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The Acoustic Storm typically attracts active and well-educated adults with one-of-a-kind programming that cultivates listener
loyalty. The show's unplugged and acoustic versions refresh and support the timeless classic hits of rock.
Weekends are ideal for reaching your audience with The Acoustic Storm, because listeners especially relate to the acoustic format when they are relaxed and impressionable.
THE SHOW:
- Weekly nationally-syndicated radio program, featuring the best variety of acoustic-rock. The show is available to stations on a barter basis in both three-hour and two-hour formats through United Stations Radio Networks.
- Artist spotlighted each hour "In the Eye of The Acoustic Storm," featuring artist bio, interview segments and music.
RADIO STATIONS:
The Acoustic Storm has been on the air for over nine years. Syndicated since 2003, the show is heard every weekend on 72 stations around the country, including these metro markets:
Washington, DC (#9)
Phoenix, AZ (#15)
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC (#25)
San Jose-San Francisco, CA (#35)
Rochester, NY (#54)
Greenville-Spartanburg, SC (#59)
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY (#63)
Tulsa, OK (#65)
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA (#72)
El Paso, TX (#76)
Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz, CA (#80)
Gainesville-Ocala, FL (#83)
Spokane, WA (#92)
THE AUDIENCE:
The Acoustic Storm consistently ranks among the top stations in its time slot for Adults 25-54.
THE HOST:
Jeff Parets created the original "Storm" radio format as Program Director and Music Director for the Phoenix area's now-legendary KSTM. Besides his successful six-year run with "The Storm," Parets has served as MD for some of Phoenix's best-known rock stations, including KDKB, K-104 and KEYX. He has won eight radio-journalism awards, most notably a prestigious national first place from PRNDI (Public Radio News Directors).
AFFILIATE TESTIMONIALS:
"The Acoustic Storm has generated a very positive buzz for The Peak. The show is a perfect fit for the station's surprise element, giving us a unique dynamic on Sunday morning that you can't get anywhere else."
-Joel Grey, KPKX/Phoenix, AZ
"The Acoustic Storm is a great way for our listeners to hear the acoustic side of their favorite artists. From Clapton unplugged to a rare acoustic demo by The Doors, The Acoustic Storm is an extension of our
Classic format that reinforces our variety and diversity."
-Tony Coles, Regional VP Programming Clear Channel-Oregon/Seattle/Centralia
"Persons 25-54: 4-book AQH trend: 4.2 - 7.5 - 7.9 - 8.3....The show is sounding GREAT, as always."
-Dave LeFrois, Regional VP/Programming
Clear Channel Radio-Rochester NY
"The listener response has been amazing! Some have even asked for a replay of The Acoustic Storm during the week because they missed it. It's a well-packaged, flawlessly-produced show that has delivered results for us. I highly recommend The Acoustic Storm!"
-Dave Robbins, KTSO/Tulsa
"After the first week, we were getting a bunch of emails from listeners singing the praises of the Acoustic Storm."
-Kenny Allen, KHIP/Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz, CA
"It's unique programming, and we've always liked it. Consistently, (The Acoustic Storm) is one of our highest-rated shows. We think the show is perfect for Sunday. It's a time to chill out and take it easy. The music fits that mood. Jeff has a laid-back style, and you can tell he loves the music."
-Kevin "Crash" Davis, WNDD/WNDT/WNDN, Gainesville-Ocala, FL
"We have had an overwhelmingly positive response to "The Acoustic Storm".
-Drew Ross, KXTZ-KXDZ/San Luis Obispo, CA
"Love the show, it fits what we do so well! We get nothing but positive feedback on "The Storm"!
-Craig Russell, WFCX/WFDX/Traverse City, MI
"You're a hit here in the Heartland. Rock on!"
-Les Glenn, KWIC/Topeka, KS
"Another stellar show...The Acoustic Storm stands out on the station. By the way, we ran the Christmas show
three times."
-Rick Anderson, KFMF/Chico, CA
"Getting great response on Acoustic Storm here in Medford. We have a sponsor now!"
-Casey Baker, KBOY/Medford, OR
"No Classic Rock or Classic Hits station should be without The Acoustic Storm."
-JT Daniels, WEGI/Clarksville, TN-Hopkinsville, KY
"I want you to know that the show is sounding great! We get a lot of feedback on KGMO, and are so happy we picked up the Acoustic Storm."
-Chris Cook, KGMO, Marion-Carbondale, IL
"Congrats on your 500th show! Here's to another 500 more. Keep up the GREAT work!"
-Jeff Cecil, KDZZ, Rochester, MN
"The show is great and the feedback has been outstanding."
-Mark Jackson, WFMZ/Elizabeth City-Nags Head, NC
"You do a great service to those with an appreciation for a more 'honest' form of music."
-Charlie Busch, KLOO/Albany-Corvallis, OR
If your station is interested in becoming an Acoustic Storm affiliate, contact: United Stations Radio Networks, or call USRN at 212.869.1111.
SPONSOR TESTIMONIALS:
"The consistency of being on The Acoustic Storm has given us a branding presence that has been very beneficial. We value our partnership with the show."
-Wayne Ohland, Batteries Plus
"The Wild Tofurky is Wild about The Acoustic Storm. Great exposure, overall very good marketing value. Always gives more bang for the buck than others."
