Radio Podcasting Comes to WPI Venture Forum

By William E. O'Brien
Attorney at Law

Where are you on Saturday nights between 5 and 7 pm? Chances are you may not be tuned to WTAG 580AM radio (unless there's a Red Sox game on), but more than 8,000 other listeners are. If you just can't tune in for the WPI Venture Forum live talk radio program, now you can download a podcast of the broadcast.

Thanks to modern technology and the efforts of WPI Venture Forum Executive Board members Bob Hokanson and Bill O'Brien, you can benefit from the advice of the many experts appearing on the show at your leisure, any time, day or night. While you won't be able to ask these experts questions, you will hear their counsel and answers to other listener's questions.

It works like this: Bob Hokanson records the radio shows that air weekly. These shows are then converted to MP3 format and posted to Bill O'Brien's website at www.masstechlawyer.com.

Bob Hokanson has hosted the WPI Venture Forum radio show for more than 10 years. Hokanson provides the show in conjunction with WTAG Radio 580AM, which donates this time each week as a public service.

The shows feature interviews and discussions with entrepreneurs, business leaders, trade representatives and academicians on a wide range of business topics. Hokanson may interview an expert on taxation on recent changes in the tax code, a web developer, or an attorney. The show offers a wonderful, free resource for anyone who needs advice and counsel on how to establish, operate and grow a business. Listeners are always encouraged to call in.

Anyone may download as many of the shows as they wish. The files may be forwarded and used by others. Users should be aware that in order to easily manage the MP3 files, the files do not have the same audio quality as the original show.

If podcast listeners have any concerns, comments or feedback on the shows, please contact Bill O'Brien at William@masstechlawyer.com or by telephone at (508) 829- 5185. And this Saturday, don't forget to tune in to 580AM WTAG - we'll be there! (NOTE: Some shows are pre-empted by sports broadcasts.)