Subject: Re: Follow up to interview request interview with Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz for The Costa Report
From: "Manriquez, Pablo" <[email-masked]>
To: "Banfill, Ryan" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>, "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]>, "Garcia, Walter" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 09:15:30 -0700

Gents: Asked around. Costa is legit. The station is a mom & pop NorCal station with a large, dedicated regional following. They hype the heck out of every big interview they get for their local market. They hope DWS will be the next big interview in their politics interview series.

Ryan: Can any of these times work for 12 May? My calendar for DWS doesn't go that far forward.
1. Live interview scheduled in between 2:00 - 3:00 pm (Pacific Time) with various breaks in between.

2. A recorded interview between 9:00 - 10:00 am (Pacific Time).

3. A recorded interview between 10:00 - 11:00 am (Pacific Time).

Plus walter for regional awarness

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On May 4, 2016, at 11:10 AM, Banfill, Ryan <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:

Univision, yes.
Costa? If he's being honest about their audience then we should. She is real good in that format.

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On May 4, 2016, at 7:57 AM, Miranda, Luis <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:

I don’t know the Costa Report. Is it worthwhile? Walker?

I’m good with Seattle Univision. So Ryan, if it works on her schedule let’s start to tee it up.

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Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 9:25 AM
To: Banfill, Ryan
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Subject: Re: Follow up to interview request interview with Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz for The Costa Report

Smaller Group - Do we have her avail that far in advance? Univision Seattle wants to interview via Skype her then, as well. Happy to work with any scheduling block that works for the chair.

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On May 4, 2016, at 9:19 AM, Brad Polisuk <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:

Good Morning Everybody,

I am just checking in again about a confirmation for DNC Chair/ Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz for May 12.

I'm sensitive to the fact that we are in the middle of a presidential election and her time is limited.

But I would like to know fairly quickly because I need to get the promos in place for all our affiliates all over the country.

We put a lot of effort into marketing our interviews.

I appreciate your time.

Thanks,

Brad

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Brad Polisuk
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The Costa Report
KSCO AM 1080 / 104.1 FM

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On 5/3/2016 7:16 AM, Brad Polisuk wrote:

Good Morning Everybody,

I was just following up on the interview request from yesterday for Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz for May 12 for The Costa Report.

By the way, as an aside, I am interested in booking other national Democratic Party leaders for the show as well for the rest of the year.

It is important to us to have an ideological balance on the show.

If you can help me on that front, I would be very grateful for that as well.

Thanks,

Brad

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On 5/2/2016 12:57 PM, Manriquez, Pablo wrote:
Hi Brad. Would this be a call-in, I assume? Also what would be the interview duration? Here to help! Thanks!

On May 2, 2016, at 3:46 PM, Banfill, Ryan <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:

Brad,
Thanks for writing, Brad. I'm copying our communications team on this request. They may have a few more questions.
Thanks for the invitation.
Ryan

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On May 2, 2016, at 3:38 PM, Brad Polisuk <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:

Hi Ryan,

Thanks for getting back to me. The original email to you is below.

Here are some facts you wanted:

The Costa Report is nationally syndicated so our audience is in all 50 states.

Here is a map of our coverage area:

http://www.rebeccacosta.com/syndicated-stations.htm

We have an audience of just over 2,000,000 listeners. So our audience is greater than MSNBC and CNN.

This is a talk radio audience so this is an audience that is older, politically engaged, and votes consistently.

We have a social media and newsletter audience of 250,000 subscribers.

In terms of guests we have had on:

Tom Daschle

Juan Williams

Ralph Nader

Michael Hayden

Mark Pryor

Dana Milbank

Tim Pawlenty

Jim Lehrer

We have had on most of the presidential candidates this election season.

The list of guests we had on is here if you need something more comprehensive:

http://www.rebeccacosta.com/the-costa-report.htm

I have May 12 open right now, which is right before the California primary.

There are a few options for a phone interview:

1. Live interview scheduled in between 2:00 - 3:00 pm (Pacific Time) with various breaks in between.

2. A recorded interview between 9:00 - 10:00 am (Pacific Time).

3. A recorded interview between 10:00 - 11:00 am (Pacific Time).

Thanks,

Brad

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Brad Polisuk

Producer

The Costa Report

KSCO AM 1080 / 104.1 FM

2300 Portola Drive Santa Cruz, Ca 95062

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Dear Mr. Banfill,

My name is Brad Polisuk and I am a producer for the nationally syndicated The Costa Report featuring Rebecca Costa, broadcast from KSCO studios in Santa Cruz, California, one of the last independently owned radio stations in the US.

The Costa Report is a post-partisan human affairs show with an audience of over 2 million people with over 250,000 followers on social media.

I am pitching this to you because Rebecca Costa is interested in doing an interview with Congresswoman Wasserman-Schultz that isn't particularly partisan or political in nature but to appeal to our higher angels as Americans in terms of our love for civic duty and commitment to public service.

I am sure the Congresswoman would like to do an interview where she is not either on the offensive or defensive as chair of the DNC or as a political candidate.

Put simply, it won't be a hostile interview but more of an interview that focuses on what can we do as a country together, regardless if Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump becomes president or if Congress stays the same or changes hands.

Also, to be blunt, we would love to have more Democrats in Congress on the program.

You can hear recordings of past work here: http://www.rebeccacosta.com/the-costa-report.htm  You will see that we have had on major players on before.

I have May 12 open right now, which is right before the California primary. It would be an opportune time for her to be on and reach out to a talk radio audience that would open to another perspective on the Congresswoman's life and career.

There are a few options for a phone interview:

1. Live interview scheduled in between 2:00 - 3:00 pm (Pacific Time) with various breaks in between.

2. A recorded interview between 9:00 - 10:00 am (Pacific Time).

3. A recorded interview between 10:00 - 11:00 am (Pacific Time).

Also, I would like to develop a long-term relationship with her so we can feature more Democrats on the program but more from a public servant perspective with an agenda to move forward and get things done.

If this interests you and Congresswoman Wasserman-Schultz, please let me know as soon as you can.  Thanks for your time.

Sincerely,

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Santa Cruz, Ca

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