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Travel with Rick Steves FUNDER 2011 — HOUR 1 Rundown: Option AThis rundown option includes the first part of the network newscast (or a short pitch break after the billboard), and includes three segments (1A, 1B, and 1C). It will time out to one hour, and allows for three local pitch breaks of between roughly five and six minutes each. |
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| Run Time | Segment | (Length) |
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| 00:00 - 01:00 | Billboard — Hour 1 outQ: (theme music out) |
(1:00) |
| 01:00 - 04:00 | NPR or BBC Newscast 1, or Local Pitch (insert part one of the hourly newscast, or do a short local pitch. Or, you can skip the newscast, move the rest of the modules up earlier and change the segment start times accordingly, to give you additional time for local pitching later in the hour.) |
(3:00) |
| 04:00 -15:02 | Segment 1 A Practical travel tips — flight tips Guest: John DiScala, aka "Johnny Jet" inQ: "Hi, I'm Rick Steves. One of our goals each week on Travel with Rick Steves is..." Music credit: Quincy Jones, "Soul Bossa Nova," Cocktail Mix, vol. 2 (collection) / Rhino |
(11:02) |
| 15:02 - 20:00 | Local Pitch Break (include Rick's premium pitch A in this break if you are offering the Rick Steves premium package. It runs 2:20.) |
(4:58) |
| 20:00 - 36:05 | Segment 1 B Practical travel tips — around the world luggage free, and "flashpacking" in Europe Guests: Travel writer Rolf Potts Andy Steves, Rick's son inQ: "Together, we're making public radio strong..." Music credits: LAGQ, "'Seguidilla' from 'Carmen Suite,'" LAGQ Latin / Telarc; St. Germain, "What You Think About," Tourist / Blue Note |
(16:06) |
| 36:06 - 42:00 | Local Pitch Break (include Rick's premium pitch B in this break if you are offering the Rick Steves premium package. It runs 2:08) |
(5:54) |
| 42:00 - 53:30 | Segment 1 C Practical travel tips — seeing the Cluny Museum in Paris; Finding the Tao in your travels Guests: Elisabeth vanHest, tour guide based in Paris Paul Theroux, author of "The Tao of Travel" inQ: "Public radio is an important service...." Music credit: Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, "'Polka' from 'John Field Suite,'" Orchestral Suites of the British Isles / CBC Records |
(11:30) |
| 53:00 - 1:00:00 | Local Pitch Break (repeat one of Rick's premium pitches if you are offering the Rick Steves premium package) Your closing local pitch break can also include the Generic pitch close-version 1-vox only (1:32), or mixed (1:33) from Rick. inQ: "Thanks for joining us today on Travel with Rick Steves. Keeping public radio strong in our communities is a very important issue to me." Or you can include the Rick Steves generic pitch (for use in all programming) — vox only (1:12) here, or elsewhere in fundraising during other programs. |
(6:30) |