{"id":34450,"date":"2015-06-19T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T14:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=34450"},"modified":"2015-07-07T12:29:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T17:29:00","slug":"the-misadventures-of-eddie-turner-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2015\/06\/19\/the-misadventures-of-eddie-turner-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Misadventures of Eddie Turner #1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following post is the beginning of a new weekly, fictional story about life in a college radio station. Join Eddie Turner as he tries to navigate through the weird world of college radio.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Misadventures of Eddie Turner, (AKA DJ New Guy) \u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">#1 Training Day<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">By Ethan Graham<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Well, I guess I should introduce myself to all of you. The name\u2019s Eddie Turner and I\u2019m one of the newest DJs for my college radio station, KDSK. \u00a0I\u2019m also a freshman here, so I\u2019ve got about four years and I\u2019d like to spend them here at this great station. \u00a0I\u2019m starting this journal, as a way of keeping track of some of my more memorable DJ shifts, which I\u2019ve had from time to time. \u00a0Also, the fact that I\u2019m a creative writing major is another reason for this journal, as one of my professors told us that we should journal at least once a week and I figured that a weekly journal of my shifts would be fairly easy to do. \u00a0Well enough about me and all that, let\u2019s delve right into day one, training day.<\/p>\n<p>My training was scheduled for the Monday before the start of classes. \u00a0I was of course a bit nervous, as it was the first time I had really met anyone from the station. Luckily, they held group training sessions so I wasn\u2019t going to be the only new person there. \u00a0I was unfortunately the last to arrive out of the four people for that time slot. I walked through the door to find a small office area with one desk and a computer, with a door behind that. \u00a0A short hallway that lead back into the station, and a room to the right that was full of CDs and records. There were two guys and one girl standing a little ways away from them, all\u00a0around my age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHi there, I\u2019m James and this is Matt,\u201d said the taller guy with glasses. \u00a0He extended his hand.<\/p>\n<p>I put my water bottle in my pocket and shook it, \u201cI\u2019m Eddie, good to meet you guys. Are you new DJs too?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matt shook my hand as well, \u201cYeah we are, you a freshman?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am, I\u2019m studying Creative Writing, what about you guys?\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/479260_10150707704271694_1023259310_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-34451 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/479260_10150707704271694_1023259310_o-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"479260_10150707704271694_1023259310_o\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/479260_10150707704271694_1023259310_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/479260_10150707704271694_1023259310_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/479260_10150707704271694_1023259310_o-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/479260_10150707704271694_1023259310_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, we\u2019re both Film majors.\u201d James said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s cool.\u201d \u00a0I said as another guy came out from the back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHello, looks as if everyone\u2019s here. I\u2019m Mark, the Programming Director here at KDSK 91.1 FM.I\u2019m in charge of the scheduling, as well as training the new DJs. First let\u2019s introduce ourselves, you know&#8230;name year and all that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m Eddie Turner, and I\u2019m a Freshman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll right, Eddie.\u201d Mark said shaking my hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m Matt Kensington, and I\u2019m a Freshman, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMatt, good to meet you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m James Walters, and I\u2019m a Sophomore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJames, all right!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The girl walked over and finally spoke up. \u201cI\u2019m Ruby Barnes and I\u2019m a Freshman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood, now we all know each other, let\u2019s move on back to the main studio so I can give you an overview of what you\u2019ll be doing when you\u2019re on air,\u201d \u00a0said Mark as he showed\u00a0us down the hall, to the right, into a room that was lined with CDs.<\/p>\n<p>There was a large soundboard on the main desk, CD players stacked to the right and two turntables. \u00a0A computer screen sat next to the soundboard with a keyboard sitting in front of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll right, this is the main studio. We don\u2019t allow food or drink in here, you know lots of expensive equipment and all, and we don\u2019t want any accidents. \u00a0You can leave that stuff at the front desk or in the other room. Now as you can see\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s kind of where I zoned out and was struck with the number of CDs and all the technical stuff. Mark continued on with what to say at mic breaks and when to play ads&#8230;the works of being a DJ. He was showing us the transmitter and telling us what to check to make sure we were broadcasting. \u00a0We all had crouched down to get a better look.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when I heard a weird noise&#8230;like water spilling or something. I felt a something on my leg. \u00a0No, it\u2019s not what you think. I didn\u2019t wet myself. the bottle of water was in my pocket, and when I crouched it began to spill on the carpet, leaving a decently sized\u00a0wet spot. Luckily I was in the back of the group. I quickly took it out of my pocket and tightened the lid and put it back. I didn\u2019t know what was going to happen so when we stood up, I stood on the spot so no one would see it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And once again,\u00a0please no food and drinks in the studio. Spilling water anywhere is a huge risk&#8230;a risk that none of you want to take,&#8221; muttered Mark as he rose\u00a0up from the transmitter.<\/p>\n<p>He waved for us to move as the rest of the group stood. I stepped off of the water stain and began to follow the group. Mark approached the door and came to a halt. He stared down at the floor and stared into the water stain. He then looked over at me and give me a quick smirk. He pushed the door open and continued to take us on the station tour.<\/p>\n<p>That was my first day in the station and it could have been a disaster. However, as long as I don&#8217;t keep my spilling my water bottle, I think I&#8217;ll fit in here.\u00a0I\u2019ll be back next week with more from KDSK, 91. 1 FM.<\/p>\n<p>-Eddie, DJ New Guy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following post is the beginning of a new weekly, fictional story about life in a college radio station. 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