Running head: PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

Public Service Announcement

MSG James V. Southern
Southern New Hampshire University

Author Note
This paper was prepared for EDU-765, taught by Mr. Ron Barnes

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.Public Service Announcement

Radio and television stations often broadcast free community announcements as a public
service to the areas they serve. You can submit written Public Service Announcement (PSA)
scripts to the public service directors of your local radio and cable television stations. Public
Service Announcements are often written to be ten or thirty seconds long when read aloud. When
requested, some stations will mail back a postcard to let you know the date and time of the PSA
broadcast. Consider including a color image of your school or program when providing PSAs to
cable stations. You can also pitch the idea of a free display to the local transportation authority to
reach users of buses, subways and the airport. The following is an example PSA created for the
United States Army Sergeants Major Academy using an actual event scheduled for May 2015.
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
CONTACT: United States Army Sergeants Major Academy
Chief, Protocol: Mr. Ron Fraser
(915) 744-8489
Ron.fraser.mil@mail.mil
USE THROUGH: May 18, 2015
:30 Spot
THE UNITED STATES ARMY HERITAGE CENTER OF THE NCO LOCATED AT
BUILDING 11331 SSG SIMS STREET, EL PASO, TEXAS 79918 COLLECTS, PRESERVES,
EXHIBITS, AND INTERPRESTS HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY RELATED
TO THE HISTORY OF THE U.S. ARMY NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER FROM 1775 TO

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PRESENT. THE HERITAGE CENTER OF THE NCO SUPPORTS MILITARY TRAINING

AND EDUCATION, CONDUCTS RESEARCH, STIMULATES ESPRIT DE CORPS AND
MORALE, AND INFORMS THE PUBLIC OF NCO SERVICE TO THE NATION. USING
UNIFORMS, WEAPONS, INSIGNIA, AND EQUIPMENT, THE HERITAGE CENTER
DEPICTS THE HISTORY OF THE U.S. ARMY NCO FROM 1775 TO PRESENT. EXHIBITS
HIGHLIGHT THE NCO ROLE AS A SMALL UNIT LEADER, THE DEVELOPMENT OF
NCO SYMBOLS AND INSIGNIA, AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE NCO CORPS. AT 0900
ON MAY 19, 2015 THE NEWLY REFURBISHED HERITAGE CENTER WILL CONDUCT A
GRAND REOPENING IN CONJUNCTION WITH A NCO INDUCTION CERMONY AND
INVITES YOU ATTEND THE EVENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT MR. RON
FRASER AT THE UNITED STATES SERGENANTS MAJOR ACADEMY OFFICE OF
PROTOL AT 912-744-8489.