{"id":232,"date":"2017-04-18T23:04:24","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T23:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/claywrites.com\/?p=232"},"modified":"2017-04-18T23:05:06","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T23:05:06","slug":"what-its-like-to-do-live-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/claywrites.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/18\/what-its-like-to-do-live-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"What it&#8217;s like to do live radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I almost majored in communications while enrolling in university. Came real close. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.norvillerogers.com\/the-skinny-freshman-part-2-unknowns\/\">I did get a job in the audio lab but got fired<\/a> for being an irresponsible kid.<\/p>\n<p>It would&#8217;ve been real interesting had I pursued that route because years later when I came into my I own I learned two things:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>I love doing live radio.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m pretty good at it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>After being interviewed on-air a couple times for some work I did in the community, my book Undead came out, and I enjoyed a mini media blitz with a smattering of interviews including a nice in studio conversation in Pittsburgh at 101.5 WORD-FM. Before long, John and Kathy invited me to fill in as guest co-host when he vacationed.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cicwge4-4eU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For me, there&#8217;s nothing like showing up at a studio for the frenetic prep of an afternoon drive. You might have an hour to scan a couple books for whoever is being interviewed that day, but in that same time you have to be up on current events, including breaking news. I was on air the day Prince William and Princess Kate finally had their baby. I hadn&#8217;t paid much attention to that, but all of sudden we were leading the show with it and doing a spontaneous interview about some related topic.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_237\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-237\" class=\"size-large wp-image-237\" src=\"http:\/\/claywrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WORD-FM-w-Kathy-8-6-14b-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/claywrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WORD-FM-w-Kathy-8-6-14b-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/claywrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WORD-FM-w-Kathy-8-6-14b-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/claywrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WORD-FM-w-Kathy-8-6-14b-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/claywrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WORD-FM-w-Kathy-8-6-14b-1080x715.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With Kathy Emmons during commercial break.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Then there&#8217;s all the fun filler you have to come up with for non-interview segments. Sometimes you have to fill two minutes with the producer talking in one ear and your co-host in the other. It&#8217;s fast and furious, and you gotta stay on your toes. Many folks say it&#8217;s the last thing they would ever want to do. Guess I&#8217;m just wired to enjoy it and really loved doing those shows with Kathy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_129\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129\" class=\"size-full wp-image-129\" src=\"http:\/\/claywrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/PittvsDallasfood_wKathy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/claywrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/PittvsDallasfood_wKathy.jpg 960w, https:\/\/claywrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/PittvsDallasfood_wKathy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/claywrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/PittvsDallasfood_wKathy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/claywrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/PittvsDallasfood_wKathy-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">After moving to Dallas, I returned home to do some shows and tell Pittsburgh how bad their food is.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Of course, I love internet radio and podcasting to, so check out my show <a href=\"http:\/\/www.storymen.us\/\">The StoryMen<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quick glimpse into what it&#8217;s like to host a live radio show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/claywrites.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/claywrites.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/claywrites.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claywrites.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claywrites.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/claywrites.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238,"href":"https:\/\/claywrites.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions\/238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/claywrites.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claywrites.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claywrites.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}