Getting the word out to North Carolina

[kauerrolemodel]

In 2004, I hooked up with the Constitution Party of North Carolina. NC is one of the hardest states to get on the ballot. I'd really like to get the CP on the ballot in 2008.

I am trying a couple of angles. One is talking to a state representative who I know and who agrees that the barriers to the ballot should be much lower and is closer to a constructionist than most in his party. The current power brokers in the house that have squelched debate on the topic are currently in a lot of political trouble, so, there is a chance we might be able to get some legislation changes in the next couple of years to make it easier.

The other is to make people more aware of the Constitution Party and get them to start questioning the one-party system. I could think of no better way than to get The American View on WPTF in Raleigh which has a very large listenership of influential people in the community and the state.

I called WPTF and they said they needed a proposal from The American View to consider putting it on. They have previously carried Neil Bortz, so I think there would be a possibility of getting it on. I'd be happy to have my company help sponsor the program in some way, and I suspect I can get some other NC businessmen to do so, too.

How can we make this happen?

[Camp Director]

Here's how we are doing it here in Ohio. We have negotiated with a couple of Christian radio stations to buy time. We came to an agreement with one of them to buy one hour of time every week to run the show. We have solicited donations from interested individuals who want to use the show as an educational vehicle. The sponsoring group for the show is Camp American (http://www.campamerican.com) a non-profit 501(c)3 educational organization and the donations are tax deductible. Furthermore, the show contains a total of 45 minutes of programming which leaves 15 minutes of advertising time which can be sold to raise money to pay for the time. If your donations and advertising revenue exceeds your needs you can buy time on another station to increase your audience and spread the word all the more.

Camp American (http://www.campamerican.com) gets promotional time to help teach the American View to teenagers in the summer, and much needed funds to help keep camp tuition down and we help keep interest in advancing the principles alive during the rest of the year. The party gets a boost as an added side bonus.

By the way, we did a Camp American (http://www.campamerican.com) in White Lake North Carolina in 2003 and had a CP official as one of our counselors. It was much smaller than we had hoped but we would like to try again sometime. We have talked with some Georgia CP people about their interest of a Camp American (http://www.campamerican.com) in the south and they seemed enthusiastic. Maybe we could help each other on some of these different issues? let me know.

[kauerrolemodel]

Thanks for the input.

There are definitely some Christian Radio stations we could pursue, but I really want to pursue getting on to the News/Talk station first. I realize the choir might need to be preached to, but more of the choir listens to News/Talk radio than the Christian stations around here (even if they can get the signal, which is difficult where I live... and I'm not very far from the capital of Raleigh). The Christian Radio stations would be a good fall back position.

As far as the camp in NC goes, we should probably keep that off this thread. But I will consider how we might help with that.

In His service,

Ken

[Camp Director]

We've been trying this avenue but with little success. The problem seems to be that no one on TAV is singing "Hosanna in the Highest" to GWB and the Republican party. Most of the stations types you mention are wholly owned and operated by GOP faithfuls except perhaps those running the dreadful 'Air(head) America" programming.

If you manage to do it please, please, please let us know how you did. The stations here would rather run infomercials than let us buy airtime for TAV!:eek:

[dalecosby]

I would imagine that getting good time on a major talk station has to be rather expensive.
Our church in Indiana is on a local FM country station on sunday mornings but that is the lowest rated time of the week for them so it is inexpensive for us.

I wonder how you might be able to promote the podcast instead?
The problem with that is you don't get the casual listener that way.

Small town stations could be a good start though as they target more mainstream but conservative types.

Find a time that they are really needing to fill and you might find you can get an hour fairly low.