Public Service
Announcements
WSOE 89.3 FM is a noncommercial radio station serving the Elon University campus and Elon-Burlington community. WSOE provides free on-air Public Service Announcements (PSAs) to campus organizations and community non-profits.
PSAs are short, 20-30 second messages about events or general information regarding public services in the WSOE listenership area. Event PSAs should be submitted at least two weeks prior to the event.
WSOE will consider each request on a case-by-case basis and reserves the right to select, edit, and terminate any announcements at any time, for any reason. Organizations requesting a specific broadcasting schedule should consider supporting WSOE by sponsoring WSOE programming.
Questions? Contact promotions.wsoe@gmail.com
requirements
non-political
Event or services of non-profit organizations only. No commercial or other for-profit organizations will be accepted.
non-religious
Events organized by religious groups for the purpose of promoting their beliefs will not be accepted.
non-profit
PSAs that share non-partisan political information may be accepted, but any endorsements of specific politicians or political parties will not.
script guidance
Please read over the following guidelines before submitting your script.
Scripts should be 90 words or less
All scripts should end with “This announcement is a public service of WSOE 89.3.”
Please provide pronunciation (pro-NUN-see-A-shun) for any difficult words or names.
Information or events should have obvious appeal and value to the Elon University and/or the Elon-Burlington community.
PSA scripts should not contain any of the following:
Qualitative or comparative language. Descriptions of products, services, and other information must be value-neutral.
Price information. This includes specific references to discount information. Mentioning something is free is also providing price information.
Calls to action. Examples of prohibited language include “visit the website,” “sign up online” and “call.” We suggest “more information is available at…” instead.
First-person and second-person language, including words like “you” and “our.”