Category: David’s World
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19 Years Old and Still Going Strong
Sunday, September 5th, marked the 19th Anniversary of my radio show, “Sunday Matinee”. I began hosting this Sunday show in a 12:30pm-2:00pm timeslot on Sundays back in 1985. That was my sophomore year at Case Western Reserve University. After a couple of years the show was expanded by 30 minutes to air from 12 Noon-2:00pm…
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Top Speech Evaluator in Northeast Ohio
On Saturday, April 24, I competed in the Northeast Ohio District Toastmasters Speech Contest. I was one of eight contestants in the “Speech Evaluation” contest, which measures a contestant’s ability to provide helpful feedback to a given speaker. The target speaker gave a humorous recount of a day in her life in which everything seemed…
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Almost made $2000!
Yesterday, April 18, was the “Telethon Edition” of my weekly radio show. This is the once-a-year radio fundraiser that the radio station holds to solicit support from listeners. My goal was to raise $2000 in pledges over his 2 hour show. It was an exciting (and vocally tiring two hours), and ALMOST made it to…
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How to Beg
One of my most recent projects was preparing a website for WRUW’s fundraiser, which begins today, April 12, 2004. Each year, I have provided training to the staff on how to correctly craft and say cohesive and compelling appeals for money over the air. Over the years, it has become known around the station as…
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David wins another speech contest!
Last night, March 29, David competed in a Toastmasters Speech Contest. This contest, called the “Evaluation Contest”, is a competition to see who can give the best feedback/evaluation to a speaker. David took first place and proceeds to the next level of competition on April 24! That competition will be for “all the marbles” at…
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WRUW goes Digital!
Yesterday (March 20), the WRUW Tech Crew installed a digital studio-to-transmitter link. This unit uses high-frequency transmission to send the radio station’s studio output over to the transmitter located about 2 miles away. This new “digital” unit replaces an older “analog” unit that had been in operation for about 15 years. The resulting switchover gives…