We Rock At Mobile

Popular Edmonton radio stations; JOE 92.5 FM and AM 630 CHED have selected Magnet Mobile Media‘s mobile content platform – “m3″ – to deploy Short Code text messaging services.  Listener audiences can use their mobile phones to participate with shows via messaging in song requests and entering on-air promotional contests.

Short Code text messaging in Canada continues to muster popularity. According to the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association;  Canadians sent and received a total of 711.9 million text messages using Common Short Codes in Q3 2011, marking a 27% increase over the same quarter in 2010.

Vancouver’s TEAM 1040 are giving listeners the chance to win a pair of tickets to see Guns N’ Roses  at the Pacific Coliseum on December 17^th. The contest runs from December 5^th to 11^th. For an automatic ballot entry into the draw; simply text ROSES to 10-40-40. A $0.50 text network rate applies per entry.

Calgary’s Country 105 and Edmonton’s CISN Country 103.9 FM have each selected Magnet Mobile Media’s mobile content platform – m3. The m3 platform now employs cloud computing and enables radio staff to create and run mobile campaigns in real time over Magnet’s mobile network grid.

They are at it again! Toronto’s CHUM FM is giving away $500,000 ca$h in their Beat The Bank contest. For a chance to play LIVE on air: Just text the password MONEY to 104536 – [$0.50 per text entry] – and Ingrid Schumacher could by calling your mobile to play on Fridays!

To play the game is easy! We open vaults, one at a time. You can either keep the money in the vault or risk it all and go to the next vault.  Set off the bank alarm and you lose it all .  Contest ends on October 7th 2011.

Tune into Toronto’s 104.5 CHUM FM this week for a chance to win a CNE Family fun pack, including admission and Ride all Day passes plus lunch for four in the Food Building.  The EX opens this Friday (Aug 26th) and runs till September 5th. Visit Theex.com for a complete CNE calendar of events.

Every weekday morning at 9 am ET, Roger, Darren & Marilyn will announce the Word Of The Day.  Simply, text that WORD to 104536 to receive an instant ballot entry into the contest draw. ($0.50 per text message).  Every noon hour, Ingrid Schumacher will pick a text winner and award the prize.