Handling Breaking News and Audio Quality

The show was dealt a boost when the Montreal Canadiens made their first trade of the season. Obviously whenever the Habs make a move, it makes a call-in show all the more interesting. So given the news, my responsibilities were to compare Michael Ryder's and Erik Cole's stats in every category and to go through the media conference call with Marc Bergevin. Unfortunately, the audio quality was not up to par for a radio station to air. Obviously it's important to have reaction and clips to play for news like that, but a professional radio station has to understand the importance of audio quality. Clips had been aired where you could barely comprehend what was being said, and I don't feel they should've been aired. If there were 10 commandments of radio, I'm sure one of them would be to ensure your clips are always of broadcast quality. Whoever uploaded the clip's on the station's server clearly was very careless. Other than that, I clipped some of the show's audio and posted it to the show's blog and I did the usual of providing scoring updates on request and researched Habs news. Matthew also encouraged me to start posting articles on the show's blog, so now I will be able to work on both my broadcasting skills and my writing skills for the remainder of the semester. This Sunday, the show is moved to mid-afternoon due to the Habs game at night, so we'll have our own pre-game show of sorts. It will be a new dynamic for me and I'm sure my research will include digging up stats and stories surrounding the Habs vs the Bruins. That shouldn't be too difficult. I will likely have to grab audio clips from the two teams and play them on air. Needless to say, I will ensure they're of broadcast quality.