Students can get radio experience

CU Panther Radio is not your typical campus station.

“CU Panther Radio is an internet radio station, so it is not a regular radio station like 93.7 FM. It’s basically a streaming service,” said Dr. Luis Almeida, interim chair of the Department of Mass Communications.

Almeida wants CU Panther Radio to grow with involvement of students.

“What the department wants to do is for radio on demand and for students to come in and make their own podcast, music, music shows or radio shows with their own music,” Almeida said.

“It is also to help students with their resumes and for students to get jobs from working on an internet radio station and having some type of job experience,” Almeida said.

Almeida said the radio work can help students when it comes to broadcast journalism as they get experience in being part of station that features news and sports. It also can help students practice with recording their voices and making sure they have the right sound quality.

“I really want students to consider adding a class called Sound Production 1 with Dr. (Patrick) Stearns so they can practice how to use sound and so Dr. Stearns can help the students have a good speaking voice,” Almeida said.

As to rules and regulations about which students should know regarding starting a podcast or being a DJ, Almeida said:

“One of the biggest rules is according to the FCC, we can’t have any foul language and not talk or discuss sexually explicit content. The entire radio station has to be clean and if there is any foul language, it has to be edited out. … Otherwise it’s going to be a problem."