2008 Woodie Awards
Getting WYRE'd: Without YSU radio station of their own, students turn to podcasting
Sarah Sole, News Editor
Issue date: 11/27/07 Section: News
Slideshow: Life in the recording studio at YSU
Hovering over a recording studio monitor in Bliss Hall, Youngstown State University sophomore Steven Peterson's voice exploded into a microphone.
"Jesus Christ! Chris, stop killing everybody for the love of God!" Peterson bellowed.
"Oh, my legs!" he continued, his voice dissolving into indecipherable yells.
He was recording these dramatic sound clips for his audio project, an assignment that lets students practice audio editing to compose a short work of fiction. Working on an audio project for his audio productions class, the telecommunications major's voice surprisingly survived the screaming he did for the recording.
Though he had seemingly mastered the art of dying through his computer speakers, Peterson aims to become involved in a decidedly different audio medium: a student-operated podcast.
While some feel dissatisfied with WYSU-FM's content, the new podcast, called The WYRE, could offer students a chance to broadcast radio content in an alternative form. It would be an answer to the absence of a YSU college radio station, since some students think implementing a traditional radio station would be difficult.
For his part, Peterson believes in the new medium.
Sitting at a table outside the recording room with fellow telecommunications majors Shaun Brown and Chris Meeker, Peterson explains that podcasting has become the new standard because of its convenience.
"I think I'd rather hear something than read it," he said.
"We can be like 'The View,'" he said, referencing the popular daytime talk show with mock enthusiasm, as Brown and Meeker laughed.
Peterson has more serious plans for The WYRE as well.
"If possible, music would be awesome," he said.
Hovering over a recording studio monitor in Bliss Hall, Youngstown State University sophomore Steven Peterson's voice exploded into a microphone.
"Jesus Christ! Chris, stop killing everybody for the love of God!" Peterson bellowed.
"Oh, my legs!" he continued, his voice dissolving into indecipherable yells.
He was recording these dramatic sound clips for his audio project, an assignment that lets students practice audio editing to compose a short work of fiction. Working on an audio project for his audio productions class, the telecommunications major's voice surprisingly survived the screaming he did for the recording.
Though he had seemingly mastered the art of dying through his computer speakers, Peterson aims to become involved in a decidedly different audio medium: a student-operated podcast.
While some feel dissatisfied with WYSU-FM's content, the new podcast, called The WYRE, could offer students a chance to broadcast radio content in an alternative form. It would be an answer to the absence of a YSU college radio station, since some students think implementing a traditional radio station would be difficult.
For his part, Peterson believes in the new medium.
Sitting at a table outside the recording room with fellow telecommunications majors Shaun Brown and Chris Meeker, Peterson explains that podcasting has become the new standard because of its convenience.
"I think I'd rather hear something than read it," he said.
"We can be like 'The View,'" he said, referencing the popular daytime talk show with mock enthusiasm, as Brown and Meeker laughed.
Peterson has more serious plans for The WYRE as well.
"If possible, music would be awesome," he said.
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Natasha
posted 5/21/08 @ 1:34 PM EST
Nice topic
Thanks
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