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!