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CKMedia Associates, LLC, producers of The DriftZone, the official video podcast of Formula Drift since 2006 and The Live Blog, the most authoritative source for realtime coverage of professional drifting competition in the U.S. will debut a new Internet radio talk show dedicated entirely to the professional drift scene, The Inside Drift, in January, 2009 to keep pro drift enthusiasts closer than ever to their favorite sport during the long dark days of winter.
Almost from the moment the motors and tires cooled at the conclusion of the final professional drift competition of the year, the professional drift community began it’s annual off-season black-out of information as teams began in earnest their preparations for the 2009 competitive season that begins at Long Beach in April. In past years, these preparations have taken place largely behind closed doors and in near secrecy. But the 2009-10 of season will be different, thanks to The Inside Drift.
The call-in style talk show will shine a bright light on preparations for the 2009 Formula Drift season. The show’s host and producer, Gary Keith, the executive producer and ”voice” of The DriftZone and The Live Blog for the past three years, will interview the top drivers and most influential personalities in the sport. Listeners are invited to call the program from any telephone, cell phone, or on computer using Skype or any other VOIP client. Listeners will join in the conversations and directly converse with the show’s host and guests.
And it all happens on a global stage as The Inside Drift will be available to anyone, anywhere there is an Internet connection available. The DriftZone and The Live Blog already have enthusiastic viewers in over 40 countries on six continents.
CKMedia has partnered with the foremost aggregator of Internet talk radio programs in the world, www.BlogTalkRadio.com/ to produce and air the one hour program each Saturday, beginning January 17, 2009 at 10:00 am PST (1:00 p.m. EST). Each program will feature an interview segment with Keith questioning a special guest live. The guest will also respond directly to questions and comments posed by listeners who call into the program by telephone, cell phone, or via their computer. Questions and comments can also be posed to the host and guest via a special chat room that will run concurrent with each broadcast.
“CKMedia has been the leader in innovative and timely coverage of professional drifting in the U.S. since introducing The DriftZone video podcast in 2006 and The Live Blog in 2007,” said Keith.” We’re proud to bring yet another “first” to drift coverage with The Inside Drift, a ground-breaking form of coverage that puts drift enthusiasts in direct contact with the biggest names in the sport,” added Keith.
“We’re hopeful many of our more than a million loyal viewers, world wide will become loyal listeners and participants of, The Inside Drift,” said Keith. “We have plans to add some unique forms of presentation to our talk show format in the weeks to come and we invite our listeners to add their suggestions,” added Keith. “After all, this is an entirely new kind of coverage for the sport and we intend to make it as cutting edge and engaging as possible. We want our listeners to add their voice, literally and figuratively to this exciting new media.
The Inside Drift will air live each Saturday, but each hour long program will be archived as well so the programs will be accessible on an on-demand basis at any time.
Listeners can access the live broadcast and the program archives at www.BlogTalkRadio.com/the_inside_drift or they can listen to the show on www.thedriftzone.com/liveblog. They can also subscribe to the program, access a RSS feed, and even download a free cut and paste flash player script they can embed on their own website, blog, Myspace or Facebook profile. Archived programs will also be made available as a free download at Apple Computers’ popular service, iTunes (keyword: Inside Drift).
A list of guests for the first month of the program will be published in the first week of January, 2009 and listeners are encouraged to write to the program’s producers to suggest or request a guest at; inside.drift@yahoo.com.
The DriftZone has become the most authoritative source for late breaking news on professional drifting in the U.S. and Keith’s interviews of drifting's highest profile individuals from drivers, to team and industry leaders have become the meat of that program. The DriftZone has established a global following with regular viewers of the program in nearly 40 countries, on six continents. In 2008, nearly 1.4 million viewers accessed The DriftZonee and The Live Blogg between March and November.
Show time: The Inside Driftt debuts on Saturday, January 17, 2009, live at 10:00am PST (1:00pm EST). The program is 60 minutes long and repeats at the same time each Saturday thereafter.
Where: The Inside Drift can be heard on the Internet at www.blogtalkradio.com/The-inside-drift or at www.thedriftzone.com/liveblog.
Flash player: Listeners, media outlets, virtually anyone can get an embed Flash player that will stream the live program from any website, blog, Myspace or Facebook profile, FREE! The program is served from the base site so the player does not use any bandwidth from the hosted website. It’s easy to apply the player, simply cut and paste the following script.
