Best of the Best: The 2012 Third Coast Festival Broadcast and Promo
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Length: 01:58:00
The Third Coast International Audio Festival brings the best new documentaries produced worldwide to the national airwaves in a special two-hour program hosted by award-winning writer, producer and humorist, Gwen Macsai.
The featured documentaries, all winners of the 12th annual TC / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition, demonstrate just how powerful radio can be. Innovative and insightful, the stories will engage, provoke, entertain, and transport listeners. In addition to these memorable stories, Best of the Best includes clips from our 2012 awards ceremony and interviews with winning producers Joe Richman, Sue Jaye Johnson, Habiba Nosheen, Brian Reed and Laurence Grissell who give us a glimpse into the art of audio storytelling. You'll also hear from Olympic gold medal winner Claressa Sheilds, subject of the Third Coast gold award-winning story, Teen Contender .
Best of the Best may be presented in a number of ways, as a two hour program, or as two one-hour programs. Stations may also air just one hour.
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Piece Description
The Third Coast International Audio Festival brings the best new documentaries produced worldwide to the national airwaves in a special two-hour program hosted by award-winning writer, producer and humorist, Gwen Macsai.
The featured documentaries, all winners of the 12th annual TC / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition, demonstrate just how powerful radio can be. Innovative and insightful, the stories will engage, provoke, entertain, and transport listeners. In addition to these memorable stories, Best of the Best includes clips from our 2012 awards ceremony and interviews with winning producers Joe Richman, Sue Jaye Johnson, Habiba Nosheen, Brian Reed and Laurence Grissell who give us a glimpse into the art of audio storytelling. You'll also hear from Olympic gold medal winner Claressa Sheilds, subject of the Third Coast gold award-winning story, Teen Contender .
Best of the Best may be presented in a number of ways, as a two hour program, or as two one-hour programs. Stations may also air just one hour.
Timing and Cues
Unsegmented Version
Hour 1 - 59:00 total running time.
In cue: "From the Third Coast International Audio Festival..."
One minute musical beak at 19:38
One minute musical break at 34:14
Out cue: "...by PRX, The Public Radio Exchange at PRX.org."
Hour 2 - 59:00 total running time.
In cue: "From the Third Coast International Audio Festival..."
One minute musical break at 18:07
One minute musical break at 35:10
Out cue: "...by PRX, The Public Radio Exchange at PRX.org."
Segmented Version
Hour 1
Segment A - 19:41 total running time.
In cue: "From the Third Coast International Audio Festival..."
Out cue: "...you can let your seat back and relax."
One minute break.
Segment B - 13:34 total running time.
In cue: "Welcome back to Best of the Best..."
Out cue: "...my mind was just blank."
One minute break.
Segment C - 23:43 total running time.
In cue: "Welcome back to Best of the Best..."
Out cue: "...by PRX, The Public Radio Exchange, at PRX.org."
Hour 2
Segment A - 18:08 total running time.
In cue: "From the Third Coast International Audio Festival..."
Out cue: "...you heard me right, stay tuned."
One minute break.
Segment B - 16:08 total running time.
In cue: "Welcome back to Best of the Best..."
Out cue: "Today is thirty days before the Olympic Trials, wow."
One minute beak.
Segment C - 22:43 total running time.
In cue: "Welcome back to Best of the Best..."
Out cue: "by PRX, The Public Radio Exchange, at PRX.org."
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| Diferente | Gotan Project | Lunatico. | XL Recordings | 2006 | 05:23 |
| Spectacle Rock | Goddamn Electric Bill | Jazz. | Pro.con | 2011 | 03:51 |
| Bonfire on the Field | Chihei Hatakeyama | Minima Moralia. | kranky | 2006 | 08:13 |
| The Samarkand Run | Al Gromer Khan | Space Hotel. | New Earth Records | 1997 | 06:42 |
| A-Sharp | Joel Styzens | Relax Your Ears. | A-Sharp Records | 2009 | 03:45 |
| Lullabye | Caroline | Verdugo Hills. | Temporary Residence | 2011 | 03:45 |
| End Credits | Goddamn Electric Bill | Jazz. | Pro.con | 2011 | 03:12 |
| Waltz | Caroline | Verdugo Hills. | Temporary Residence | 2011 | 03:38 |
| Quest | Nosaj Thing | Drift. | Alpha Pup | 2009 | 01:36 |
| Wavy Glass | Podington Bear | Meet Podington Bear. | Polyfree | 2010 | 03:16 |
| Etchasketch Trees | Ernest Gonzales | Been Meaning To Tell You. | FoF Music | 2010 | 02:40 |
| Al Abama | Chapelier Fou | Al Abama. | Ici d'ailleurs | 2011 | 02:51 |
| Upon The 49th Day | Ernest Gonzales | Been Meaning To Tell You. | FoF Music | 2010 | 03:56 |
| Somnambulist | Small Sails | Similar Anniversaries. | Other Electricities | 2011 | 04:28 |
| Eye Candy Bath | Kelpe | Cambio Wechsel. | DC Recordings | 2009 | 04:49 |
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