Tandi

Friday, February 25, 2005

I GOT IN!

GRAD SCHOOL:
This has been a good and productive week. I went to my mailbox on Tuesday and I recieved my acceptence letter for Point Park University for their Journalism and Mass Communications program! I was very excited because it will help me in the Broadcast field for where I want to be. I want to be an executive, or VP of Programming and run the station, and all the broadcasting companies I've talked to said that if that was the path I wanted to take, then Grad School would be a good option! Now, for my loaded senior year, getting into Grad School is one less thing I have to worry about! Now, the next thing to worry about is getting a job! Obviously, since the school is in Pittsburgh, I will be looking for a job in the Pittsburgh area.

THIS WEEK:
I ran Titan Idol this week and I am extending the contest because people are just catching on to the contest, so they are just starting to call in and compete. So, I am extending the contest til next Wednesday! I've been helping other organizations on campus as well this week. The career center needed promos for their resume building workshops and their Internship Fair, so I helped with that. The Admissions Office is having a slide show for their campus visitation day and they needed me to cut music for them. Poodle and I had our morning show today and we sound very good, if I don't say so myself. We have audience interaction, and our personalities really work well together. Every week, we are starting "What celebrity do you Hate." People are calling in and we're getting a good response. This morning someone called in and said they hated Linsay Lohan, and Star Jones. This segment is really funny. I will be critiquing some airchecks next week for The Radio/ and TV annoucning class for my Independent Study. I like helping people get better with their on-air personality and skills!

PROUD!
*Ijust wanted to take a moment to say that I am very proud of my fellow classmates for snagging some awesome opportunites! Congrats to Elizabeth Farry for snagging an internship with the weekend Today show in New York City as a SOPHOMORE! She has talent beyond her years and I'm sure she'll do well! I also have to take a moment and say that I am extremely proud of my friend and fellow senior broadcaster, Pat Sandora for snagging an interview with the Page Program in New York City! I can't express my happiness enough for them! I think they'd agree when I say that we all owe snagging these opportunities to our expereinces here at Westminster with the Broadcast Program and our wonderful faculty! Look out World! They're on their way!

ARTICLE:
I watched Jennifer Lopez and her first runway show on MTV last night. I have to say that she is one of the most powerful women in the entertainment industry and I would love to have as much poise and power as she does!

How many women can say they run the world and own almost everything they use on a daily basis?

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Friday, February 18, 2005

PROMOTIONS PROMOTIONS PROMOTIONS

THIS WEEK:

*I've been prmotions CRAZY this week! Dr. Barner wanted to save a long time tradition and save the name of our student union, which is the "Titan Union Building." We all call in the TUB for short. It has been formally changed to the "Orchard Street Cafe," but nobody calls it that. In order to save it, we need about 850 signitures on the "SAVE THE TUB PETITION." We've been broadcasting live from the "TUB," yesterday and we are doing that today as well. We are also walking around the basketball games tomorrow to get people to sign the petition. We were successful on Thursday with about 500 signitures and we need some more. I hope we can do it. For this project, I had help chasing people around and getting them to say one liners about saving the tub. We have 16 of those sweeper promos. I also created 2 on air promos for the DJ's to read at least once an hour. We even bought an actual baby tub to represent the tub and the students think that's really creative and funny. I owe that one all to Poodle's creative mind.

*The career center had me make more 30 second promos for the Internship Fair they are having on Tuesday. I'm typing up on-air promo cards to read for that as well.

*I am also getting all the details set up for "Titan Idol" next week. Obviosly, it's like American Idol. They are going to compete starting on Tuesday. What will happen is on the morning show for the next week through the following Monday, people will be able to call in and sing for us. We are going to record all the singers and the following week, we are going to play pieces of the song each person sang and the listeners will have a week to vote. The winner will get to sing the National Anthem at the Friday night Dance Theatre show on March 11. This is a big local community event and one of the biggest events on campus throughout the entire year. I'm not putting an age limit on the contest, so it will be interesting and fun! I will make 2, 30 second promos for it, and I will make on-air promos for the DJ's to read as well.

*Poodle and I had our morning show this morning and it was a lot of fun as ALWAYS! Our chemistry on the air gets better and better every week. Make sure you listen for it on Fridays at 7:00AM ...TP in the Morning on 89FM.

*I'm dancing in the basketball games tomorrow and I'm nervous about that, but Pat and I made up the dance, so I shouldn't be, but I am a little.

