MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS FOR
STAND YE STEADY – SONGS OF COURAGE AND INSPIRATION
OCTOBER 2005
MAJOR TV & RADIO COVERAGE
TBN VETERAN’S DAY PROGRAMMING – REACHING OVER 40 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS
VETERAN’S DAY PROGRAMMING FEATURING STAND YE STEADY & DIRECT RESPONSE ADVERTISING, 11/11/05 AT 10:30PM EST, 7:30PM PST:
FROM TRINITY BROADCAST NETWORK: “We are very excited about putting your program "Stand Ye Steady" on the air…. every time it airs, a spot will follow that will give viewers information on how they can order the DVD.” CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR VETERAN’S DAY SHOWTIMES.
AMERICAN FORCES NETWORK VETERAN’S DAY PROGRAMMING - rEACHING American service men and women, Department of Defense (DoD) civilians, and their families stationed in 177 countries and U.S. Territories. sTAND YE sTEADY bROADCAST sATURDAY eVENING AT 10:00pM.
UNI (United News and Information) VETERAN’S DAY ½ HOUR RADIO BROADCAST
DOUG COPPI INTERVIEW ON “OUTLOOK” AIRS PRIOR TO VETERAN’S DAY (w/o 11/4/05):
UNI is a national wire syndicated service for radio stations across the country and oversees. http://www.uninews.com/uni/home.html - SYNDICATED ON 200+ INTERNATIONAL RADIO STATIONS
“OutLook" is a radio magazine of news, information, and inspiration. It is a program that includes talks with well-known authors, a Christian perspective on various issues and events, evangelical news, stories and testimonials, as well as devotionals and messages from noted pastors and conference speakers. The program is designed to help keep listeners informed; as well as to minister to spiritual needs by providing practical principles for our walk with the Lord.
Janet Parshall’s America – SYNDICATED ON OVER 150 RADIO & 350 TV STATIONS NATIONWIDE
INTERVIEW WITH DOUG COPPI AND CONNIE CHASE (Director, USMA Glee Club) AIRED 9/20/05:
Janet Parshall’s America is a live radio interview program that also airs a television portion syndicated evenings on FamilyNet TV and on XM radio; the radio interview aired on 9/20/05, after which they used the Stand Ye Steady DVD for the visual of the TV show that evening. http://www.jpamerica.com/
FROM JANET PARSHALL’S AMERICA: “Janet enjoyed the interview and it was our pleasure to have you on the program. We would love to have you back on the program in a few weeks to further discuss how Christians get into the arts and make an impact for the Lord.” SECOND APPEARANCE IN PROGRESS…
QVC—REACHING OVER 90 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS
QVC—featured Stand Ye Steady CD & DVD chosen by committee as part of the product mix for Special Programming on 9/02/05 commemorating VJ-Day; live guest artist appearance by tenor Daniel Rodriguez performing Into the Fire from Stand Ye Steady; sold over 600 units in under 10 minutes.
Good Morning Texas – ABC AFFILIATE / HIGHEST DALLAS-FORT WORTH MORNING SHOW RATINGS
DOUG COPPI LIVE TV APPEARANCE AIRED 9/9/05; FROM GOOD MORNING TEXAS:
It’s hard to believe that this Sunday marks the fourth anniversary of 9/11. While many people have moved on, others continue to need help. The United States Military Academy Glee Club of West Point and producer Doug Coppi recognize that, and have put together a special DVD and CD called Stand Ye Steady: Songs of Courage and Inspiration, from which a portion of the proceeds will go to support military families. Doug Coppi joined GMT to discuss the effort.
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/gmt/schedule/stories/wfaa050906_am_gmttues.2efb2d4e.html
FOX & FRIENDS—REACHING OVER 1.5 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS
9/9/05 USMA Cadet Glee Club appearance postponed due to Katrina…STAY TUNED FOR RE-SCHEDULING, POTENTIALLY VETERAN’S DAY PROGRAMMING.
