What it’s like to be a radio student.

You’ve seen our blogs, heard us on air and seen our social media posts. But what really goes down in the Radio and Television program at NAIT? I’ve been here for a year and a half, and as my time on NR92 ends I want to share some things that are common here back when school was in person.

Wacky promotions.

In each semester there is some form of a promotion. Since we are new to the radio world we don’t know what works and what doesn’t. So when we create campaigns they are always… dare I say, unique. Take this one for example. Choke the chicken. The choke the chicken team created this strange campaign to help students de stress during finals. But as you can probably assume by the name alone, it was very strange, and thus created some hilarious content. Including a few downloadable wallpapers, like this one.

Crazy assignments!

Of course your own assignments may not seem crazy, but with up to 13 other radio classmates and the television student too you are bound to get sucked into a strange yet fun assignment that isn’t even a part of your mark. Take this one for example, Karlie was a T.V. student and had to re create a music video, but needed people to preform in it. Scott, Merick and I, who are all radio students agreed to help. None of us knew how to play the instruments but it was extremely fun!

Your creativity shines

In any media position you need to constantly be coming up with new and creative things. Whether it’s for a promo, commercial or anything else creativity is key. Originally I was worried that I would run out of creative juices, however I found that it actually increased. One thing that was a big highlight was the after hours shows. All of the content and branding for it is on you and really gets you thinking outside the box. Like this, the logo for my show Fantastic Females, I got a friend to finalize the logo for me, but the concept was my brain baby.

Technology glitches.

This has increased since school is online now, but tech is always breaking. Whether it’s Adobe crashing, teams glitching or Moodle saying that you’re assignment is say almost two years late. It can be annoying at times, but at the end of the day, is a funny thought to recollect on.

Most importantly. You meet incredible people.

Sadly I don’t have a picture of our entire class, but I can easily say that every single person that I met here in radio is my friend. Spending a year and a half working together has given us a bond that I don’t think will ever disappear. I have met some of my best friends through this program and I wouldn’t trade that for the world

On top of that every single one of our instructors put in incredible effort in order in order for you to get the best education possible. They are willing to help you in whatever way you need, and it made getting through this year and a half a breeze, thank you.

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