7:40 Monday

Just found out that I'll be on air around 7:40am Monday March 2nd and each Monday thereafter on CBC Radio One (90.5)
TUNE IN :)

3 Down - 3 To Go

I went down to CBC to do my first set of recording finally. When I got there before we did anything I showed Peter the three that I had revamped so far and he approved. YAY! :) I'm not sure what I would have done if he hadn't as I wasn't really anticipating that but I'm guessing it would involve some quick on the spot editing of my articles. After that I gave them my details (so I can get paid) and signed a contract as a freelance contributor. Unfortunately I'm not getting paid as much as he originally said but in the guidebook it says I'm getting the right rate. Besides it's more for the experience and exposure anyways.

So yeah we hop into the studio and set up the mic, etc... Peter sets himself up in the adjacent office and after I put on my headphones I can hear what he's saying from the other room. He tells me to go ahead so we can test volume levels and after a few tweaks of the mic we're good to go. A sip of some water and a "cough cough" to clear the throat (for added effect - I'm a paid professional now :P ) get me ready to rock and I start voicing over the first one. After two takes of each article we finished up in about 1/2 hour. Man I hammed it up for parts of them. I didn't stumble too much on my words which was good. It's a lot easier when you're reading your own writing.

The three I recorded during this session were hot water, caffeine and money. I haven't decided yet what I'll do next time but I finished the third one today saying I was giving up the internet so that will have to be one. All and all today was a success ending with a friendly "see you later when you have the others re-vamped". He said he'd like to have me in next week so I better get cracking. If only I didn't have school and work too! Or just didn't need to sleep...maybe I should give that up. HAH!

To the Studio I go

I've re-vamped three articles to be recorded for CBC so I called Peter up and I'm going in on Monday. This is cool...I wonder when I'm gonna be on the air and how dumb I'm going to sound?? Kim pretty much made it clear that I am NOT cut out for radio...and I couldn't agree more.

I guess we'll find out pretty soon. I'm so glad I won't have to do any editing of the audio!

So little time in the day..

So I'm trying to find time between school work, classes and work to re-write my columns so I can go back to CBC. Yesterday I spent some time working on them but I'm finding it really hard to re-edit my columns that have been already edited by my editor. 500 words is not enough! I feel like I'm cutting out the whole point but I did manage to get a few down to just over 500. I stil need to work on some though but I have a few that are just about ready to be recorded down at CBC...or at least given to Peter to see what he thinks.

Plugging Away

So I'm trying to find time between school work, classes and work to re-write my columns so I can go back to CBC. Yesterday I spent some time working on them but I'm finding it really hard to re-edit my columns that have been already edited by my editor. 500 words is not enough! I feel like I'm cutting out the whole point but I did manage to get a few down to just over 500. I stil need to work on some though but I have a few that are just about ready to be recorded down at CBC...or at least given to Peter to see what he thinks.

The Meeting

I met up with Michael Tymchuk who handed me over to Peter Hutchinson, the Station Manager. We chatted and tossed ideas around and settled on a series of 3 minute pieces to be aired in the morning (probablybetween 7 and 8) on a weekly basis.

My next job was to re-edit some of my columns down to about 500 words and without any swear words or time references, like in my booze one which focused largely around the holidays. Then I was supposed to give him a ring and come see him again and we'd talk about doing some recording in the studio there.

I was also promised a little bit of extra pocket cash for my work (bonus!) as a freelance contributor. Life is good. Although this is just one more thing to add to the agenda...and the list goes on.

Next step...

When I got back from the conference I hopped on the computer and e-mailed Michael over at CBC. He responded saying that he read my edition of Giving It Up (the booze episode) and really enjoyed it. His thoughts were of producing a short radio journal for the morning show. And my thoughts were.."Hell yeah!" Kelly Marion, the Giving it Up girl..who would've thought I'd be a radio star! :) Okay so thats a bit far-fetched but it's a step in the right direction in getting my name out there and as someone looking to go into communications it's all about who you know, and who knows you. At that point we decided to meet up the following week to discuss finer details.

CBC

So I'm away at a newspaper conference in Saskatoon when I get news from my editor that CBC is interested in my column. Interested..hmmm what does that mean anyways? And how could my column really lead to anything? I'd like to think that I'm a decent writer when I try but the context of my column doesn't really highlight my best material. Oh well, it still sounds pretty cool to me. Michael Tymchuk at CBC knows that I'm currently away and will be getting back to him when I get back. Until then I try not to think about it too much and soak in as much information as I can take in from this conference. Man they talk about blogging a lot... oh where technology has taken us!