Engineer that board

Composed on: Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 11:36 am

Since my last post I actually updated the site with was about Radio, I figured I would discuss radio just a bit more. Since then, I have spent another three times one on one in the station. Instead of observing I was going to be tracking. Tracking means that I become the engineer (audio/board engineer) for the show. It seems kind of scary at first, to think that you are going to be thrown into the studio and expected to be incharge of everything that the audience hears.

I will admit I was a bit nervous the first time, but things seemed to click so well. I can officially run a whole music show. When I go in for tracking hours now, the person who is supposed to be working the slot, simply sits in front of the guest mic while I cue up songs, mic breaks, and run the board. I never thought I would be able to say I could run an audio board for a radio show, but if you could only see me now, haha.

In a way, I think my choice to interview to become a member of the station was really intelligent. If I can't get my dream job of being a famous anchor for a news show right away, I can now look into radio and possibly host there or engineer, and who knows, maybe with enough experience even produce a show a ways down the road. I can be the "me" verison of Wendy Williams (haha well maybe). She started off in college radio and then went to have her own radio show and now she hosts a show on TV (sure it isn't news, but I would also love my own talk show).

Over than radio, my life has become very stressful. My sorority is dealing with our pledges, my TV production class, and advanced broadcast news writing is piling on the work and stress like never before. I can't wait until this semester is over. I will need a break for sure!

That's all on the top of my head for now.

Peace. Katie ... out.

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