SENIOR PROJECT UPDATE

THIS WEEK:

AS ALWAYS, THIS WAS A CRAZY WEEK! IN MY LAST BLOG, I TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO GET A FULL-TIME JOB AND I HAD 2 JOB INTERVIEWS THIS WEEK. THEY WERE BOTH FOR DIRECT MARKETING FIRMS. BOTH HAD A PRELIMINARY INTERVIEW FOR LIKE 20 MINUTES WHERE THEY ASKED YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND THEN THEY CALL FOR A SECOND INTERVIEW.

BOTH JOBS INTERVIEWED ABOUT 200 PEOPLE AND NARROWED IT DOWN TO 5. I WAS PRETTY PROUD OF MYSELF SEEING AS HOW I GOT CALLS FOR SECOND INTERVIEWS FROM BOTH PLACES. THIS TIME I HAVE TO GO OUT AND MEET CLIENTS LIKE A REGULAR WORK DAY. I GET TO ASK QUESTIONS AND BE WITH OTHER MANAGERS FOR THE DAY. I GO OUT FOR THE WHOLE DAY. I THINK A CLEAR ADVANTAGE I HAD IN THESE INTERVIEWS WAS THE FACT THAT I DON'T GET NERVOUS FOR INTERVIEWS. I WAS QUICK TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY ASKED. I AM ALSO PROUD SEEING AS HOW THESE ARE JOBS FOR GRADUATES AND I HAVEN'T GRADUATED YET. I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED AS TO HOW THE SECOND INTERVIEWS GO!

*I SET UP A THANKSGIVING PROMOTION THIS WEEK WITH THE LOCAL MARKET. THEY ARE GIVING AWAY A FREE TURKEY, A 5 POUND BAG OF POTATOES, AND SOME CRANBERRY SAUCE! WE ARE GIVING THE PRIZE AWAY ON THE MONDAY MORNING SHOW! I MADE 3 NEW PROMOS THIS WEEK! I STILL HAVE TO MAKE A NEW PROMO ON FRIDAY TOO! THIS HAS BEEN PROMOTION WEEK! I SCHEDULED AND PUT IN ALL THE NEW PROMOS. SEBASTIAN AND I HAVE OUR MORNING SHOW WHICH IS ALWAYS FUN ON FRIDAY! I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT!

*WHEN IT COMES TO SENIOR PROJECTS, I AM IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE! THE ONLY WEAKNESS RIGHT NOW IS MY TV RESUME TAPE! I DIDN'T LIKE EITHER OF THE PACKAGES I'VE DONE FOR THIS SEMESTER, BUT MY STAND-UPS WERE OKAY, SO THEY ARE STILL USABLE FOR MY TAPE. MY RADIO TAPE IS READY. I HAVE ALL THE PROMOS I NEED FOR MY PRODUCTION TAPE AND I HAVE A LOT FOR MY RADIO NEWS TAPE. MY PAPER RESUME SEEMS TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE AS WELL!

*PAT AND I HAD THE FIRST BASKETBALL GAME THIS WEEK! WE CHOREOGRAPHED FOR THE DANCE TEAM THAT PERFORMS AT HALF-TIME AND IT LOOKED AWESOME! WE WERE SO EXCITED AND PROUD! IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO COME AND SEE THEM, THEY PERFORM AT ALL THE HOME TITAN GAMES THIS YEAR! I AM DANCING ON FRIDAY NIGHT!



*THE NEW DESTINY'S CHILD ALBUM CAME OUT THIS WEEK AND I AM A HUGE FAN! THE CD IS FULL OF HITS AND I'M SO GLAD THE GIRLS ARE BACK TOGETHER!



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Infinity Cuts Ties With Indies
Spokeswoman Karen Mateo tells R&R that, effective immediately, the company will no longer deal with independent record promoters, following the lead of companies like Clear Channel and Cox Radio that have also stopped working with indies. "It's the appropriate business decision for us," Mateo says. "We are no longer using them." Meanwhile, Mateo describes as "inaccurate" a report that Infinity has capped its morning commercial spotloads at 14 spots per hour — or 18 interruptions per hour, including weather, traffic, etc — and has set a limit of 12 spots per hour — or 16 total interruptions — in other dayparts. While she notes that Infinity President/COO Joel Hollander and Viacom co-President/co-COO Les Moonves have made adjustments to spotloads at some stations on a case-by-case basis, Mateo insists that Infinity has no uniform spotload policy across its station group.

WILL THIS REALLY HELP OR HURT INFINITY?

*OF COURSE BETTY CROAKER WILL BE ON FROGGY THIS SATURDAY FROM 7 TO MIDNIGHT AND ON THANKSGIVING DAY FROM 3 TO 7! TUNE INTO 94.9, 104.3, 103.5, AND 98.3! YOU CAN CALL ME THERE AT 1-866-983-9898!

*HAVE A GOOD WEEK! MORE BLOGGING NEXT WEEK!

What a Change!

WHAT A WEEK!

*This week was a challenging one. I have some personal matters that I'm dealing with that were going to affect my broadcasting career here, but I with the help of lots of people who believe in me and care about me, figured something out!

