News Letter

Tia Wilson 

Beaver, Ut 

Communication: Media Studies 

Leadership Engagement Center 

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Thunder 91.1 Student Station Manager 

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My project was an internship working at SUU's campus radio station Thunder 91.1. My official position was the Student Station Manager, but I was also a co-host of the morning talk show the Morning Brew. As the Student Station Manager I acted as the head of the station under the Faculty Station Manager Cal Rollins. I was essentially the student in charge of any goings on at the radio station, this included event planning, trainings and overall knowledge of the radio station. 

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As the co-host of the Morning Brew I acted as the main host. Along with two other students we came in each morning and ran a two hour morning talk show. As the main host I was in charge of producing content for the show. I also helped produce and record many of the promotional commercial's for the show and the radio station. 

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I decided to use this as my EDGE project because I love music. I got involved with the radio station as a pass time during my second semester at SUU and fell in love with being in the studio. When I was offered the position of Student Station Manager I thought it would work perfectly as my EDGE project and motivate me to get the most out of my internship. 

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Although my entire internship was challenging, the hardest thing for me was time management. This internship was about 20 hours a week of work and I was doing this all while attending other classes as well as working another job off campus. I think this internship taught me a lot about organization and managing all my responsibilities. 

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This project not only benefitted me, but also the school and others that work for the radio station. The radio station is a representation of SUU and by managing it and the way it sounds in a way to accurately represent them was great. I also helped teach and train others about how a radio station works. 

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This project was really beneficial for me because I hope on one day having a job at a big time radio station and making that my career. Working in a functioning studio and learning about all the media and software used to run the station will give me a leg up when applying for jobs in the future!