*I'm still waiting to hear from the Grad school I applied to. Everything is in, I just hope I get in.

*Right now, I'm on the hunt for a full-time job. May and graduation is approaching fast!


ARTICLE:


Radio One Exec Sees Reason For Hope

Radio One EVP/CFO Scott Royster said yesterday morning that his company is performing well so far this year, and sees indications that the radio industry is recovering. "There are reasons to be cautious and reasons to be optimistic," Royster said during his company's quarterly earnings call. "Our markets were up in the low-single-digits in January, and business appears to be improving modestly, month by month." He said that while local is healthy in some markets, national continues to be "a conundrum."
However, Royster said Radio One is taking steps to take more control over its fortunes. "As our new stations start to kick in later this year, that will give us some wind at our back, in addition to some strategic programming moves that we have made or will make at various points this year," he said. Still, Royster's not ready to declare that the radio industry's financial woes are behind it. "We are not yet ready to pound the table for radio yet, but perhaps a little light tapping is in order. We actually feel more optimistic than we have in a while. If the first six weeks of 2005 are any indication, Radio One is in for a very busy year in which the ground work will continue to be laid for a very exciting future."

*This article reminds me of the Program and Promotions class from last semester. What things should you consider as a programmer when starting a new station? Target Audience, competition, etc.


Listen for Betty Croaker this Saturday from 7 to midnight on Froggy! 94.9, 103.5, 104.3, and 98.3!

Tuesday, February 08, 2005

SENIOR PROJECT PROPOSAL REDUX

**I changed my project proposal according to my feedback from Infinity Broadcasting and the weekly feedback I recieve from Froggy. I also changed my proposal due to the change in my position at Titan Radio. Here is my cahnges to my proposal......


Announcer/ On-air personality/ Morning show host

Perform my on-air shifts as a professional. Make my on-air personality conversational for the audience to relate to by being enthusiastic, informative, and entertaining.
I will air check all my shifts here and at Froggy to get them ready for resume tapes.Gather and prepare a compelling, clean, attention grabbing resume tape, compiling my best moments as an on-air personality to apply for and submit to commercial stations for full time positions.
Create a separate resume tape specifically to apply for morning show positions as a co-host to submit to radio stations.Prepare my tapes for this semester seeing as I want to apply for jobs as soon as possible.Producing/Production
Produce at least 2 promo spots that are exciting and that grab the audience attention.Complete my promos this semester to have done for a production resume tape sometime during this semester to apply for any production job.Create these spots using other tactics than my voice. I may use others voices, sound effects, a special idea, nat sound, etc.


Promotion

Create 1 large event that either interest the audience or benefit the community or some organization. Will create through local businesses, or some public service organizations.Will join the event with promo spots and on-air promos for the Disk Jockeys to read.
Make sure all people involved sound enthusiastic.Will perform remotes or live action broadcasts for these events.
Will save the promos and the contacts to have so I can apply for a promotion related position.Television Reporting
Report, write, and produce 2 interesting, entertaining, topical packages for the County Line this year.Include these packages on my resume tape. Complete these packages by the end of the semester to send out to stations if openings are available.



*Get ideas for Titan Radio by being knowledgeable about the radio industry and the music that works for the HOT AC format.Communicate and be professional about dealing with staff members. Make sure people respect me as a leader, but also know that I will be available at all times to help the staff solve any problems they may have.
Make sure the radio station runs smoothly with new and fresh music, good knowledgeable disk jockeys that are technically advanced as well as advanced on the air.Help new people become more confident on the air through training on the board and being in front of the microphone.Making sure all the promotional spots are up to date and topical.
Critique on-air personalities through air check weeks. Applying and making my resume stand out for jobs as a music director or promotion director.

LOVEY DOVEY

THIS WEEK:
It seems fitting in honor of Valentine's Day to type in red. This week has of course been what else, but.....A CRAZY ONE! This semester brings along a lot of homework, so I've been spending more time in the library than I like to, but I have to pass and I have to graduate! We are having a LOVE SONGS WEEKEND here at Titan Radio and we are playing 4 love songs an hour to replace our regular 80's or 90's songs. People are going to be able to make requests and dedications all weekend by calling (724) 946-7232 or emailing the station at....titanradio@westminster.edu
This should be fun! We are voice tracking for the weekend so some jocks will be on. The dedications will be played on Valentine's Day. I have been making promo after promo. I made 2 fun promos for the weekend. I also cut 2 other promos for 2 other events going on. Lot's of production this week! I'm still planning the Titan Idol event and that will take some work, but that should be really fun! We have a remote the week after next. Needless to say...Titan Radio is hopping! Poodle and I have our morning show on Friday, which is always a blast!