-Seth Tibbott, President, Turtle Island
"Our sales figures have responded very well in the last few weeks and I have no doubt that your program was part of the success formula."
-Tom Gardner, Wyman’s
"Consider this a letter of endorsement. This weekend we sponsored the 16th Annual Folk Festival at Encanto Park in Phoenix. Sunday morning when we were setting up our booth around 9am, I had at least a dozen people come over and tell me they had heard the ad on the Acoustic Storm on their way to the festival. I was very pleased."
-Robert Zucker, Acoustic Music Arizona
Advertise on The Acoustic Storm in the Phoenix radio market, or nationally on this Web site by emailing The Acoustic Storm : sponsorship@acousticstorm.com.
LISTENER EMAIL:
"I believe this is the finest show on radio period. I can't tell you how many "driveway moments" I have had listening to The Storm. Keep it up!"
-Mark B.
"I'm a new registered member with the Acoustic Storm, but I have been a faithful listener since you started the show in ‘98. Every week is an anticipated joy. I put on my headset, and the rest is in your
hands...phenomenal work!"
-Leann J.
"The Acoustic Storm is awesome! My friends and I were listening in the car on the way to the lake last Sunday morning and we heard Mellencamp's acoustic version of 'Smalltown'. We all stared at the radio!"
-Eric G.
"XM Radio: 0 Acoustic Storm: 1
..I love your program! I commute between Annapolis, Md and Cleveland every other weekend. I got tired of having to search for a clear station every 30 minutes of my 6 hour trip so I converted to XM radio...If I'm awake XM is on, except on Sunday at 9 pm! That's when XM goes off and WBIG (Washington DC) broadcasts Acoustic Storm. It gets me ready to face another work week. I even time my departure from Cleveland so I'm in WBIG's broadcast area by 9 pm."
-George S.
"I truly enjoy your show every Sunday. It's a "rule" at our house. The tunes are great, and the acoustic versions are perfect for a relaxing Sunday morning. I just wish you were on more often."
-Susan K.
"I realize that in order to keep the listeners rolling along through an eclectic program, one has to figure out various creative ways to maintain the continuity of the music. I've yet to hear any other programming come close to yours in this respect."
-Joe H.
"You have officially outdone yourself on the Earth Day program!! Just a very sweet, sad and lovely playlist. As always, keep up the wonderful work you do each week.."
-Mimi G.
"I'm currently stationed in a remote region of Iraq and have no way to listen to your show. Back home in
Beaufort, SC, your program is always the highlight of my Sunday mornings and it would be great if I could listen to it out here....would remind me of home."
-Chad V.
"I just wanted to let you know that every Sunday morning while cooking our traditional breakfast, my husband, our 3 year old daughter, and myself, all listen to, and thoroughly enjoy the Acoustic Storm...Thank you for bringing back a lot of great years of music."
-Lisa K.
"Ain't nothing like a pot of coffee, the Sunday paper and The Acoustic Storm!"
-Matt S.
"Thanks for playing my namesake yesterday on your Woodstock special. My parents were at Woodstock, and we all got together for waffles, The Acoustic Storm, and a trip down memory lane. Thanks for the new memories you helped create."
-Janis S.
"Keep up the GREAT work, radio would be a wasteland here in north central Florida each Sunday morning without your show!"
Jim S.
"Love the show. I've been planning my weekends around Acoustic Storm for several years. Unfortunately, I have to teach a scuba class this Sunday morning and I'm disappointed that I'm going to miss the show...it would be great if the station re-ran it Sunday evenings."
-Donna S.
"Your reference to Joni Mitchell on Led Zep's "Going to California" was priceless!"
-Mike V.
"I live in a rural area that doesn't have a "decent" classic rock station and your program is much needed for all of us that still enjoy all the really great music that was produced! Thanks once again."
-Jerine S.
"While traveling south from Bar Harbor to Portland on July 20th I had the opportunity to listen to your show and songs related to the moon landing. The whole format was terrific and made the commute much easier."
-Dennis B.
"There is one thing that I do not like about your
show...it's around 10am...when it ends."
-Matt G.
"Having a typical Sunday morning. Rolled out of bed in some hotel at 5am, packed up and drove 100 miles across South Carolina to catch a flight, to catch another flight, to get home. Livin' the dream. Like any Radio Geek, I use these dashes to catch up on small town radio in other parts of the country. I heard Sundays are good because you hear some syndicated programs that aren't played in the Twin Cities. Most are genuinely awful. But I heard something this morning on a station in Hickory called Acoustic Storm. Started with an acoustic version of 'Imagine' done by Lennon at the Apollo Theater in '71. A great version of 'Time Passages' by Al Stewart with seemingly 100 acoustic guitars. A pared-down version of 'Down South Jukin' by Skynyrd. Pretty cool."
-Paige N.
"Perhaps others could follow your lead, and present music in a context with some meaning and soul, the properties that make the Acoustic Storm a truly great radio program."
-Will L.
"AS is my guilty pleasure as I love listening to the first hour cozily ensconced in bed on Sunday morning!"
-Jill F.
"Your program made my 2.5 hour bike ride through the parks and canals of Tempe, AZ an experience!"
-Scott C.
"My wife and I have been listening to your show for a long time now and we love it! Just wanted to let you know we think it’s the best presentation on the airwaves today."
-Greg & Karen S.
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Clientele:
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program.
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