KCRW's Independent Producer Project

The top ten Radio Race finalists have been announced! Great job, guys!

A special shout-out to all those who entered :) We got so many great audio pieces, dudes(and dudettes). 

 TEAMS

Only ONE PERSON PER TEAM  needs to register. Only one entry fee is required per team. (Remember, AIR members get a discount!) There’s no limit to the number of people on your team. Just come up with a name and be sure to use it when you upload your entry to Soundcloud.

SOUNDCLOUD

There are two really important things you need to do, and we suggest doing them BEFORE the race begins, so that you don’t waste any precious time.

1.Set up a SoundCloud account

(If you don’t already have one): just go to https://soundcloud.com/ and click the orange “Sign up for SoundCloud” button. You only need to use ONE person’s SoundCloud account per team.

2. Join the 24-Hour Radio Race Group

Go HERE and click ‘Join’:You may also want to familiarize yourself with SoundCloud before the race starts. Here’s an article explaining how to upload a piece. Simply select the “Choose files” button, then locate the mp3 of your finished piece on your computer.

We’ll send you more details about uploading and naming your piece before the race begins.

TIME ZONES

A reminder that the Radio Race starts and ends at the same time for everyone, no matter where you are in the world. The 24-hour period begins when we email you the theme on Saturday, August 8th at 10AM Pacific Time. Your finished piece must be uploaded to SoundCloud BY Sunday August 9th at 10AM Pacific Time in order to be eligible for judging.

Don’t forget the Social Butterfly Award! It’s given to the team who best documents their 24-hour adventure on Facebook and using the hashtag#RadioRace. Why not start now?

JUDGES

We have a distinguished panel of judges who will be winnowing all the completed entries down to 10 finalists and then 3 winners.

Our panel of judges includes:

Andrew Leland (The Organist) Anne Wootton (Pop Up Archive) Ben Calhoun (WBEZ) Bob Carlson (KCRW) Brendan Baker (Love + Radio) Caitlin Shamberg (KCRW) Carolyn Kellogg (LA Times) Colin Anderson (Maximum Fun) David Weinberg (KCRW) Gary Scott (KCRW)     Helen Zaltzman (The Allusionist) Jeff Emtman (Here Be Monsters) Jennifer Brandel (Hearken) Jennifer Ferro (KCRW) Jim Colgan (Audible) John Barth (PRX) Lu Olkowski (Independent) Madeleine Brand (KCRW) Matt Holzman (KCRW) Nick White (KCRW) Rebecca Feldhaus Adams (AIRmedia) Sitara Nieves (Marketplace) Sonari Glinton (NPR) Suzie Lechtenberg (WNYC)