For Stations

Thank you for your interest in broadcasting Making Contact and other National Radio Project programs. Please contact us so we can count you among our growing list of stations (includes a link to your website), and notify you of upcoming programs and specials.

Making Contact is FREE, but please consider a donation to help with costs.

Timing and Cues

PRSS ContentDepot users: see our automation-friendly rundowns for individual programs. What follows is a generic rundown:

• TRT: 29:00 (no hard breaks)
• Optional cutaway at 1:00
• Optional (floating) cutaway between12:00 and 20:00
• Music in/out

Distribution Options

• Download programs and promos each week - our website is updated every Wednesday at 6:30am GMT (Tuesday 10:30pm PST). Our homepage features the current week's show at the top, other recent shows are below it. Click through the appropriate link to get to that program's permanent page.
  
  We recommend the 128k (broadcast quality) version. The file compression is 11:1 at 44100 Hz, and retains virtually all aspects of the original sound file that you hear on our CDs, including overall quality, consistent sound level and range of frequencies.


• Sign up for "Making Contact - Weekly Show Alerts" emails
  Each week, we send out the new show's description, including links to audio files and guest contact info - sign up here.


• Subscribe to our RSS/Podcast for automated program delivery - we recommend the 128k (broadcast quality) version. More info here.


• PRSS (Public Radio Satellite System) - ch. A72.3 Wednesday at 12 Noon EST. Each automation-friendly program is broken into four segments. Rundowns for individual programs can be found in ContentDepot.


• Pacifica KU Satellite - left channel (A) Thursday at 3:30pm EST.


• Download from PRSS ContentDepot. Each automation-friendly program is broken into four segments and has its own rundown.


• Download from Public Radio Exchange (PRX)


• Download from Audioport (Pacifica)


• for the weekly CD mailing.

National Radio Project is committed to the highest quality customer service possible. Get download help - or - podcast help - or - please contact with your questions or problems.

Sign up for "Advance Show Alerts"

This exclusive email comes out the week before each program's release date, and includes a full show description, guest contact infoand a link to a broadcast-quality audio file of the a 59-second promo. Advance Show Alerts help you promote Making Contact on your station and help build complimentary programming around it. To sign up, please contact .

Submit material for a possible upcoming show

Formal pitches or raw ideas for entire programs or segments are welcome - see our Submission Guidelines. We welcome the opportunity to work with your station personnel to bring local stories to a national audience.