3rd Entry - Posted on 2015-04-24 by John-Daniel Berg

It's been a busy couple of weeks. My mentor did not know he was supposed to forward my assignments to RRFC with reviews so I just submitted assignments 3 and 4 at once. Assignment 3 was done around 2 weeks ago and I just submitted assignment 4 to my mentor on Tuesday the 21st. He's having me write another couple of spots and wants me to get more creative with them. The first three I wrote were decent but too similar. I will submit those next week and will be working on assignment 5 over the weekend and into next week. I made it into the studio for two days last week and sat in on a total of four shows with two different producers. Two of the shows were live and two were pre-records. This week I made it in on Tuesday and caught half a pre-record and all of the live show I usually sit-in for. I've been running the board more now and am taking us in and out of commercial breaks, cueing the traffic reports and handling the bumper fade in/out. I'm more familiar with the board and now it's just a matter of repetition. I'm still trying to drop my Thursday shift at work so I can make it into the station twice every week for live shows. The program is going well and I'm excited to be getting more hands-on and making my way through the assignments. The producers are easy to work with and provide good guidance in addition to the direction I receive from my mentor. I will be back in the station next Tuesday and hope to turn in my fifth assignment by the end of next week. I will update you when I have more.