Radio is an important part of the "Save for Your Future" public education campaign due to its ability to reach specific types of audiences and reach people who spend much of their lives out-of-home. Below are several thirty-second live announcer radio scripts that can be used to inform your listeners about important Social Security programs. The American Savings Education Council has also produced PSAs about the importance of saving for young people, the "pension gap," and how to use ASEC's BallPark Estimate in preparing for retirement. For fully-produced broadcast quality PSAs please email: Bill Goodwill

Radio Spots:

1. "SSA - Quiz Show - :60/:30/:15 English"
2. "SSA - Quiz Show - :60/:30 Spanish"
3. "SSA - Building Blocks - Spanish :30/:15 "
4. "SSA - Road Signs - Spanish :60 "
5. "SSA - Future of SSA - Spanish :30 "

ANCR: WHENEVER YOU THINK OF SOCIAL SECURITY, YOU PROBABLY THINK OF ….RETIREMENT CHECKS. MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT RETIREMENT BENEFITS ARE A BASIC PART OF SOCIAL SECURITY. BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT SOCIAL SECURITY HAS BEEN PAYING SURVIVORS BENEFITS TO WIDOWS, WIDOWERS AND CHILDREN FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS? AND DID YOU KNOW THAT SINCE 1956, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED DISABILITY BENEFITS FROM SOCIAL SECURITY? SOCIAL SECURITY…BENEFITS YOU CAN COUNT ON THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE. FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO THE SSA WEBSITE AT WWW.SSA.GOV.

2. "Survivors Benefits" :30 Live Announcer Copy

ANCR: WHENEVER YOU THINK OF SOCIAL SECURITY, DO YOU THINK OF SURVIVORS BENEFITS TOO? YOU SEE, SOCIAL SECURITY IS MORE THAN RETIREMENT. SOCIAL SECURITY MAKES REGULAR MONTHLY PAYMENTS TO THE FAMILIES OF WORKERS WHO DIE, TOO. MORE THAN SEVEN MILLION PEOPLE GET SURVIVORS BENEFITS FROM SOCIAL SECURITY….INCLUDING ALMOST TWO MILLION CHILDREN. BENEFITS THAT PAY FOR FOOD AND CLOTHING, MEDICAL CARE AND SCHOOL.BENEFITS YOU CAN COUNT ON WHEN YOUR PLANNING YOUR FINANCIAL FUTURE. FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO THE SSA WEBSITE AT WWW.SSA.GOV.

3. "Disabled Workers" :30 Live Announcer Copy

ANCR: WHENEVER YOU THINK OF SOCIAL SECURITY, DO YOU THINK OF DISABILITY BENEFITS, TOO? YOU SEE, SOCIAL SECURITY IS MORE THAN JUST RETIREMENT. SOCIAL SECURITY ALSO MAKES REGULAR MONTHLY PAYMENTS TO ABOUT FOUR MILLION PEOPLE UNDER 65 WHO CAN NO LONGER WORK PAYMENTS THAT HELP WITH THE MORTGAGE, FOOD AND CLOTHING. AND FAMILY MEMBERS MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAYMENTS TOO. SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY PAYMENTS.PAYMENTS THAT LAST AS LONG AS THE DISABILITY LASTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO THE SSA WEBSITE AT WWW.SSA.GOV.

4. "Early Retirement" :30 Live Announcer Copy

ANCR: MOST PEOPLE THINK OF 65 AS "THE" RETIREMENT AGE. BUT DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN RETIRE AS EARLY AS 62 AND STILL COLLECT RETIREMENT BENEFITS FROM SOCIAL SECURITY? OF COURSE IF YOU ELECT EARLY RETIREMENT, THE AMOUNT OF YOUR BENEFITS WILL BE REDUCED.TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE LONGER PERIOD YOU'LL BE COLLECTING BENEFITS. FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU RETIRE AT 62 THIS YEAR, YOUR BENEFITS WILL BE REDUCED BY ABOUT 20 PERCENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO THE SSA WEBSITE AT WWW.SSA.GOV.