<embed src='http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mediaplayer.swf?
displayheight=&file=http://www.blogtalkradio.com%2fThe-Inside-drift
%2fplay_list.xml&autostart=false&shuffle=false&cal lback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/
FlashPlayerCallback.aspx&width=180&height=152&volu me=80&corner=rounded'
width='180' height='152' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http://
www.macromedia.com/gomenu='false'></embed>
Archives: The program airs live but each show will also be archived and available on-demand at www.blogtalkradio.com/The-inside-drift. Future shows will also be available at Apple Computer’s iTunes music store (keyword: inside drift).
Host: The program is hosted by Gary Keith, the executive producer and “voice” of The DriftZone video podcast and The Live Blog. Keith has over 20 years experience producing and hosting award-winning news, sports and talk radio programming including, Motorsports Weekend and Motorsports Minutes, nationally syndicated radio programs that aired on over 500 radio stations between 1991 and 1997. Keith also produced the world-wide radio and Internet pool of The Shootout at Black Rock, coverage of the 45 day competition between Sir Richard Noble’s Thrust SSC land speed record team and The Spirit of America team of land speed record ace, Craig Breedlove. The competition was held at the remote Black Rock Desert in northwestern Nevada in September - October, 1997. The event produced the first supersonic land speed record by Noble’s twin jet-powered,10 ton, 56 ft long Super Sonic Car (SSC), driven by RAF pilot, Andrew Green to just over 667 mph (mach 1.003). Over the 45 day competition, more than 100 million listeners heard twice daily reports voiced by Keith.
Format: The Inside Drift is a 60 minute program. The initial segment will feature news of the drift world and an editorial by the show’s host. Each show will feature a special guest. Guests will include top drivers, drift team executives and owners, sponsors, officials, judges, and drift media professionals. The guest appearance begins with a one-on-one interview by Keith, then the guest and host take calls from drift enthusiasts who can call the program by telephone, cell phone or by computer using Skype or any other VOIP client. Depending on call volume, Keith plans a segment where listeners can make on-air suggestions and comments regarding the program and future guests. The program concludes with a preview of the next week’s program. Keith hopes to take between 8 and ten calls per show.
To call in: Listeners can call the program from anywhere in the world by dialing 646.716-4717 (regular long distance rates apply). Calls will be answered by computer and placed in a cue. Callers will be able to listen to the show over their handset or on their computer while they wait to be added to the show. The show maintains four caller lines.
Chat Room: Listeners who access the show from the host site at www.BlogTalkRadio.com/The-inside-drift can also enter a special chat room and comment with others about the show and pose questions and comments to the host and guest. The weekly guest is encouraged to join the chat room following his or her appearance on the program to interact with fans.
Almost from the moment the motors and tires cooled at the conclusion of the final professional drift competition of the year, the professional drift community began it’s annual off-season black-out of information as teams began in earnest their preparations for the 2009 competitive season that begins at Long Beach in April. In past years, these preparations have taken place largely behind closed doors and in near secrecy. But the 2009-10 of season will be different, thanks to The Inside Drift.
The call-in style talk show will shine a bright light on preparations for the 2009 Formula Drift season. The show’s host and producer, Gary Keith, the executive producer and ”voice” of The DriftZone and The Live Blog for the past three years, will interview the top drivers and most influential personalities in the sport. Listeners are invited to call the program from any telephone, cell phone, or on computer using Skype or any other VOIP client. Listeners will join in the conversations and directly converse with the show’s host and guests.
And it all happens on a global stage as The Inside Drift will be available to anyone, anywhere there is an Internet connection available. The DriftZone and The Live Blog already have enthusiastic viewers in over 40 countries on six continents.
CKMedia has partnered with the foremost aggregator of Internet talk radio programs in the world, www.BlogTalkRadio.com/ to produce and air the one hour program each Saturday, beginning January 17, 2009 at 10:00 am PST (1:00 p.m. EST). Each program will feature an interview segment with Keith questioning a special guest live. The guest will also respond directly to questions and comments posed by listeners who call into the program by telephone, cell phone, or via their computer. Questions and comments can also be posed to the host and guest via a special chat room that will run concurrent with each broadcast.
“CKMedia has been the leader in innovative and timely coverage of professional drifting in the U.S. since introducing The DriftZone video podcast in 2006 and The Live Blog in 2007,” said Keith.” We’re proud to bring yet another “first” to drift coverage with The Inside Drift, a ground-breaking form of coverage that puts drift enthusiasts in direct contact with the biggest names in the sport,” added Keith.
“We’re hopeful many of our more than a million loyal viewers, world wide will become loyal listeners and participants of, The Inside Drift,” said Keith. “We have plans to add some unique forms of presentation to our talk show format in the weeks to come and we invite our listeners to add their suggestions,” added Keith. “After all, this is an entirely new kind of coverage for the sport and we intend to make it as cutting edge and engaging as possible. We want our listeners to add their voice, literally and figuratively to this exciting new media.
