We will add more job shadow reports to the blog as they are completed. Please give each one of these a quick read, will you?
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On Thursday, July 14, I tiredly arrived at the WTCM radio
station on Front Street in Traverse City. Jack O'Malley welcomed my twin
sister, Patricia, and I into his studio at 4:00am as we started the morning off
with much needed coffee. We talked about the morning ahead and he shared his
history with us of the radio business. His show goes live every morning at
5:00, so in preparation we together went over the products that were to be
covered in the show and learned how to use the technology required to air the
show. With Jack O'Malleys great sense of humor we laughed off the mistakes as
my sister and I finally began to figure out the devices. At 5 o'clock with the
live show airing O'Malley introduced us as his guests and the show was kicked
off with our pre recorded clips that we had made.
As my sister and I were on air with Jack O'Malley I
gradually became more comfortable. Hearing my voice at first was alarming, but
we steered towards topics like life at Michigan State and what is like to be a
twin. These are almost "safe zone" topics for me so we were able to
have fun on air and even include callers commenting on our stories.
Before setting up this job shadow, I had never considered
the radio network to be a part of my future. I instead had thought of television
and saw myself as a reporter or host. Talking to Jack O'Malley he told me how
he too had thought this way when he was younger but now after working 32 years
as a radio host he knew he was "where he was meant to be." After my
shadow, I could see myself working with a radio station as a career as I saw
how much fun Jack O'Malley has with the WTCM station and his audience.
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