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Volume 3, Issue 45 11/09/09
 

FOCUS NEWS

A Letter to Broadcasters from Jim Daly
A letter from Focus on the Family President and CEO Jim Daly to affiliates.

 

PROGRAMMING NEWS

Holiday Programming Available
Focus on the Family is offering the "A Christmas Carol" and the classic Christmas vignettes for the 2009 holiday season. Shows are available for downloads via Amb-OS receiver and on FocusSat FTP. Information on these shows is available online at BriargateMedia.com.

Promotion Opportunity — Twelve Days of Christmas Contest
The Twelve Days of Christmas contest is a chance to bring listeners "home" for the holidays. FocusOnTheFamily.com is hosting the contest from November 30—December 12.

Briargate Media invites you to add this promotion to your station's Web site this year. To help promote this annual event, we're providing spots and Web banners. Additional details and a PSA are available on our Web site.

Get "Plugged In" to Holiday Movie Reviews!
Want to know which holiday movies are family friendly? Then stay tuned to the "Plugged In Movie Reviews"! Host Bob Waliszewski gives your listeners the scoop on this year's holiday fare. This week, Bob reviews the DVD release of Up and the new 2012 movie. To add "Plugged In" to your station, visit BriargateMedia.com.

Focus on Parenting Simulcast — November 14
Focus on the Family invites churches in your listening area to take part in the upcoming Focus on Parenting Simulcast. The event — designed to give parents the tools to train their children spiritually — features best-selling author Kevin Leman, Elisa Morgan of MOPS, Larry Fowler from AWANA, Phil Vischer and others. For details on how your station can be involved, visit the info link at BriargateMedia.com.

"Screwtape Letters" — Still Time to Sign Up!
There's still time to sign up and air the "Focus on the Family Radio Theatre" version C.S. Lewis' classic, "The Screwtape Letters." "The Screwtape Letters" consists of 6, ½ hour episodes, complete with local spot avail times. Please contact Briargate Media at (719) 531-3300 if you would like to air this "Radio Theatre" special. For details, visit the home page of BriargateMedia.com.

INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY

Voters Choose Conservative Values
American voters chose family values this past week, reinforcing the importance of a one man/one woman marriage in the state of Maine. Focus on the Family Action was a key supporter of the pro-marriage initiative, and Jenny Tyree, Focus marriage analyst can talk about this important vote ... and encourage your listeners to continue to stand for the sanctity of marriage. To interview Jenny Tyree, contact Devon Williams at (719) 268-4814.

STATION RESOURCES

New Family Resource: Thriving Family Magazine
The new Thriving Family magazine will reach over 300,000 homes this month, replacing Focus on the Family Magazine. Thriving Family, geared toward parents with children ages 0-18, will emphasize the core parenting content upon which the ministry was founded. For more information about the new bi-monthly magazine, click here.

January Sharathon Requests Due Friday
If you need custom liners for your January sharathon, please turn in your request no later than Friday, November 13. The request form is available here.

New Focus on the Family Study
"Good News About Family and Faith" — What matters to today's young family? Find out in this new report from Focus on the Family.

PROMOS AND SPOTS DOWNLOADS

"Focus on the Family" Daily: (11/9-13)
Live Copy Available Here
Short-Form Copy Here

"Plugged In Movie Reviews": (11/9-13)
Get the Promo Copy here.

      Tuesday's DVD Review: Up
      Friday's Review: 2012

"Weekend Magazine": (10/12-16)
Get the details & promo copy here.

"Adventures in Odyssey": (November)
Promo copy available here.
Break Times available here.

"Family News in Focus" Headlines: (Posted Daily)
Available here.

Weekly Spot Downloads (11/9-13)
Focus Generic Download Spots — Available online at ftp://ftp.focussat.net in the generic_promos folder:

Track Length Title
1 FOF Generic (:60) Commuter
2 PIMR Generic (30) Media Choices Matter
3 AIO Generic (:60) The Producer and His Idea
4 Adoption Month Vignette (:60) Our Chosen One
5 Adoption Month COTO (:60) It’s Kind of Funny
6 Thanksgiving Vignette (:60) Serve Somebody
7 Thanksgiving Vignette (:60) Manja!
8 FOF Image (:30) Questions – Boys
 

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