For this blog I focused on the student radio station at UK called WRFL. The article was written on the Kentucky Kernel by Emily-Kate Cardwell, I deemed this website viable because it is a Kentucky based website and would have the resources to give information on the radio station. I also spoke to a DJ named Alisha on Wednesday. She gave me a tour of the studio and told me how things work. The article focuses on the radio stations history, accomplishments, and some of its involvement in the community.
In 1988 some college students got together and took an idea for a radio station to administrators and thus WRFL was born. For 26 years WRFL has been providing Lexington and surrounding areas with a unique listening experience. On WRFL, listeners tune into music that will usually not be found on stations. This is because record labels provide WRFL with records to play on the air. Fans of the station won't have to wait for a certain part of the day to hear their favorite music as WRFL broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a years. WRFL gives students who are intent on being a DJ, having a career in broadcasting, or just want a way to get involved on campus a great opportunity to do so.
After talking to Alisha for awhile and reading the article I was still left with some questions. First, did the University have a broadcasting/radio program for students to use while in college. If so, what was it? If not, what could the university offer students who were interested in broadcasting as a career? This article has made me want to find more organizations that are more geared toward post graduation careers. For example, are there any organizations for people wanting to get into entertainment or TV?
Chris, you do a nice job summarizing and asking questions in all three of your blog posts this week. You also mention how you are not only reading articles but also talking to other students and visiting spaces, which is great. In the future, you could take these two "source" and write two separate posts. For example, you could have broken this post into 2 posts--one post talking about the article you read and another post talking about the tour you took of the radio station (including a picture you took of the station).
ReplyDeleteYou also need to make sure you provide the titles for the articles you are reading, and you should reflect on how these sources could specifically be used in a documentary.