radiobrain Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Does anyone know of any books or websites that I can use to help guide my son in his interest in radio? I do not care what it is. He is not an easy nut to crack, and has few interests....so now since he wants to go into radio (interesting choice, sweetie) I want to give him some materials to look at. TIA! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Not sure, but maybe you can call your local radio station and ask if they would let him come in for a tour and to chat with them etc at some point, and maybe while you're there, you can ask them for ideas as to resources you might use to further encourage his interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald Stoker Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 nm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brightside Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 That is a neat interest! Just looking around I found this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Robyn Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Would he be interested in starting his own podcast? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiobrain Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 (edited) Would he be interested in starting his own podcast? This might be the direction I am going in. I have no idea how to do this, though. He is taking a FREE radio production class at the end of the month, and I know people at a few stations around here... so I suppose if I think about it, I am on the right track already. He might be interested in ham radio, I will ask. He has already built an awesome crystal radio. He's not too into the mechanics, it's the production. He loves Prairie Home Companion, Wait, Wait don't tell me...and old radio shows. His weekends revolve around the local public radio schedule. :confused: As far as the retro part goes, it would figure as we are an old technology house. ;) I wish there was a book like this "Hey Kid! Everything you ever wanted to know about radio!" Edited July 9, 2011 by radiobrain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 This might be the direction I am going in. I have no idea how to do this, though. He is taking a FREE radio production class at the end of the month, and I know people at a few stations around here... so I suppose if I think about it, I am on the right track already. He might be interested in ham radio, I will ask. He has already built an awesome crystal radio. He's not too into the mechanics, it's the production. He loves Prairie Home Companion, Wait, Wait don't tell me...and old radio shows. His weekends revolve around the local public radio schedule. :confused: As far as the retro part goes, it would figure as we are an old technology house. ;) I wish there was a book like this "Hey Kid! Everything you ever wanted to know about radio!" What if your family volunteered to staff a phone bank during the next local public radio pledge drive? That might give him a chance to meet local staff who do local shows. Try to think about what those shows have as component parts. Speech, storytelling (Jim Weiss did a great workshop on storytelling at the Cincinnati Convention; he may have podcasts on his website), interviewing, extemporaneous speaking (think of how the hosts of those shows play off of guests or callers). Poetry Out Loud might be a good experience in reciting pieces in front of an audience in a compelling way. Could he do a radio adaptation of a favorite story? Either a children's story (like Rabbit Ears Radio) or a longer book (think of the BBC readings of a book in a week or two). Or what about something like the shows that focus on a particular place's sounds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna T. Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 I am :bigear: because my 9 year old has the same interest! I was a bit floored when he began to talk and ask about radio, especially about broadcasting. I haven't had any good ideas YET but I have asked around a bit and my community has a ham radio club so I plan to see if he can go to one of their meetings. I heard that only adults can participate in ham radio but I'm hoping someone will talk to him and tell him about what they do, maybe show him their equipment and how it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorax Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 You may also want to look into college radio if you have something local. When I was involved we sometimes let kids from the high school help with shows in the summer and the station was also part of the summer youth program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Also, have him watch these fun videos from the Connecticut School of Broadcasting on this page. The ancient David Letterman one is priceless, just for the art on the office wall. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Robyn Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 This might be the direction I am going in. I have no idea how to do this, though. He is taking a FREE radio production class at the end of the month, and I know people at a few stations around here... so I suppose if I think about it, I am on the right track already. He might be interested in ham radio, I will ask. He has already built an awesome crystal radio. He's not too into the mechanics, it's the production. He loves Prairie Home Companion, Wait, Wait don't tell me...and old radio shows. His weekends revolve around the local public radio schedule. :confused: As far as the retro part goes, it would figure as we are an old technology house. ;) I wish there was a book like this "Hey Kid! Everything you ever wanted to know about radio!" My husband used to work in radio and he says: Download Audacity for free, but Adobe Audition is better. Get a cheap microphone to plug into your computer. Record your podcast, and edit it in the software that you have. You can edit it, add music, whatever you want. Then choose a podcast service. Some are free; some are not. There is some design work ther. Usually you can just pick a template and fill out the information like a blog, basically. And you'll be able to start uploading. Try to link it so as many things as you can, and you'll start getting listeners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 My dad is a HAM radio operator and worked in radio before moving TV many eons ago. His entire career was spent in broadcast engineering, the guy behind the scenes on your local TV channel. I used to go to work with him at least once a year. It was way cool, way back before the digital age. I would also add a TV station tour to your list. He could still get an idea of what happens behind the scenes. You could ask to sit in on a news broadcast, ask if you could sit in the control room. As I kid I thought it was just as cool as watching NASA's control room on TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandra Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Boy Scouts has a Radio merit badge -- the merit badge books are well written IMO and cost under $5. Some sporting goods stores have them, local scout shops, scoutstuff.org Here are the requirements for the mb; http://usscouts.org/mb/mb093.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Here is an internship as a future goal with NPR maybe? http://www.npr.org/about/careers/internships.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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