not just crazy Kris Allen spammers.

Do's and Don'ts

DO participate in your stations music rating surveys

DO NOT focus exclusively on Kris

DO request songs on your station’s playlist that you like from a variety of artists

DO NOT request songs from Kris that they don’t play

DO interact with your station and DJs on twitter and facebook

DO NOT limit your interaction to only Kris-related topics

DO email/tweet/facebook about the things you hear on the station that you like

While you're at it, start paying attention to your station's habits. How do they introduce new music? (challenges? polls?) When are they likely to play requests? What's the best way to request? Share your info with the rest of your regional team members.

Got any questions or comments about this challenge? Any suggestions for the Do/Don't list? Add a comment below!

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Comment by Marissa on September 4, 2011 at 11:22am: One of my stations(Q92.9) used to play LLWD a lot, and then I started requesting AWM. I never heard it, but then I participated in a new music poll, and it had AWM on it. So I sent them an e-mail saying how I like that they take their listeners opinions seriously, not mentioning Kris specifically.

Also, Star 100.7 has a top 8 at 8 poll where you can vote for newer songs, but also make suggestions to add to the list. That station has good interaction on twitter, so I'll probably start paying attention to what they tweet.

I can listen to both of these stations online, so that's also good. :)

Comment by dy77 on September 2, 2011 at 7:55am: Just some ideas for Twitter from stuff I've been doing - just got RTed by a local DJ because I tweeted him a question to ask Kelly Clarkson this am (& mentioned I hope I hear her new song). Also complimented a different DJ on his station's earthquake coverage (lol but they did do a good job), and that got RTed.

Basically, I just follow them on Twitter and respond nicely when they've posted something of interest to me. It seems to work better with specific DJs rather than station twitters, but I follow & respond to both.