As Don Pardo Once Remarked,

I’M ON TV!

Yup it’s confirmed. Next Tuesday morning, I will be appearing on A-Channel Ottawa’s Breakfast Television/Morning Show. This is the first of hopefully many media pushes over the next few weeks.

I had an email confirmation from an Ottawa newspaper already, so as long as I perform well, I may be able to use it as a springboard.Had a good day on Friday [they’re all turning out that way lately]. The A-Channel information is as follows:

  • I meet the floor manager at 7:20 am
  • I’m on for four minutes at 7:40 am.
  • Their six questions are:
  1. What is the content?
  2. Who’s it aimed at?
  3. How was it developed?
  4. Why did you decide to do this?
  5. Where will it be distributed?
  6. When is Ironlungfish Press sending it out? [What’s next?]
  • They want me to bring along a copy of the magazine
  • The broadcast/hosting rights are $250 for a year, and it’s no problem to throw it onto Youtube and Google Video if I want.

I re-worded the questions slightly to make them fit the “W5″ model for the sake of rehearsal, but I think that I’m not too off-base with my assumptions. It’s interesting to see how many different interests I’ll be ostensibly catering to with this little spot.

Essentially, everyone.

  • A-Channel looks at it from a ‘local boy makes good’ perspective, so I have to respect that;
  • I’m trying to get the word out to the Educators;
  • hook sponsors;
  • give parents information about age-appropriateness;
  • get kids excited;
  • raise the interest of other media outlets;
  • project a sense of professionalism in order to show that I can get along in a board room setting.

All in four minutes. That’s roughly 40 seconds per answer.

Yikes!And I still have the mock up to produce for Monday.

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