THE THINGS YOU DO FOR YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER:
Since it is Valentine's Day week, I feel I should talk a little about the situation with my boo. I am staying in Pittsburgh and going to grad school, hopefully. We got a 4 bedroom house and I know that sounds crazy...it is, but I'm excited for it! He is also MAKING ME go to this MONSTER TRUCK RALLY on Friday night. I am NOT a country girl and needless to say, I am being forced. That's all for this week on my boo!


ARTICLE:

Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005
J.P. Morgan Report Scares Satellite Radio Investors

Small-mid cap media analyst Barton Crockett and entertainment analyst Spencer Wang in December 2004 conducted J.P. Morgan's second consumer survey on satellite radio, receiving more than 1,600 responses that showed a diminished interest in subscribing to XM or Sirius. According to the brokerage firm, interest in satellite radio dipped from 43% of households -- seen in J.P. Morgan's May 2004 consumer study — to 35% of households. And while content exclusivity is shifting share between XM and Sirius, these don't seem to be expanding the overall market, which the brokerage says is driven mainly by commercial-free music options. "We are comfortable assuming that satellite radio achieves substantial household penetration, but not, based on the results of our survey, majority penetration," Crockett said in a report released early yesterday. J.P. Morgan maintained its "neutral" rating on both XM and Sirius, and investors seemed to react negatively yesterday: XM fell $1.09, to $31.41, while rival Sirius slipped 26 cents, to $6.16.

***HA! Looks like Howard might have some problems! Although, it doesn't matter to him, he's making $500 million for 5 years! Would you rather listen to or subscribe to Sirius or XM over regular FM radio?

**Tune in for Betty Croaker this Saturday from 7 to midnight.....94.9, 104.3, 103.5, and 98.3!











Friday, February 04, 2005

AMONG SICKNESS

THIS WEEK:

This week has been crazy! For some reason I've always been a pretty healthy girl, but I've been sick more times this year than I can count! Last week I had the flu and this week I got a sinus infection and I threw my back out at dance practice. I feel so accident prone!

Anyway, that didn't stop me from completing class work and duties. No matter how sick we all are, we still have dead lines that have to be met. I wroked at Froggy on Saturday night and I have to say that i think it was one of my best shifts ever! I started in August, and I've had many shifts since then, but it was my best shift ever! It makes me feel good that fellow seniors and Broadcasters listen and support me too. Thanks to Ian Durham, Megan Marshall, and Jason Mackey for listening and calling in and offering support! You guys ROCK!

Before the County Line yesterday, it was Salon de la Tandi. I did the Sports Director(Sebastian Driver's) make-up, Anchor Mike Wolenski's make-up and Anchor Shannon McClain's hair! Hey, you got to do what it takes to look good on camera!

I am creating a big promotion called Titan Idol, which of course will be like American Idol and the winner will get to perform on the busiest night of our Dance Theatre show here at Westminster! I still have a lot of details to work out.

We had a give away all week with T-shirts for an on campus event that is happening this weekend. I have to make a promo for the career center and they gave me a series of projects that I can be working on! We also have to pick love songs today for the Valentine's Day weekend next week.

Poodle and I had our morning show this morning and it went very well. We usually voice track the last hour, but we decided to stay and do it live!

My grad school application is still in the works! I applied, now the letters of recommendation have to be sent in, I have to write a statement of intent, and I have to send official transcripts. I'll still keep everyone updated on that process!

DANCE:
Mine and Pat Sandora's dancers are dancing tomorrow at the big rival basketball game!

ARTICLE:


Miss Info Considers Legal Action Against WQHT/New York

The lone team member not fired or suspended for the now-infamous airing of a parody song that made light of victims of the Dec. 26, 2004 South Asia tsunami is deciding whether or not to take legal action against the Emmis CHR/Rhythmic known as "Hot 97." According to her attorney, Kenneth Thompson, Miss Info is considering a lawsuit based on the station's creation of "a hostile work environment"; the host protested the airing of the song during a contentous on-air discussion with lead morning show member Miss Jones and another staffer, Todd Lynn, who has since been terminated from the station. The New York Daily News reports that Info is mulling legal action "if certain workplace issues cannot be resolved."

*UH-OH, is this similiar to another Howard Stern case? Would you take legal action or be offecded by this?

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