-: Well I've been a really big fan of podcasts
since I was pretty young
and I grew up in Fluvanna County
which isn't too far away from here.
But podcasts and listening to news radio in particular
was one of the first things that really helped me
start develop my own sense of curiosity.
And I think that radio is a medium
both with music and storytelling
is just a really unique opportunity
to get people's attention
on things that they might not sit down
and read a whole book about
or seek out on their own.
I think it's also a really great opportunity for community.
It's really one of the only forms of media
that's all about conversation.
You know, like there's no camera.
It's really all about what people are saying
and listening to people talk to each other,
which I also think is just an opportunity
for really unique stories and kinds of storytelling.
I think one of the biggest challenges is that
I and a lot of the people who work at the station
often get, you know, asked to do stuff
that maybe we weren't officially,
professionally trained to do.
And so just sort of picking up stuff on the fly
and taking responsibility for things
that you might not feel 100% prepared for
and learning from the mistakes and stuff.
And then also trying different promotional things
and never quite knowing what's gonna stick
and what's gonna succeed.
And that's a big thing that my boss is all about.
The general manager, he's like we're just gonna try
a bunch of different cool, creative approaches
and learn from what works really well
and also learn from what isn't as popular.