Passages:
Personal, Life-Changing Moments
60-Second Spec Sheet
| Medium: | Radio |
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| Length: | 60 seconds, plus 10-second "tease" for use as a promo and opening billboard. |
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| Frequency: | Weekday Feature - 5 per week - 52 weeks per year. |
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| Focus: | A digitally produced daily feature that focuses on personal and community issues such as family, youth, substance abuse and unemployment. A wide range of people from varying faith backgrounds share, in their own words, powerful real-life stories. Winner of the International World-Fest "Best Radio Achievement Award" in 1996. |
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| Distribution: | Compact Disc - 40 programs per CD - 6 CDs per year plus an additional CD with 20 Christmas features. |
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| Producing Agencies: | A cooperative project of the Presbyterian Media Mission (PMM), Pittsburgh, PA, and United Methodist Communications (UMCOM), Nashville, TN. |
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| Sponsorship: | Designed for free public service or may be sold for commercial time. Certain sponsor restrictions such as alcoholic beverages, etc. |
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| Exec. Producer/Host: | Dennis C. Benson, award-winning producer and host, has produced the 30-minute version of Passages of 15 years. He has received awards for such achievements as "best locally produced program in America," "most creative use of radio," "best program in the interest of youth." Dennis estimates that he has done 40,000 interviews during his career. |
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| Production Team: |
Bill Wolfe - Associate Director, Radio Ministries, UMCOM. Forty years
experience in radio as well as expertise in youth and social concerns.
Gregg Hartung - Executive Director, Presbyterian Media Mission (PMM), Pittsburgh, PA. Award winner for programs and spots. Lafayette Richardson - Audio engineer with a creative flair. |
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| First Air Date: | June 1, 1995 |
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| Address: |
United Methodist Office of Communication (UMCOM) P.O. Box 320, Nashville, TN 37202-0320 1-800-476-7766
Presbyterian Media Mission |
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