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Please note:
These clips below are NOT live streaming. They MUST load onto the page and they start loading from upper left to lower right, and can take a few minutes [because there is a lot of 'information']. For some reason, the top two rows are ready to go instantly, and should you listen to one of these first, the others will be ready before you are done. Thanks for your patience....
We hope you will like these demos of how your station will sound. Sorry, we can only upload 30MB at a time, but each three segments are continuous and each is anywhere from 25-30 minutes long.
When we cut our jingle IDs a few years ago, the station that now exists in Halifax on 103.5, did not then. For the purposes of these demos 103.5 is used as an example only. Obviously, when you hear us on the radio we will be under a different (but just as easy sounding) frequency. 103.5 was initially chosen because of the tie-in to Highway 103.
Demos 1A-C show what a typical daytime 80 minute segment will sound like. The others are commercial free, although, once on air, may have Professionally Produced Commercials [see 'About Us'] for non-profit organizations, which we will broadcast over 50 per day. Happy listening and have an "Easy" day! Also, we reached our space limit with our web-hoster, and had to remove two of the audio clips in order to go forward - sorry!
Coast-FM Demo Day 1A
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Coast-FM Demo Day 1B
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Coast-FM Demo Day 1C
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Coast-FM Demo Night 2A
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Coast-FM Demo Night 2B
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Coast-FM Demo Night 2C
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Coast-FM Demo Day 3A
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Coast-FM Demo Day 3B
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Coast-FM Demo Day 3C
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Coast-FM Demo Night 4A
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Coast-FM Demo Night 4B
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Coast-FM Demo Night 4C
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Coast-FM Demo Night 5A
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Coast-FM Demo Night 5B
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Coast-FM Demo Night 5C
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Coast-FM Demo Day 6A
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Coast-FM Demo Day 6B
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Coast-FM Demo Day 6C
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By the way, 'The Great South Coast' came about as a marriage of 'Coast,' and 'South Shore.' We are on the South Coast of Nova Scotia, and that coast is Great! 'Coast' conjures up surf, beaches, waves crashing in, ships passing in the night, and we thank you for your positive feedback on this small artistic license with this gorgeous part of Nova Scotia.
You'll notice at the top of each hour we have signature sounds of buoy bells, seagulls, surging surf and oh, yes, that forlorn foghorn!! We love those sounds, and know you do too.
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I want to thank my good friend Dick Summer, 'Movie Man Don' [Don LaFontaine, the voice you've heard in the theaters doing the voice-overs on the previews], Kate Ward, Mardi Wareham, and my wife for contributing their fantastic talents to these demos. Dick used to run his silky tones out over WBZ Boston, and then WNEW in New York, considered by many to have been the finest radio station on earth - Frank Sinatra used to sing their jingles! Don, sadly, is no longer with us, but he was a terrific man, and possibly heard in more places than any other announcer on earth. Neither Kate, Mardi or Jannie has ever been on the air - but each sounds like she's been doing it forever. They are three beautiful 'naturals.'
We hope Dick, Mardi, Kate and my great wife Jannie will be on 'The Coast,' as well as a few other phenomenal people we've connected with over the past few weeks - namely Rob Cusak, Robin Dixon, Gary Evong, Paul Kellogg and Dave Pember. Hopefully we'll have them participate in your new radio station! Rob works over at Bluenose RVs, and formerly at the local station. Gary hosted a prime slot at CHFX and in the last five years managed two stations in Sarasota and Tallahassie. He's returned home and says "Working on 'The Coast' will be fun!" Paul had a top rated show in Toronto at CFRB and prior to that, was a reporter for WCBS in New York. He and his wife live just outside Lunenburg. Robin and her family come to Mahone Bay from ZBM in Hamilton, Bermuda, and Dave Pember, now ensconced in Bridgewater, formerly was with Air Canada as an area manager, and with CJAD in Montreal in their news department. Thanks also to my great friend, Jeff Greinert, who has contributed so much of his time to create the above demos.
These people have so unselfishly and eagerly offered their time and ideas to get this done, and I am so happy to have made their acquaintances and friendships. Thanks so much.
As we move along in this amazing adventure, I will cherish your input.