The Inside Drift will air live each Saturday, but each hour long program will be archived as well so the programs will be accessible on an on-demand basis at any time.
Listeners can access the live broadcast and the program archives at www.BlogTalkRadio.com/the_inside_drift or they can listen to the show on www.thedriftzone.com/liveblog. They can also subscribe to the program, access a RSS feed, and even download a free cut and paste flash player script they can embed on their own website, blog, Myspace or Facebook profile. Archived programs will also be made available as a free download at Apple Computers’ popular service, iTunes (keyword: Inside Drift).
A list of guests for the first month of the program will be published in the first week of January, 2009 and listeners are encouraged to write to the program’s producers to suggest or request a guest at; inside.drift@yahoo.com.
The DriftZone has become the most authoritative source for late breaking news on professional drifting in the U.S. and Keith’s interviews of drifting's highest profile individuals from drivers, to team and industry leaders have become the meat of that program. The DriftZone has established a global following with regular viewers of the program in nearly 40 countries, on six continents. In 2008, nearly 1.4 million viewers accessed The DriftZonee and The Live Blogg between March and November.
Show time: The Inside Driftt debuts on Saturday, January 17, 2009, live at 10:00am PST (1:00pm EST). The program is 60 minutes long and repeats at the same time each Saturday thereafter.
Where: The Inside Drift can be heard on the Internet at www.blogtalkradio.com/The-inside-drift or at www.thedriftzone.com/liveblog.
Flash player: Listeners, media outlets, virtually anyone can get an embed Flash player that will stream the live program from any website, blog, Myspace or Facebook profile, FREE! The program is served from the base site so the player does not use any bandwidth from the hosted website. It’s easy to apply the player, simply cut and paste the following script.
<embed src='http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mediaplayer.swf?
displayheight=&file=http://www.blogtalkradio.com%2fThe-Inside-drift
%2fplay_list.xml&autostart=false&shuffle=false&cal lback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/
FlashPlayerCallback.aspx&width=180&height=152&volu me=80&corner=rounded'
width='180' height='152' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http://
www.macromedia.com/gomenu='false'></embed>
Archives: The program airs live but each show will also be archived and available on-demand at www.blogtalkradio.com/The-inside-drift. Future shows will also be available at Apple Computer’s iTunes music store (keyword: inside drift).
Host: The program is hosted by Gary Keith, the executive producer and “voice” of The DriftZone video podcast and The Live Blog. Keith has over 20 years experience producing and hosting award-winning news, sports and talk radio programming including, Motorsports Weekend and Motorsports Minutes, nationally syndicated radio programs that aired on over 500 radio stations between 1991 and 1997. Keith also produced the world-wide radio and Internet pool of The Shootout at Black Rock, coverage of the 45 day competition between Sir Richard Noble’s Thrust SSC land speed record team and The Spirit of America team of land speed record ace, Craig Breedlove. The competition was held at the remote Black Rock Desert in northwestern Nevada in September - October, 1997. The event produced the first supersonic land speed record by Noble’s twin jet-powered,10 ton, 56 ft long Super Sonic Car (SSC), driven by RAF pilot, Andrew Green to just over 667 mph (mach 1.003). Over the 45 day competition, more than 100 million listeners heard twice daily reports voiced by Keith.
Format: The Inside Drift is a 60 minute program. The initial segment will feature news of the drift world and an editorial by the show’s host. Each show will feature a special guest. Guests will include top drivers, drift team executives and owners, sponsors, officials, judges, and drift media professionals. The guest appearance begins with a one-on-one interview by Keith, then the guest and host take calls from drift enthusiasts who can call the program by telephone, cell phone or by computer using Skype or any other VOIP client. Depending on call volume, Keith plans a segment where listeners can make on-air suggestions and comments regarding the program and future guests. The program concludes with a preview of the next week’s program. Keith hopes to take between 8 and ten calls per show.
To call in: Listeners can call the program from anywhere in the world by dialing 646.716-4717 (regular long distance rates apply). Calls will be answered by computer and placed in a cue. Callers will be able to listen to the show over their handset or on their computer while they wait to be added to the show. The show maintains four caller lines.
Chat Room: Listeners who access the show from the host site at www.BlogTalkRadio.com/The-inside-drift can also enter a special chat room and comment with others about the show and pose questions and comments to the host and guest. The weekly guest is encouraged to join the chat room following his or her appearance on the program to interact with fans.