Production Work

My responsibilities this week were mostly on the production side of things. Besides doing my Tweet 10 list (Reasons there was a Blackout at the SuperDome), I put together an audio montage of the Ravens and 49ers runs to the Super Bowl with the clips that were provided for me by the station and set to the Unforgiven by Metallica. It was a fun little project to work on yesterday and I feel like some of my training in Advanced Radio (JOUR 330) helped me out when putting together the montage. Since I was using a new software at the station, I hadn't quite mastered it, so in my opinion it could've sounded better. I feel a little more comfortable with the station's software now, so I feel if I had to do another one in the near future, I'd be better at it and the whole thing would sound better. We had hockey writers in studio from the Fourth Period Magazine, so I had to take a backseat in terms of active participation on the show. I basically provided the host and guests updates when necessary and researched some stats they needed. Today I learned how much great audio can enhance a broadcast. I haven't heard of too many interns who were trusted with putting together a 9-minute audio montage, so I feel very grateful that I was given the opportunity. For the next few shifts, I'm anticipating more and more hockey talk, given the fact that the NFL season is over. I'll be prepared to help in any way I can and with my midterm break coming up, I've informed them that I'll have extra availability to work on anything else they need from me, so I look forward to that.