MEDIA LEADS

Advertising Opportunities

• Milwaukee's NBC affiliate, WTMJ-TV, recently launched a daily magazine-style talk show that invites advertisers to sponsor entire segments in the show. It's called The Morning Blend and it's a great way to showcase your business, service or organization. Advertiser segments will be mixed among entertainers, chefs, health care providers, community leaders and information on important community events. Your sponsored segment from The Morning Blend also appears online for one month and on Time Warner Digital Cable's "Wisconsin On Demand." The Wisconsin Department of Tourism may be able to provide related video footage from its video library to enhance your segment. Please contact Keith Donavan in the TODAY'S TMJ4 Sales Department for more information at 414-967-5329.

• The New Magic 104-WBJZ (Oshkosh/Appleton/Fond du Lac) and AM1600-WRPN (Ripon/Oshkosh/ Fond du Lac) would like to give away Wisconsin Weekend Getaway Packages this fall and winter. The partnership is an inexpensive opportunity to get your destination or property airtime in this market. If you have a package to offer, contact Bill Denkert, Sales Manager at Radio One Communications, at 920-748-5111 or sales@wrpnam.com to discuss.

National Magazines Seeking Family Travel Information

• Barbara Huber, assistant editor, Nick Jr. Family magazine is on the lookout for unique family-friendly special events, fairs, festivals, and general happenings taking place around the country for the magazine’s “Now Playing” monthly event listing. She is also interested in age-appropriate events and exhibits at museums, aquariums, botanical gardens, and zoos, the quirkier the better. It is IMPERATIVE that the listings be age-appropriate and family friendly to be considered. Please send events taking place from December 2006 onward to nowplaying@nick.com.

• Freelance writer Lisa Oppenheimer is working on a monthly travel theme for Nick Jr. magazine. She's looking for a list of the biggest news in family travel for 2007 such as hotel openings, events, and attractions that would be of interest to parents in 2007. Send information by e-mail to LisaEO@aol.com.

• Christine Loomis is looking for hotel and resort packages for the February and March issues of Family Fun magazine. As always, these must be real packages, not just rates, and meet the following criteria: 1) applicable for a family of four; 2) under $200 per room per night; 3) no multiple night requirements; 4) contains value added elements such as tickets to local attractions and complimentary meals. The cost of the room and added elements if purchased separately must add up to more than the cost of the package so the editors can see the real savings. Send your ideas to her at cloom@comcast.net.

• Might as well put Christine Loomis on your media lists, because she also seeks info on new museum exhibits, tours, workshops/activities for the February and March issues of Family Fun. Activities/exhibits must be applicable to families with children ages 3 to 12, and must be moderately priced. No festivals or one-day events; no events that are only in the first week of the month. Her email again is cloom@comcast.net.

Writers Seeking Adventure Travel Leads

• Mitch Kaplan has been named winter sports correspondent for Suite101.com. He welcomes information about any and all winter recreation-oriented travel worldwide. See his work online and send your story pitches to him at kaplanword@att.net.

• Lois Friedland is the new travel writer for About.com's adventure travel Web site. See what kind of stories they need by visiting www.adventuretravel.about.com. Send your adventure travel pitches to LFskitravel@earthlink.net or adventuretravel.guide@about.com.

• Bob Howells is taking over responsibility for two travel sections in National Geographic Adventure magazine. For the "Next Weekend" section, he seeks two to four day adventure opportunities that are within a four to five hour drive of a major metropolitan area. Getaways can be outfitted trips, lodging-based and offered at different levels of challenge and price. His "Where Next" feature includes domestic and international destinations and trips, guided and DIY. Coverage is a blend of life-list type destinations, emerging destinations, and news of interest to adventure travelers, with a strong emphasis on quirky and unusual items. Email him at bob@howells.com.

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