I know Memorial Day's just past. But special sales can still be a little irreverent when you've got a client voiced ad campaign featuring the same basic elements--the client, the same dopey pain-in-the-behind announcer--then sprinkle in lots of people's favorite Memorial Day activity--a cook out.

I was looking for something to be the first post on the new Soundstage platform and remembered this promo I received a few days ago from Ross McIntyre. What better way to kick off the new "LIVE" Soundstage than with a promo from the guy holding more RAP Awards trophies than anyone! Ross McIntyre, winner of TWELVE RAP Award trophies. That's pretty amazing. And this is a pretty cool promo -- written, produced and voiced by Ross... that's a triple threat dude right there!

SAIT Radio students create these commercials as part of our Broadcasting Program. They visit the clients, write, voice and produce all parts of these spots.

Here's a spot that's been getting a lot of plays from the archives over the past couple of weeks. This spot came in as a Finalist in the 1992 Radio And Production Awards. Submitted by Sean Lowman at KZJH in Jackson, WY, this spot is very cleverly done -- a great way to push a product without boring the listener. Can be applied to countless products, including your station.

Classic song turned into a duet by Don Elliot back in the days of 2-tracks and razor blades! Story behind the edit here: https://www.rapmag.com/a/372-15/jun15/3678-elvis-and-linda-love-me-tender

Control Freaks on Triple M Modern Digital is where we let the artist decide what music is going to be played for the hour. We were able to get Brad Wilk & B-Real to jump in & program the hour while Prophets were touring Australia. Intro voiced by "Sideshow" Michael Anderson. Written & Produced by Chris Neave

Excellent example of using the power of a jingle without having to spend thousands on a pro jingle production house. Find some good voices in your station and get creative!

Audio for Dave's June 2018 Production 512 post. Dave adds: "My sound this month is one of the mechanicals for Z100 Pays Your Bills, this one from September of 2011. I tended to run those as a tease for a week or so before we actually started taking calls for a couple of reasons. A. We needed to get some bills in the hopper to begin the contest and B. By the time the contest actually started, everybody would know all the whys and hows and I could concentrate on the fun stuff."