ART ON THE AIR - GUEST INFO

ART ON THE AIR
Guest Interview Info

As a potential guest for ART ON THE AIR, here is some information that will help prepare for being a guest on the show.

We pre-record interviews usually on Tuesdays using ZOOM with video for interviews,
but only using audio for the show itself with interviews. We ideally like to do 12-5p CT (Chicago time).
We can arrange other days/times if necessary.

We need to do Spotlight Interviews no later than the week prior to the air date,
but ideally we prefer to record Spotlights a few weeks prior to the event.

We get the best audio results on ZOOM using a headset, earbuds with mic, or mic and headphones.
It is best if you are in a quiet room to reduce background noise, echo, etc.
We can do Landline or cell phone if necessary (no speakerphone) or ZOOM phone call-in.
Please have these ready to use at the time for your interview.

If you could send your background/bio/MP3 any info about projects/exhibits etc, that would be helpful in preparing for the show (see below).

The show format - we do a seven minute arts event Spotlight Interview with local arts organizations about current or upcoming events.

We then move onto our Feature Interview – usually two 23 minute segments,
or occasionally a single 46 minute interview.

Usually we start with personal background:
hometown, school (HS & college), work, spouse/kids etc.
Then move on to the current work/exhibit/project.

Here are some tips to help us have a great show together:

PRE-INTERVIEW

Please send materials like bio/background/MP3/images at least several days before your interview.
Make certain you send then to AOTA@brech.com or LAB@brech.com.

Include links to your website, Facebook or other such web media.

Supply your email and telephone to AOTA@brech.com or LAB@brech.com to set up ZOOM meeting invitations.
The ZOOM invitation will come from doctorlabrechner@gmail.com - do not send any materials to this email as it is only used for the calendar.

We need a color front facing headshot photo of you and your art for our website and promotion. We also can pull that from social media.

AOTA Website Lakeshore/ NPR

When sending materials in email, do not include large files in an email with over 10MB as we may not receive them.
If for some reason you have large files, please arrange for a sharing from Dropbox, Google, or downloads from a website.

Send documents in WORD (DOC/DOCX) or PDF, or plain TEXT.

If sending music, MP3 is the preferred.
(Stereo or Direct Stereo, 44100hz, 160 kbps or higher, Bit Rate-Constant)

We are pre-recording interviews and preferably use ZOOM for interviews.
We get the best audio results on ZOOM using a headset or mic.
We can do ZOOM phone call-in on your Landline or cell phone if necessary (no speakerphone).
Please have these ready to use at the time for your interview.

INTERVIEW

Please be on time and ready to go at your scheduled time.
If you are unable to on-time, please notify us.
We usually schedule back-to-back interviews.

We will do audio check and go over details before we start the interview.

When giving a website please forego using “www” for the URL address.

When we run the interviews “live to tape” meaning that we prefer not stopping during the interview.
The final interview will go through some editing to make certain it fits our time.

If a problem does come up we can stop and restart, but prefer to run the interview straight through.

For Spotlight Interviews, these are 7 minutes long discussing specifics about your event, gallery, project.
Please be prepared with, dates, times, locations web/Facebook links.
Be aware of the broadcast date and use dates for the event and not “next Friday” or similar.

Our Feature Interviews, are usually 23 minutes unless we do a double interview (46 minutes).
Usually we start with personal background: hometown, school (HS & college), work, spouse/kids etc.
Then move on to the current work/exhibit/project.
Be prepared to discuss details of your art/music and have website/social media site info at the ready.
We will record slightly longer than 23/46 minutes so we can edit pauses or other issues.

For shows with music or other recorded material, we usually opt not to actually play it during the interview
and just introduce the song/audio then dub it later.

POST-INTERVIEW

We will let you know what the airdate for your show will be on the air.

Please share links from our Facebook (www.facebook.com/artontheairwvlp) and website (brech.com/aota) on your social media.

We will send you a pre-broadcast link to your show and you are free and encouraged to share before the show is broadcast.
Please do share it on social media, website, etc.

SHOW DETAILS

Art on The Air airs Sunday at 7PM (CT) on Lakeshore Public Media 89.1FM – in Northwest Indiana also into the Chicago market
and as a podcast on Lakeshore's program page at
lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA and NPR plus most podcast platforms.

Spotlight Interviews are also heard twice on Lakeshore Public Media 89.1FM Wednesday at 8:34am and 4:34pm prior to our Friday broadcast.

Art on The Air is also heard Friday at 11am (CT) on WVLP 103.1FM streaming on Tune In,
and is rebroadcast on Monday at 5pm.

Please have your friends send show feedback to Lakeshore to:

radiofeedback@lakeshorepublicmedia.org, info@wvlp.org, AOTA@brech.com

Listen to past, current, and some future broadcasts at: lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA
or brech.com/aota

Past Spotlight Interviews at: https://brech.com/aota/spotlight.html
Also available as a podcast on NPR, Spotify, iHeart, Pandora, Apple/iTunes, Tune IN, Amazon Music/Alexa,
Google Podcasts, Breaker, Radio Public, Pocket Casts, CastBox, Audio.com, and other platforms.
Spotlight Interviews at: brech.com/aota/spotlight.html

Please call/email/text if you have any questions.

LAB

Larry A Brechner, MA, DFA
Co-Host / Producer ART ON THE AIR
Board Chair – Lakeshore Public Media (PBS / NPR)
WVLP Board Member
Lifetime Voting Member NARAS (The Grammy Awards)
219 746-6609
AOTA@brech.com LAB@brech.com brech.com/host brech.com/np
lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA WVLP.org facebook.com/artontheairwvlp
brech.com/aota (website & show archive)
brech.com/aota/spotlight.html (Spotlight Interviews)
@artontheairnwi

ART ON THE AIR is rated on Feedspot as one of the
Best 25 NPR Arts Podcasts and Best One-Hour Podcasts