Podcast Idea - WVBR

[Jack Cognetta]

Elynah Faithful,

You asked for it and you shall receive!

After looking through the message posted about a Cornell hockey podcast, and I think this is a great idea! As the Sports Director at WVBR, I think this is a great opportunity to create a fan-based show about Cornell hockey.

Here is how it will work:

WVBR will hold an audition similar to "Dream Job" for ELynah fans. Those interested in wanting to be on this weekly podcast/Cornell Hockey Show need to email a short position statement to sportswire@wvbr.com indicating their interest.

The deadline to submit your position statement to that email address is by this Sunday, November 6th at 11:59pm.

The WVBR Sports Team will then organize all of the submissions, and ask the interested candidates to come into the WVBR studios for a special audition. You will be asked to write up and deliver a 2-minute report on Cornell Hockey - the content of it is entirely up to you.

WVBR will record all of the auditions and then we will post the audio files on a web site where the ELynah fans can vote for who they think will be best for the weekly podcast/show. Criteria should be based on on-air voice, knowledge of Cornell hockey, and willingness to come and do a podcast every week.

The individual with the most votes will be an on-air personality for the podcast/Cornell Hockey show!

In order for this to work, I need feedback from all of you. Let me know what you like about this, what you don't like, and we can make improvements.

One important thing to keep in mind, the winner of the audition will have to pass the WVBR radio staff test and go through a short training process that should take about an hour in order to be legally cleared to be on the air. The staff test is very simple, and we give you a study guide with all of the questions and answers ahead of time.

Let me know what you think!

Jack
Sports Director, WVBR-FM

[Will]

This is a great idea and all, but I have one big recommendation: You really need to do this with more than one person.

[Jack Cognetta]

Hey,

The way it would work is, I would be on the show along with two other sportscasters who are very knowledgeable with Cornell hockey from WVBR and then the 4th person would be the ELynah fan - we can even open things up to having two winners if need be - make it a forum of 5 people who can talk about hockey.

I can even arrange to have guest interviews with players and coaches on the show/podcast.

Jack

[calgARI '07]

What should the position statement consist of?

[Jack Cognetta]

The position statement should briefly state a short bio about yourself, your passion for sports/journalism, and why you are interested in doing the show.

Jack

[Will]

Here's a stupid question: What night of the week would you likely record the podcast/radio show?

[Jack Cognetta]

Hey,

We would record the show every Sunday (early in the afternoon) and it would be available for download that same afternoon. I think this would make the most sense, especially since games are usually Friday and Saturday.

Jack

[Beeeej]

Jack, just a suggestion based on previous experience with this crowd:  Don't set up a web-based voting system. :-D

Beeeej

[jbeaber1998]

Jack, Thanks!  I definitely think it would be great.  I wish I was still up there and had the ability to be involved.  Please let us all help by putting the auditions up on the site.  I would love to be able to be involved from California!  Thanks again!

-John

[Pace]

[Q]Beeeej Wrote:

 Jack, just a suggestion based on previous experience with this crowd:  Don't set up a web-based voting system.  

Beeeej[/q]

Hey! Lenny got those 85% fair & square! :-D

[Jack Cognetta]

Hey everyone,

Thanks for all of your suggestions. I really appreciate it.

A couple of quick things - do you guys really think it will be a problem to have fans vote on the site? Do you think it will become more of a popularity contest than a competition about who will be best for the show?

Also, John, what I was envisioning was that we set up a new web site, uploaded everyone's audition files, and include a poll where people could vote for who they thought was best. What do you think?

Jack

[jbeaber1998]

That sounds great!  Just keep usposted.  You will have no lack of people interested in critiquing others around here