week 5

Week 5

This is the team at WCRN that helps to make the station successful.  Listed below is a structure of the organization hierarchy. 

Chris Thompson	General Manager/Director of Sales
Hank Stolz	Program Director
Tony Chavez	Operations Manager
Sherman Whitman	News-Talk Host
Bob Hokamson	Part-time Board Operator
Derik Drown	Remote Engineer
Guy Farantia	Salesman
John Weston	Salesman
Steve Jones-Dagostino	Electronic Media Director

Being a part of WCRN”S team from the last five weeks I feel the best way to try to describe their management and structure of the organization would be semi formal semi informal professionally.  I would say management structure is right in the middle of the road environment.  Working for a talk radio station you meet several different kinds of people who have business within Worcester County WCRN tries to make everyone feel comfortable and welcome when they visit the station.  Although the studio’s structure is semi structured there are times when they do have fun joking and laughing amongst themselves and with guests.  Although things work well at the station for the most part there have been problems with miss communication.  One particular example of this I saw would be when someone in management gave the wrong date for a benefit to be posted on the social media sights of the station.  Then they read the original memo that they had given to be post and then apologized for their mistake because they had given the wrong date.  A second example is when someone in the station forgot about an interview that was scheduled in the morning.  One of the other radio personalities gave the interview instead even though it was not there job they had no problem helping.  These two examples show how important good communication between fellow employees really is.  In addition, how you should always check your appointment book and make sure what you write is correct. 

The guys that work here have all worked together at other radio stations in the past and have a enlightened self interest in covering each other’s buts they realize that it takes a team to make things work in this business. 

Seeing the way things are run here at WCRN has made me realize what I want to look for when I go looking for a job in the future.  Interning at the radio station has shown me that a good communication and a team-working environment are very important things to look for in future employment.   

week 3

The goals for my internship at WCRN are as follows:

·         Learning how to operate the sound board for midday shows

·         Learning how to edit previously recorded audio that will be used later on for a show

·         Answering the phone when callers want to give their input on the topic being covered on the live in studio shows

·         Working as an AM News assistant with Serman Whitmen in the mornings constructing the news reports

·         Voicing commercials

·         Working on site events when the station does remote broadcasts

·         Working with the promotions staff helping with their social media

·         Doing the acquisitions

The goals listed above been established for me by my supervisors at WCRN and myself.  In the few weeks I have been an intern at the radio station, I have been learning firsthand what it takes to run a successful radio station.  One day in the studio one of the radio personalities had forgotten an appointment to do an interview.   I witnessed one of the other radio personalities say do not worry about it, they had done the interview for them.  Not only am I working on mastering new technical skills I need to fulfill the goals I have as an intern at WCRN.  I am learning that it takes a great team effort to run a successful radio station.