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Show Date: Monday 23nd, 2006 - A hefty show at 40 minutes. Damn near killed me.
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ID - Les from Zaldor’s World
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THANK YOU for staying subscribed! Also, if you’re joining us for the first time,Welcome!
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50 respondents to the PodTrac Survey, THANK YOU! If you were one of the 30 people that complete the survey in the last 6 weeks, THANK YOU! If not, and you haven’t yet completed the survey, Please do. We’d like to prove to the folks that are paying attention to the responses that podcast listeners are generally more active than in other media. Also, your voice should be heard!
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On an unrelated note: NBC cancelling The West Wing… bummer.
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How to enter one (or more) of the three Podcheck / ID3 Podcast Magazine contests to win a free subscription to the magazine! (Thanks to Phil Barrett the link correction!)

Contest #1
1) Create an e-mail to id3mag@podcheck.com or id3magcontest@podcheck.com either one will work
2) Include your Name, mailing address, city, st. zip
3) Click SEND

Contest #2:
I think that the ID3 Podcast Magazine needs a slogan. Type a slogan in the e-mail for contest #1, and get another chance to win. Feel free to be “creative.”

E-MAIL DEADLINE FOR CONTEST #1 and CONTEST #2 is 12noon Sunday January 29th, 2006

Contest #3
…involves more work, but it could be el neato. Listen to the show for details on how to participate. Deadline for submissions to that (requiring a very special mp3 file) is Saturday, February 4th, 2006.

So… If you want to just send the address, OK, 1 chance. Send your address AND a slogan for the id3 mag, you’ll get TWO chances. Contest #3 asks you to participate in the first collaborative audio project on Podcheck, and in return, you’ll get entered in a separate drawing for a free subscription to ID3 mag.

Winners are limited to one subscription, and there will be a total of three different winners, one for each contest. Winners will be drawn randomly from three separate pools of entries, one for each contest. No purchase necessary, void where prohibited, no warranties or contracts may be inferred or implied by participation. Prizes have no redeemable cash value, but are transferable.
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NEWS - I sure wish I knew how to quit you!
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PodTrac announcement this week
Kiptronic Announcement with Libsyn on January 17th.
PodShow’s un-announcement on January 13th, Adam Curry (DSC #315) said that the Podsafe Music Network is VERY close to allowing the purchase of music from artists. Also, Podcast Delivery Network is taking shape. Directly connected to CastBlaster, and has several tiers of service.
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A LONG dissertation on the social boundaries created by the three choices of advertising networks… and… a SONG! Beware: You will be enchanted and bewitched by the melody.
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Coming up on 1-year anniversary for many podcasts. Polymorphic Podcast had a fun retrospective show, where Craig played a clip from his very first show and throughout the show talks about his journey from the very first crappy show to where he is today … A common theme - at 3:48 in 2006-01-11 show, talks about being obsessed and talking with his wife. He also talks about how he and I met.
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Saw this in the Podcast Pickle Forums:
Just a note that we are proud to be airing some of the Finest Podcasts on the FM Band!
Thanks To The Following Shows for being a part of KQCX:
Aaron & Jenny - The Big Show
Keeme - KeemeCast
Jawbone Radio
C-Dogg - PMC Top 10
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Skinny White Boy - The Alannah Myles promo is ready! http://alannah.kastpod.org
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I will NOT ask you to add yourself to the Frapper Map - http://www.frappr.com/podcheck
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The Onion has a podcast!
http://www.theonion.com/content/radionews
Really just their syndicated radio bit available via RSS feed.
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Listener e-mail

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Interesting, and at 12 episodes a year, it would cost you a grand total of $6 a year, and Podcheck would earn $350 per episode if all 700 official subscribers actually stuck around. I could do a Bitpass Unplugged account. (Details on Bitpass Unplugged in PDF format HERE) Since my focus this year will be on things that make money, and less on the stuff that doesn’t, what would YOU do? Would you pay 50 cents per episode? Would you pay $12 a year to listen to the show for two 20-minute episodes a month?

I have my own predictions on what might happen, but if it meant hearing more shows from the Podcheck Palace, would you be interested in paying? Even if there was also advertising in the show? I’m really more curious than anything. I’ll read responses and play mp3 feedback on the next show.

Frappr Map –
•Andy Bilodeau
•Zaldor
Shoutouts to:

Thanks for listening, and we welcome your e-mail at show-at- podcheck.com or you can call our voicemail line at (206) gag-ipod.

I just received an e-mail from PodTrac with a spreadsheet containing the most recent responses to the “PodCheck Listener Survey.” Here is an excerpt from the e-mail:

Today we are happy to provide survey results to any podcaster who has at least 10 responses to their survey since Podtrac went live a short two months ago. The survey results for your podcast are provided in the attached spreadsheet through January 12, 2006.

THANK YOU for filling out the survey! As promised, I wanted to share them all with you. If you haven’t yet filled it out, please do by clicking here!

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Here are the results…
(more…)

Dagnabbit. Almost finished the show. Almost. Almost… It is just an hour of “final mix editing” and 20 minutes of “blog entry posting” away from being done. This show required some special processing of a Skype interview with Kiptronic and Libsyn, as well a very special musical number, in addition to the usual background music, etc.

Watch for the new show to be in your catcher on Tuesday morning. It will be the first Podcheck Review to have a contest in it. Woot! Don’t get caught up in this unreasonable hype!

Peace. Out. — Scott

Hi y’all. I was scheduled to release a show yesterday and you can see that I have not. The following (very nice) e-mail exchange with Scott Slone mirrors many that I’ve had with folks in the past week. Thank you for your support!
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From Scott Slone:
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Scott Fletcher,

This is Scott from the Alaska Podshow Podcast www.alaskapodshow.com - Listen buddy! You better get some podcasting going on here

The only thing worse than being locked out of your house because you locked the keys in the car at -17 degrees… Is having a Podcast in a subscription lineup and seeing it never update!

I’m suffering from Podcheck Withdrawal!

It’s the whole show package you have there that I love! Keep on podcasting will ya…
Take care,
Scott Slone

Alaska Podshow Podcast
www.alaskapodshow.com

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My Reply to Scott Slone:
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Hi Scott,

Thanks for your compliments! Yes, my “monthly” show was due out yesterday, but I’ll be doing it later this week. I’ve been everywhere else behind the scenes. You can get a quick fix at:
http://worldbridges.com/livewire/2006/01/03/discussion-with-scott-fletcher-of-podcheckreviewcom/
And
http://worldbridges.com/livewire/2006/01/05/politics-podcasting-scott-fletcher-discussion-part2/
As well as the Podcast Christmas Carol
http://www.apodcastchristmascarol.org/ - Click to Play

…and I’ll be on Scott Johnson’s “Extra Life Radio” this week.

Between these projects, the holidays, and my other ventures, I just couldn’t squeeze out a show. I’ll get another one up sometime soon…

–Scott