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RADIO CONNECTION STUDENTS AND MENTORS
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Sitting in a classroom, if you want to actually be in
broadcasting I don’t think sitting in a classroom is really fun because
being in broadcasting, they can’t write something on a board that you
are going to learn. Me working with Chuck actually it was exciting
because he does the job already. So I know everything that comes out of
his mouth is out of experience and he went through it already. So what
better person to look up to than to somebody who is already doing it.
So after I left the program I decided that I wanted to keep in touch
with Czar and Chuck because they just taught me so much and it was I
think everybody should do it because its such a hands on with somebody
already in the program, you feel a little bit more professional as
opposed to just sitting in a school with somebody that’s never done in
their life. Career Connections gave me 3 choices and when they actually
told me that it was going to be Chuck Dogg from Power 105.1, I was
surprised because first going into Career Connection I thought they
were going to put me in any little radio station, no name radio station
but when he told me it was Power 105 I was kind if like in shock and it
was intimidating at first but I took the opportunity and it was a lot
of fun and Chuck is such a down to earth person that you would think
that he was really going to really be like well I am the one that talks
on the radio but he wasn’t like that. He is a great guy.
Stephanie Swaazo - Radio Connection Student
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am Mayan Levinson. I am a graduate of the Radio Connection. I worked
with Sam Greenfield here in New York and I am currently working at two
stations, actually a couple of stations. I am doing a weekend gig at a
radio station out in Amagansett, New York, WEHM and I am also traffic
reporter here in the Metro New York area for Bloomberg 1130 as well as
Cereous Satellite Radio and its been a great experience. Sam and I
worked together regularly coming into the studio here at WWRL. We would
sit together; he would critique some of the stuff that I was working on
news reporting, traffic announcing and just different styles and give
me a good critique of how to pronounce certain words or just a general
demeanor about approaching the subject and then Sam has been
instrumental in introducing me to a woman he worked with at Metro
Shadow traffic and she was able to get me into the door. I passed along
my demo to the woman who develops the talent relationships and the
talent development and through that connection I was able to do many
months of trading back and forth. Finally get this gig that’s just
recently started, working for Bloomberg Radio.
Mayan Levinson - Radio Connection Student
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would recommend this highly to anybody who is interested. First of all
you save money because you know what you want to do. So you go to where
you need to get the information without spending a whole lot of
additional money. And then other than that the fact that you get hands
on experience with highly talented people you can’t ask for much more
than that because they can’t teach you that in college.Dan - Radio Connection Mentor
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