FAQ:
Q: What is Radio Health Journal?
Radio Health Journal is a weekly, half-hour program reporting on important issues in health and medicine. The program runs 28 minutes, giving you 2 minutes for local sale. Produced by national award-winning professionals, it’s compliancy-based radio that’s interesting, informative, and entertaining. Air it any time Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight. Radio Health Journal is available on a barter basis, completely self-contained with four national minutes.
Q: What is Viewpoints?
A: Viewpoints is a half-hour weekly public affairs magazine with ear-catching, in-depth, straight-ahead reporting on compliancy issues to address your community needs. The program runs 28 minutes, giving you 2 minutes for local sale. Produced by national award-winning professionals, it’s compliancy-based radio that’s interesting, informative, and entertaining. Air it any time Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight. Viewpoints is available on a barter basis, completely self-contained with four national minutes.
Q: How do I become a MediaTracks Affiliate?
A: Call us at 847.299.9500, or fill out our Affiliate Sign-up Form
Contracted affiliates can begin airing our programs immediately.
Q: Can I listen to a sample program?
A: Yes. You can listen to a recent Viewpoints or Radio Health Journal program on iTunes:
Q: How is the program delivered to my station?
A: Affiliates are assigned log-in names and passwords to download our programs as MP3 or .wav files from our FTP site. The programs are posted on Monday of the broadcast week.
Q: Do Radio Health Journal & Viewpoints satisfy FCC compliance?
A: Yes. Our programs address compliancy issues such as: Food Safety, Domestic Violence, Unemployment, Climate Change, Homelessness, Immigration, Business, Poverty, Child Abuse, Government Spending, Women’s Issues, Minority Issues, Public Health, Youth at Risk, Senior Citizens and many more.
Q: Will becoming a Viewpoints or Radio Health Journal affiliate reduce my paperwork headaches?
A: Yes! Our Affiliate Relations team work hard to make paperwork easy for you, with regard to quarterly reports and affidavits. We provide program logs which list the week’s compliancy issues as well as a brief synopsis, and our affidavits can be downloaded from our website and e-mailed back to us. We also e-mail you monthly reminders about affidavits.
Q: But doesn’t the FCC require local programming?
A: No. Contrary to popular misconceptions, nothing in the rules or FCC orders require that the programming be locally produced. In fact, the station may use any programming, wherever acquired, so long as the program addresses the local issue it has ascertained. For example, the issue may be domestic abuse. The station could air a Radio Health Journal program addressing the issue of domestic abuse, how communities can deal with the issues, and where abused spouses can go for counseling and shelter. That program would provide important information to the community responsive to the community issue.
Q: Is there a fee for the programs?
A: No. The programs are free to contracted affiliates. We do accept tips.