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Journalism students produce Vox FM radio show
Kate McIlwain – 7 October
Second year journalism students at UOW have been experiencing life as radio DJs, by producing their own show on local community station Vox (106.9) FM.
Every Wednesday, different students from the radio broadcasting class run the lunchtime show and it's then podcast for people to download and listen to if they miss the broadcast.
“Slowly the students are building a solid student audience,” subject coordinator and radio lecturer Susan Angel said.
“Every week is generally a mix of current affairs and news, and also features interviews and stories from the university.”
The show varies each week because a different group of students work together to produce the show. Ms Angel said that because it is assessed as part of their University course, students must conform to protocols including no swearing and awareness of defamation.
They also have to include a mix of local news and current affairs, at least 30 percent Australian music, and have to design their own station identification and jingle each week.
Lauren Deighton, Matt Lathlean, David Phelps, Sam Kilborn and James Cooper named their show Lunchbox and presented a diverse range of stories on topics like comparative religion, sexting and music piracy.
The students said the experience of producing the show complemented their University studies
“Experience like this needs to be first hand,” James Cooper said. “You can only do so much with theory.
“We’ve learnt enough in two years and have the basic skills to completely produce a radio show.”
They also said the radio experience was helpful for their future career.
“I think this is very relative to my career path,” David Phelps said. “It’s good exposure and good experience, especially as I’m interested in a career in radio.”
Although classes for 2009 are almost over, Ms Angel said that the program would continue over summer and into 2010.
“I have a queue of students hoping to man the decks and mic over summer so it's an ongoing project,” she said.