Hey all! I'm new to the board, so to say a long time reader, first time poster. I'm looking to take some college courses in radio. I've heard ohlone and sfsu are the places to learn in the bay area. Any suggestions on what technical things I need to learn? I figure I'd like to learn Adobe Audition and RCS Selector. Are those the most important? Any others? Thanks in advance.
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It's been awhile (35 years!!), but City College of San Francisco was a great place to ACTUALLY work on the air in the afternoons on KALW (for the best students) and on the over-the-campus station for the rest of us...SF State was (is) impossible to get into for broadcasting because everybody went there...I think I would have gotten maybe 1 course that had anything to do with broadcasting/journalism and working on the campus station was out of the question...CCSF had just opened up a brand new Broadcasting wing and I worked about 4 days a week for an hour or 2 a day....was able to go directly to a 10am-1pm weekly job in Salem, Oregon on my aircheck from CCSF...the point being, at the time (& probably now) do you want to take classes or work...they can flip your broadcasting/journalism degree into a printer and use it as stock, but I'll take experience over a piece of paper
OHLONE College in Fremont is the place to go... IMHO. not only are the staff top notch and "in the biz" but alot of the alumni are "in the biz" also. top gear also, all digital RCS master control. 360 systems shortcut. but you still learn the basics like a pro. check it KOHLRADIO.com
Seriously! Ohlone! Amazing program. Good station. Great people. They teach you how to do it FOR real - and connect you to the workplace. Almost every job I have had has been somehow connected to KOHL.
Agreed on Ohlone. Nice facilities, and that is great in learning relevant tools of the biz in 2010. And the fact they have a consistent 24/7 format helps learn the importance of executing formatics while using those tools. Talent can't be taught... but format execution and general equipment/tools training can be, so that's a good place to learn it.
If I recall correctly, Bay area DJ Don Saint Johnne teached a course or two at Ohlone College.
Mike
Mike
I was at the Hayward Zucchini festival last year and there was something almost unheard of. A live radio remote. I was trying to figure out who would be doing it. Certainly not Clear Channel or CBS. Maybe KKIQ, I thought. But no. It was KOHL. Not just cut-ins either. They were running the station live from the Zucchini fest, music and all. Complete with a 450 MHz RPU. The kids were good too!
Dave B.
Dave B.
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