January 1st is going to be a big day for Free Talk Live. Not only are we officially switching radio syndicates back to our original home of Genesis Communications Network, we’re making the first major change to our live show “clock” in nearly two decades. A clock is an industry term for what happens during a given broadcast hour. I’m happy to announce that starting Jan 1st we are eliminating two breaks per hour from our show!
Put another way, deleting two entire breaks each hour means eight more minutes per hour of talk time. Over a three-hour show, that’s twenty-four more minutes of show content every night. Our talk time per hour will increase from 39:20 to 47:30! That’s 20% more Free Talk Live per hour. We probably should have done this ten years ago, but better late than never.
We hope it makes our radio show more competitive with low-interruption new media competitors as we’ll only have two breaks per hour, one at the bottom-of-hour and one at the top-of-hour. Fewer interruptions means we can have more in-depth conversations and hopefully happier listeners.
I wish we could have started this months ago when I thought of it, but unfortunately we have to break up with our current syndicate and give our radio stations plenty of notice so they can change their station automation programming to reflect it. Luckily nearly all our affiliates saw the change as a good idea, so they are onboard!
Stay tuned for the big change coming Jan 1st. Live listeners on the radio or online streaming will notice the change immediately and listeners to our commercial-free AMPS podcast will notice an extra 24 minutes of content each night! You can help support our mission to spread a message of peace and liberty by joining AMPS for just $5 a month here on our Patreon. Thank you for listening to and supporting Free Talk Live.