DXP-010: Pete Gray

Design Exchange with Thomas Grové

01/19/20 • 61 min

Producing a Radio Show about Fishing

Pete Gray is the founder and host of Let's Talk Hook Up, a Southern California sports fishing call-in radio show that airs every Saturday and Sunday morning. We talk with Pete about the appeal of fishing, working with advertising partners, and transitioning from Radio broadcast to online media.

This episode is also available to watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/g5KF275GBG4

Let's Talk Hook Up Links:

Website: https://www.letstalkhookup.com/
Instagram: @lets_talk_hook_up
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/letstalkhookup
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/lthhookup/
App for iPhone: https://apple.co/2twrGp4
App for Android: https://bit.ly/38cZbeO

00:27 - Intro - What Kind of Show is Let's Talk Hook Up?
02:33 - How Pete Got into Hosting A Radio Show
05:36 - Challenges in Radio
07:14 - How Advertisers Measure The Results of a Podcast or Radio Sponsorship
10:56 - Types of Sponsorship Opportunities
14:15 - Tips for New Podcasts When Working with Sponsors
17:03 - Timeslots
18:16 - How to Keep Your Show Fresh
19:44 - Commercial VS Sport Fishing and Sustainability
22:19 - Illegal Harvesting, Why Not Harvest Bycatch?
26:22 - Catch and Release and Bonefishing
28:11 - What's Fun About Fishing?
31:13 - Sushi and Tuna Stocks
32:36 - China's 9-Dash Line
35:23 - Fishing Tales
39:35 - Quietness in Fishing
40:33 - How to Find and Maintain Sponsorships
47:28 - Electric Outboard Engines
48:42 - Conventional Outboard Engines
51:44 - Some of the Logistics of Producing a Show and Keeping Up Enthusiasm
55:49 - Bringing My Dad on as a Guest - Fishing Story
1:00:27 - Outro

Episode Hashtags:

#sportfishing #sustainability #commercialfishing #podcast #radio #podcastproduction #radioproduction #sponsorships #fishing #talkradio #petegray #letstalkhookup

01/19/20 • 61 min