Become a “Making Contact” Affiliate
“Making Contact” is an award-winning radio show and podcast examines the most urgent issues of our time and the people on the ground, building a more just world through narrative storytelling and thought-provoking interviews. We cover the environment, labor, economics, health, governance, and arts and culture.
We distribute “Making Contact” to non-commercial radio stations and online listeners without charge.
- Download FCC LEGAL radio friendly versions of our shows and promos each week. Our website is updated with a new edition every Tuesday at 12 noon Pacific time.
- Sign up for “Making Contact” Advance show alerts emails. We send out the new show’s description, including links to audio files and guest contact info – email: amy@focmedia.org
- Download Making Contact from one of our partner sites.
- Download from Public Radio Exchange (PRX)
- Download from Audioport (Pacifica)
About the shows: Our shows are 29-minutes. If you access the program from our podcast feed or story post, there may be a funding pitch preamble or a show length that may be longer.
About the promos: We upload program-specific “Making Contact” promos for stations each week. They are broadcast-quality (128k mp3) and run :59 seconds long. Each promo includes 0:10 end bed for station IDs. The promos are made permanently available on the radio download page beside each show’s name.