There will be a station management meeting on Monday October 6th at 12:30 P.M. All management of WMCB is required to attend!!!

There will be a station meeting on Wednesday, October 8th at 12:30 P.M in the campus radio station(M010). Everyone is invited to attend, even if you are not part of the station. We will be discussing the upcoming Halloween Remote. Hope to see you there!

ATTENTION STUDENTS:

There will be several TV Studio organizational meetings for students on the following dates in the TV Studio:

Monday, October 6^th-1-1:30pm

Tuesday October 7^th- 12:30-1pm

Wednesday October 8^th- 9-9:30am

You are welcome to come to one of these meetings to discuss what your involvement in the TV Studio and availability for the semester.

I am offering different times for the hope that all interested students will be able to attend one, and they will be 30 minutes long.

Thanks for your patience!

-Lisa VanValkinburgh

The summer of my Sophomore year at Medaille I decided to pursue an internship in media promotions. A friend of mine worked at Citadel Broadcasting, which owns and operates 103.3 The Edge, Mix 104.1 and 97 Rock. I applied for an internship but I ended up getting hired on the spot, for a part time job. Working at Citadel was one of the best part time jobs that I could ever imagine.

As a promotions employee at Citadel, I was required to work station events, concerts, and DJ Appearances. Working an event required set up of prizes and a prize wheel or contest. During the event, I was required to get people to come spin the prize wheel to win  a prize, sign up to win cool items, or just to come talk to me, to see just how cool Citadel really is!

During my time at Citadel, I learned a lot. I learned how to come out of my shell a bit. To be a promotions employee you have to be very outgoing and you have to be able to talk to complete strangers. That was something I was good at. I also learned how to think on my feet. Often times, things don’t go as planned, that with anything. While working at Citadel, sometimes things got crazy, and I had to improvise and remain calm in order to keep things running smoothly.

Along with meeting the personalities of each station, I also got to meet some really cool people. I worked the Edge Fest and got to meet Amy Lee, Korn, and Hell Yeah!! I worked numerous events with Bills players and Sabres players present as well.

Another cool thing about working at Citadel, was watching everyday people actually win cool prizes. Two of the best prizes that I witnessed being won were  a brand new car and tickets to The Ice Bowl. It’s not everyday where you get to work at a cool job and make others happy too.

The only down side to working at Citadel is that in order to drive the station vehicle, employees have to be 21 years old. A lot of events require only 1 employee who can drive, so if you arent 21, you really dont get to work too much. During the summer, I had a packed schedual working everything from bison’s game, the Erie County Fair and even the Taste of Buffalo. Once summer ended, there really wasn’t much work for me, other than on weekends, since I wasn’t 21 years old.

All in all, my time at Citadel was a lot of fun and very worthwile for me. I learned a lot about promotions and radio in general and I had fun doing so. Not many part time jobs can actually be that cool!!

How about WMCB? WMCB is the Medaille College Radio Station also known as WMCB The Lizzard. The Campus Radio Station is run by students with the direction of Lisa VanValkinburgh and Lou Pozantides. Students serve as the radio station DJ’s. There are currenly many open on air slots in desperate need of being filled. Possible show ideas include but are not limited to  music, sports, talk shows,  and news shows.

If you aren’t in to on-air stuff, maybe promotions is your thing. The promotions team is always looking for help with station events, hanging flyers and gettting sponsorship.

Although these are unpaid positions, they look great on resumes. Employers look for job experience when hiring, and WMCB would be the perfect addition to any resume.

 Did I mention that WMCB is the only club with its own lounge? Interested in being a part of WMCB? Stop by the radio station at M010.

The summer after my freshman year I began a summer internship at WKBW-TV , also know as Channel 7. I started attending Medaille with the idea that I wanted to be a news reporter, and channel 7 semmed like a great place to start.  After interning at Channel 7 for the summer, I soon realized that being a news reporter was definitely not for me. If I hadn’t completed my internship at Channel 7, I would have no idea what its like to be a news reporter. Even though I didn’t want to be a news reporter, I still feel that it was a great learning experience for me and I am glad I had the opportunity to do it.

My internship was in the news department, so for most of the day I sat at the assignment desk, with the assignment editor. I got to answer phone calls when they came in, being as polite and professional as possible (which is pretty hard when people call up with the dumbest questions). Calls that were of great interest I had to write down contact information, so that if a reporter was interested in doing a story, they would be able to get ahold of them.

Another part of my internship in the news room involved inputting press releases into the computer system.  Press releases would fly out of the fax machine like crazy. It was my job to include all pertinent information (WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY and WHO) and add it to a calendar on the computer so when the date of the event neared, it would pop right up.

When I wasn’t in the news room, I got to learn a lot about the field. I travelled with both reporters and camera men to get the information about a story that was needed. My all time favorite news story was one that involved a trip to Cirque Niagara, in which I was able to meet the acrobats and pet the horses!

Now, you are probably thinking to yourself, ” Is she crazy? It sounds like fun to be a news reporter”. I am sure it is, but just not for me. Going into my internship, I thought of news reporters as glamorous, but I never realized how much work they have to do. Am I afraid of a little hard work? No way! I am a firm  believer in working hard for something that you are passionate about.  I personally want a job with more “normal” hours, because getting up at 2 am, really won’t go over too well with me. That’t not the only reason why I decided not to be a news reporter. Being a news reporter seemed like a much too serious job for me. I want a job that I can have fun with and show off my dynamic personality. 

Want to learn more about pursuing a career as a news reporter? Click here!

If you would like to be involved with The Perspective, there will be meeting on Tuesday September 23rd at 4:00 P.M. in 73 Humboldt, next to public safety. All are invited to attend.

Get your copy of the Medaille Perspective today for all the local college news you need! Opinions, sports, distractions, news, features and much much more! What are you waiting for?

Attention all Communication Freshmen and transfer students. Don’t forget about the pre-internship meeting set for Wednesday, September 17th from 12:30 PM to 1PM in H-107 Huber Hall.

Some very important information will be presented including a representative from Career Services who will be on hand. Hope to see everyone there!! For more information, contact Professor Lou Pozantides at professorlou@aol.com.  You may also call him direct at 880-2164.

As we have just finished about two weeks of school here at Medaille, big changes are just around the corner for the Communications Department. As students have return back to campus, and new ones enter, Communication students will find that there will be a brand new TV Studio to learn and operate in a month or so. Brand new, state of the art equipment will be available for students to use as a learning tool in the world of TV and production. Check back for more details on when the TV Studio will be opened.

A note for students in Professor Whitehead’s MWF SPE 130 classes: this is the schedule that has been set for students to give their first major speech - the assignment is on the course weblog at http://spe130.wordpress.com.

I’m trying to use MedailleOne to send out the message to each student, but that system is clunky and slow. . . .

For Section 02 (11:30-12:30)

Wednesday: 9/17

Amanda B, Kayloni, Shannon, Cassidy, Joseph, Canon, Tamara, Cristina

Friday: 9/19

Jeffery, Amanda K, Brandon, Kacie, Micheal, Corinne, Erik

Monday: 9/22

Jordan, Ricky, Amanda W, Adaia, Lauren

For section 07 (1:40-2:40)

Wednesday: 9/17

Alexis, Kathryn, Sarah, Matthew, Mike, Amanda J, Erica, Shelby

Friday: 9/19

Abe, David, Katrina, James, Nick, Deanna, Joelle

Monday: 9/22

Alexander, Eric, Nichelle, Theodore, Brittany