Tag: IsiahH- Sports Broadcasting

I was at the David Glenn show. I did intern work for someone else who has a show because he has no interns, and I also retrieved and then escorted some of DG’s guests to the studio. I contributed to the rundown and researched guests.

I was with the David Glenn Show and I wrestled a tiger! Okay, I didn’t really wrestle a tiger. But, I did wrestle a bear! Okay, I didn’t really wrestle a bear. But, I did answer phones and I did tell David Glenn that I sucked at dancing, which caused me to be the NBA Finals in his line-dancing analogy. So that was fairly lit. Also, I wrestled John Cena! Okay, maybe I didn’t wrestle John Cena. Maybe.

I was with the David Glenn show. I found a story on one of the guests on the show, and David Glenn read what I wrote about that story on the rundown, live on the radio. It was quite cool. I also learned about radio timing and ad rules, as well as ratings calculations. Like how to be counted as one listener, a person has to be on the channel for 5 consecutive minutes. Video: show recording

I was interning at the David Glenn Show, and I helped find and grab clips of related audio to play when the show first comes back from commercial. The producer, Daron, then lays appropriate clips of music over them and they help set up the next topic that David Glenn is going to talk about. I also helped make the rundown for David Glenn, which is the sheet he uses that has all the major topics he’s going to go over, and it is our job to add tidbits of information on the topics/guests that he may want to mention. I sat in on the whole show and helped keep up with any breaking sports news and stuff. It was very cool. 

Today I was an intern for David Glenn on his show, The David Glenn show.  Today was free-for-all Friday, so most of the show was taken up by callers calling in about whatever topic they want to. David Glenn explained to us (the interns) that he likes to talk about broad topics that cover social aspects of athletes lives, because its less audience specific and more relatable to everyone. His producer, Darin Vaught, was kind enough to give me a description of his job and explain to me how radio segments are usually planned, with set incriments and hard breaks, but that The David Glenn Show is more relaxed. It was a very cool experience. 

Today, I did preparation for my exploits with NCFC in the coming days. I’d like to be able to have good conversations with the people at NCFC, so I have been doing research on NCFC’s MLS bid. I also contacted a former player for NCFC (they were the Railhawks then) Jordan Graye, as he used to work for my dad. I have hopefully been successfull in up setting up an interview with him next week, so that is very cool! I emailed Jordan Graye a list of questions that i would ask in an interview, including some that concerned the NCFC MLS bid, a question which came out of my research.

Last night, NCFC of the NASL (North American Soccer League) played the Charlotte Independence of the USL (United Soccer League) in The US Open Cup. The NASL is the established second division in the US, and though the USL is not technically recognized as lower than the NASL, it is generally understood that the USL is the third division of US Soccer, The US Open Cup is a tournament that includes all 3 major professional soccer leagues in the US; The MLS, The NASL, and the USL. After NCFC thoroughly their local rivals 4-1, I interviewed 2 NCFC fans about NCFC’s bid to become an MLS expansion team (aka moving up into the first division). Both fans asked that only their first names be used. I asked David, in the NCFC Supporters Section, if he was pleased with the direction of the club under its new owner, Steve Malik.

“Yes, I would say so. I’ve actually met the bloke, and he’s a really nice guy. He also really understands the scope of football in this area, and understands how to properly market a club. The new name is a bit boring, but its a lot better than ‘The Carolina Railhawks’. First of all, what in the hell a Railhawk? Who came up with that? Second, its sensible, considering South Carolina’s bid, that he specified that we are a North Carolina club, not just Carolina, like all the sports teams in NC. I’ve lived here for almost 20 years, and I still don’t understand why the Panthers and that red hockey team are just ‘Carolina’ teams. They are both based here in North Carolina, which is a totally different state from South Carolina. Its stupid. And now that he’s specified North Carolina, the MLS can’t [mess] us around and put the expansion club in South Carolina because of that ridiculous bathroom bill, or whatever reason.” said David.

I asked Jaeda (not sure if I’ve spelled that correctly, I lost the sticky note she wrote it on) in the North Stand if she thought NCFC would become an MLS team in the next 5 years, or ever.

“Oh yeah! Hell yeah! We are build this place[Wake Med Soccer Park] into a Sounders’ [Seattle Sounders of the MLS] type Stadium! And we are gonna tear it up, just like Atlanta are! Raleigh is blue and gold, baby!” said Jaeda, before begginning to heckle some Charlotte fans.