MORE CONFIRMED PRESS, MARKETING & PROMOTION:
- Good News AM (Morning TV Show in Atlanta that is nationally syndicated 35 million viewers)—Showed clip and talked about it during opening “host chat” -KARA NBC Affiliate Minneapolis—mentioned and showed clip during street week (top rated network in Minneapolis)
- Access Hollywood - News ticker ran week of release featuring SYS CD & DVD “IN STORES TODAY”
- About.com - Review posted (about.com is one of most highly visited site on www)
- At Home Live (morning show that airs on Family Net, 30 million + viewer ship) Played “Lest We Forget” and plugged the CD/DVD 8.22.05-CRW – CD/DVD cover ran with SYS info in 8/15 issue (subscriber based to all in Christian industry)
- Dallas Morning News (519K daily)– Religion section – have covered CD and planning a bigger feature
- R&R (trade outlet for all music industry) – Running in 9/13 cover Update. Project was pushed from the 9/6 issue due to Hurricane Katrina coverage
- Stars & Stripes (main military paper for all branches, goes overseas as well as nationwide) – CD/DVD review ran in Trends section w/cover
- Military Spouse Magazine—will run SYS CD give-away promotion in Nov/Dec issue, w/ SYS cover image
- Philippine News—ran article featuring Doug Coppi interview with writer Cristina Pastor: http://philippinenews.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=26266b6492eecdd7afcda4daa632b511
- Al Menconi Website—Review posted online (250K+ hits daily)
- Mike Parker (Freelancer) - Works with MANY Christian outlets (Lifeway.com, Grassrootsmusic.com, True Tunes) and said he will use it for his regular outlets as well as other publications
- Military Radio & TV—full album & DVD servicing to reporting and non-reporting military stations for programming week of release 9/6 through 4th quarter:
- Internet radio – links on military home pages including army.mil; soldiersradio.com
- American Forces Network TV – confirmed: complete SYS DVD program to air 3x/year; first run date 11/11/05, throughout 177 countries EXUS for military and their families based internationally
- AFRTV – Armed Forces Radio & TV Service including “Army News Watch” TV Broadcast.
- SRTV – Soldier Radio & TV Service
- Army Media Center – Army broadcasting worldwide (Continental US & Outside Continental US) through military networks
- West Point – WKDT radio rotation & W.P. TV leading up to release
- Pentagon T.V. Channel – one million viewers
INTERNET PRESENCE & ADVERTISING:
Military Internet advertising and promotion:
- Americasupportsyou.mil cover story
- Military.com banner advertising (ArmyTimes.com; AirForceTimes.com; MarineTimes.com; NavyTimes.com; FederalTimes.com; DefenseNews.com)
Additional Internet advertising/promotion:
- Ark Webs Ministries: www.fish-the.net - Christian Portal; www.internetpreachers.com www.christjesus.us www.christian-movie.net; www.christian-e-cards.com www.arkwebs.com www.ministryclipart.com www.heargoodnews.com www.achristianserver.com www.christian-chats.net www.e-ncourager.com www.onlineprayerchain.com www.thechristianbbs.com www.christianchat.net www.christian-chats.com www.knowhimonline.com www.thechristiannews.com www.christianfreelancers.com + over 10 more sites
- Google.com
- CMCentral & FreshReleases.com – Christian music product destinations
- SingleC.com – pastors community site
- USAA—Military insurance agency; website placement of SYS CD & DVD; marketing to 1MIL customers
- Walmart.com - front page placement on musicdownloads.walmart.com/ for exclusive through 11/26/05: http://musicdownloads.walmart.com/catalog/servlet/AlbumServlet?id=79580
- cross-links with supported organizations including yellowribbonfund.org & codeofsupport.org
A portion of proceeds from sales of Stand Ye Steady – Songs of Courage and Inspiration are being
donated by Curtain Call Productions LLC to charitable organizations assisting U.S. troops and their families. The initial charity recipient is the Yellow Ribbon Fund in Washington, DC. The Yellow Ribbon Fund places money directly in the hands of families visiting their wounded and disabled family members, many of whom are amputees in area hospitals. For more information, please visit www.yellowribbonfund.org/. Additional recipients of charitable proceeds from sales of Stand Ye Steady will have the same mission.
PROJECT TOOLS:
STAND YE STEADY ELECTRONIC PRESS KITS ARE AVAILABLE FOR IN-STORE PLAY AND POSTERS ARE AVAILABLE FOR MERCHANDISING