Feb 16th: Happy as Can Be!

(v click on me! v)

Hey Mr. DJ keep playin' this song for me
Out on the floor in my arms she's gotta be
Let's get it on (let's get it on)
Jam all night long
Mr. DJ, Mr. DJ
Play it play it for me
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

- The one, the only, the Backstreet Boys

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Tonight I went to the first meeting of the semester for my campus's radio station, WUNH. In just a few short weeks, I will be a full-blown professional DJ and will even have my own show! At the moment, I am in training and will be putting in some observation hours. Then (in two weeks maybe?) I will start at ridiculous o'clock (sometime between 2 and 6am) with my own show. Then after a few shows, I will move to a regular slot during the day. I'm so excited!

And I feel a little more at peace. In high school, I was a part of our morning news team. My school had a legit studio with all the necessary equipment. I usually worked as an anchor, but I've also held the positions of sportscaster, cameraman, and mostly head director. I also have a lot of experience working with mics and soundboards, so I'm not completely green.

But since I've graduated, I've missed the homey, comforting sense that the studio gave off. The family of friends I had made. The thrill of going live and talking to 60,000 people in the surrounding area (yeah... we went out to the surrounding towns).

Working at the radio station is giving me back some of what I thought I had lost. And it's a great feeling. Sure there won't be any video elements as with a tv station (like my campus's SCAN-TV, which I considered joining before realizing their studio REALLY needs funding), but as Gavin Rossdale so appropriately sings, "the love remains the same."

And we broadcast a 100 mile radius, so swing on through the area and listen! You can also stream music (usually live) from the website.