CHAPTER 12
Creating Powerful Radio
Call Screening
“Talent hits a target no one else can hit;
Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
—Arthur Schopenhauer
The Art of Call Screening for Producers
If you take calls on your show, you already know that a great caller can make a show; a boring or bad call can be a show killer. You can almost feel the listeners tuning out. Like many tasks in life, screening appears to be easy. Answer the phone and put the call on the air? Not exactly. Screening involves being able to manage people. This job takes both art and skill.
Most producers have had the experience of putting what seemed to be a great call on the air and then watching it bomb. Sometimes a caller who seems like a long shot, slow-paced, slightly ...
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