*I have some financial problems and I didn't think I was going to be able to go to school next semester and I would have to give up my program director position, which is the LAST thing I wanted to do. I love being here, but in reality, I have bills that have to get paid and I'm not making enough money. I went to the registrar's office, the financial aid office, my advisor, and back again. Let's just say, I was everyone's best friend that day. HA! The financial aid office thought it would be best for me to stay a full time student and have 12 credits. So, I worked it all aout and I am taking all night classes next semester, so I can work during the day and put money in the bank. I am also keeping my program director position, which made me very happy. Thanks to Dr. Barner! He helped me out a lot! The only downfall is that I won't graduate on time, but I can probably still walk with my class and graduate provisionally.

*Amanda and I had a great newscast on Monday. We both had more sound than we needed, so we had to cut out some stories, but we worked hard and it was good as always. I scheduled and we had our music committee meeting. I worked at Froggy overnight this week and helped people that were doing projects in the station and in the newsroom. I also helped people with some of their TV packages. I am going to make a Morning show promo next week. I am also working with some local businesses for remotes and promotions in the future. We will definately have one for Christmas.

*THE MUSICAL!

PAT SANDORA IS IN THE WESTMINSTER COLLEGE MUSICAL, KISS ME KATE AND I AM GOING TO SEE HIM ON FRIDAY NIGHT! I'M SURE HE'LL BE GREAT! GO PAT! EVERYONE NEEDS TO GO SEE THE SHOW AND SUPPORT HIM AS ONE OF OUR FELLOW BROADCASTERS!

*DANCE

PAT AND I FINISHED THE CHOREOGRAPHY FOR DANCE TEAM AND IT LOOKS SOOOOOOOOO GOOD! THE FIRST GAME IS ON MONDAY NIGHT. IT'S A SCRIMAGE GAME AND I'M SO EXCITED BECAUSE DANCE TEAM WILL LOOK GREAT!

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Nick Anthony Elected New Arbitron Advisory Council Chairman
Anthony is the VP/Operations for Rubber City Radio in Akron, OH, and he'll succeed Saga Communications EVP Steve Goldstein in the post. At the same time, Clear Channel/Youngstown, OH Market Manager Bill Kelly is elected to the Vice Chairman post. The elections come as the council prepares for what Goldstein calls a long-need reorganization. "This set up has been this set up since Marconi invented radio," he said. The changes will give the council more of a market-size focus, rather than its current format-based focus. And, Goldstein says the five-biggest Arbitron customers will have representation on the council with the move. That doesn't mean the mom-and-pops will be shut out, though. "We absolutely made sure that there's an equal chance for everybody to get in," he said. "But we needed the largest companies represented because they own so many stations."

What do you think the qualifications are for a VP of Programming or Operations?


FROGGY!

I'm on again this Saturday from 7 to midnight! Make sure you tune in for Betty Croaker! 104.3, 103.5, 94.9, 98.3!

Maybe I'm not made for TV

THIS WEEK:
I did a lot this week so far, I don't even know where to start.

*Last Friday I went and did a package at the beautiful Scottish Rite Cathedral in New Castle, and as usual, things didn't go as planned. I still needed to get my last stand-up and an interview after the concert and the back up battery was dead. It was too late to go and get another one, and I don't have any time to reshoot, that's why I did a package on a Friday night. My last package didn't go well either. I'm really feeling the pressure cause I really want good packages for my resume tape, but things never work out right. It makes me think that maybe, I'm not cut out for TV news reporting. The thing is, it's always problems that I can't control. I thought my package would look better when I edited it, but it didn't and I'm not happy with it at all. Oh well, I guess this is what happens sometimes and you have to roll with it and keep going.

*Something that did go well this week, my group and I had our TV pitch project presentation and it went very well. Our story was the "Wonder Year's" meets "My So Called Life," but we follow the life of an adolescent girl in the 80's to early 90's. The class seemed to be very interested and I thought it was a great idea. I was very proud of my group. They did a great job.

*I did my program director duties, scheduling music and listening to the DJ's to make sure they are reading the on air promos that I wrote out and making sure everything is running smoothly. I've talked with a couple local businesses to do some remotes and promotions in the near future. I've heard a lot of good feedback about the music on the station.

*In NEWS, Amanda Hauger and I got sound and had a Breaking News story. We got the sound like 5 minutes before our news cast and we still got it on. It was a rush, but I love that feeling. I love the adrenaline. We were hoping to make it to the AP wire, but they already had the story on it.

*This hasn't been my best week because I'm feeling pressure and beginning to get worn out. I need to rest and think about things. I never seem to have time to do that. It is a realization that as much as I want to do everything, I just can't. I have to say "NO" to some things.

*My parents that live in Jacksonville are pressuring me to move there after graduation, but they don't understand the business and they've never really approved of me getting into this business. They want me to still consider psychology and go to grad school. They don't understand that this profession is me and I LOVE IT! They want me to move there and quit Froggy, which is like Broadcast suicide. I can't leave something in the business and I won't. I have to take my own path, but everybody wants their parents approval and I wish I had mine.

*I'm on Froggy this weekend from 7 to midnight on Saturday. TUNE IN! 98.3, 104.3, 103.5, and 94.9!



ARTICLE:

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Number Of AM Stations Still On Downswing

The FCC's latest quarterly station count indicates that the number of commercial AM stations on the air slid from 4,803 at the end of Q3 2003 to 4,770 at the end of Q3 2004. This continues a trend that has been seen by the senior broadcast band all year. At the same time, the FCC counts 6,217 FM stations on the air at the end of Q3. That's 10 more than last year. Including noncommercial FMs, there were a total of 13,450 radio stations on the air at the end of Q3.

Why do you think that there are less and less AM stations? Are people sick of talk radio? Is there a new audience that needs to be reached?


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