Michael's Second Broadcast Debut

Write this date down in history!!! Michael Fedor has made his broadcast debut tonight as he jumped at the opportunity to do the color commentating for WBLF 970 AM. I got to call the Bellefonte Red Raiders against the Pens Valley Rams. It was a good rivalry game as Bellefonte is the next town over to the east of Penn State.

During the first half.. the home team cheerleaders came up and asked what refreshments we wanted. Later, I got in to thank them on the air and said this... "Let me tell you something Dave, those girls had stars in their eyes..." Of course following along,... they said that it was probably because they had been wearing glitter make-up!

The next best thing is that I was taking notes during the whole game, kinda like a makeshift box score. I got to re-read it all at the end. The other two guys that I was broadcasting with were really impressed with the initiative that I showed.

All-in-all, the Bellefonte team won big 22-0... and I begin a long and illustrious career in radio!

First real day of broadcasting at WRSC 1390 AM

"Out of the frying pan and into the fire" is what I think I could call my first real day of broadcasting at WRSC 1390 AM

Monday wasn't so bad. I had the guy that I was taking over for sit with me in the studio and watched me run the board while the actual broadcasters of the show had all the fun being at Hooters Restaurant doing what we in the broadcasting business call a "live remote". Today was a little different. I had to do everything on my own! Extenuating circumstances had caused me to just operate from the studios with little or no help what so ever! The Program Manager had to leave because his mother was having surgery on her eyes, and tonight was a “live remote” from Damon’s Restaurant. Unfortunately, they could not interact with me as they did not have Internet access from the rib restaurant. Although I could hear them in the speakers in the studio, there was no way I could talk back to them to let them know I was screwing everything up! I didn’t completely know how to run the commercials from the computer software so I was a little behind on them. Not only that, the big boss General Manager called the station to say that there were overlapping broadcasts. I had to explain to him that I was doing the best I could under the It was supposed to be a sports show about the local State College little league baseball. At 7 pm, after the longest 2 hours of my life, I got a call back from the Production Manager to talk me through the shut down mode and going back to automation by the computer.

I am going to dedicate some time in the studio tomorrow to get my bearings with this broadcast. I’ll go in early before my shift to make sure I understand how to run the equipment. Hopefully, I’ll do a better job of it knowing that I have some help available.