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Reporters Roundtable and The New Age of Consumer Fraud

From: Prime Time Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
Length: 01:00:13

First, the AARP Bulletin editors discuss how to land a job in the new economy. Then, a police officer and a lawyer explain how to avoid being a victim of clever cons. Read the full description.

Default-piece-image-2 The New Year is a new chance to finally get your finances in check--so the editors of the AARP Bulletin offer some handy financial tips for 2006 in this month's Reporters' Roundtable. They discuss ways to save money using the new Medicare Drug Plan, and how to land on your feet in today's job market. Then...the Internet has been around for a while--but scammers still come up with new and clever online cons every day. Host Mike Cuthbert talks with two experts about the latest in Internet fraud schemes, and breaks down how scam artists steal your money and your identity. How to save money--and how to protect it--on Prime Time Radio.

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Piece Description

The New Year is a new chance to finally get your finances in check--so the editors of the AARP Bulletin offer some handy financial tips for 2006 in this month's Reporters' Roundtable. They discuss ways to save money using the new Medicare Drug Plan, and how to land on your feet in today's job market. Then...the Internet has been around for a while--but scammers still come up with new and clever online cons every day. Host Mike Cuthbert talks with two experts about the latest in Internet fraud schemes, and breaks down how scam artists steal your money and your identity. How to save money--and how to protect it--on Prime Time Radio.

Timing and Cues

TIMINGS AND CUES:

00:00 - 01:00 :60 Billboard (promotes both halves)

01:00 - 01:05 Silent Pause (allows cutaway to newscast)

01:05 - 28:05 PRIME TIME RADIO Segment #1?
?Reporters? Roundtable?
(optional fundraising cutaway between 21:00-23:00; Outcue to alert stations to cutaway: "I'm Mike Cuthbert. This is Prime Time Radio.")

28:05 - 30:05 MOVIES FOR GROWNUPS with Bill Newcott?
?Woody Allen?s Match Point?

30:05 - 30:07 Silent Pause
(allows stations to cutaway for I.D., weather report, etc.)

30:07 - 30:35 Billboard for Segment #2 (runs :27)

30:35 - 54:00 PRIME TIME RADIO Segment #2?
?The New Age of Consumer Fraud?
(optional fundraising cutaway between 45:00-47:00; Outcue to alert stations to cutaway: "I'm Mike Cuthbert. This is Prime Time Radio.")

54:00 - 54:05 Silent Pause

54:05 - 59:00 PRIME TIME POSTSCRIPT?
?An Evergreen of a Poem?
(optional module for stations that do not insert a newscast at the top of the hour)

59:00 - 59:05 Silent Pause

59:05 - 59:25 :20 Promo

59:25 - 59:30 Silent Pause

59:30 - 59:59 :29 Promo

Related Website

http://www.aarp.org/radio