This arrived via the ARRL PR mailing list this morning:
2017 ARRL Field Day PSAs (public service announcements) are now live at www.arrl.org/field-day.
There are two audio and two video PSAs. All are 29 seconds long. There is a “generic” version, which points listeners/viewers to the ARRL Field Day web site, to use the Field Day Locator. There is also a version which allows local contact info. For the audio PSA, there’s 11 seconds at the end for you to promote your club’s effort. The video PSA features a text box at the bottom of the screen to type in your club contact info.
Best of luck with your Field Day outreach efforts this year!
Sean Kutzko, KX9X, Media and Public Relations Manager
Here’s one of the PSAs. It’s the version that allows you to add local information at the end of the spot.
We’ve never tried to get a PSA aired here, but I might give it a go this year. AM and FM stations all run PSAs when they run out of paid ads to run. I’m not sure exactly how you’d go about placing them in your town, but I don’t think it should be all that difficult, and who knows, It might just increase the turnout at your Field Day.
Please comment if you’ve placed a PSA with your local radio stations and tell us how it worked out for you.