My KUVO internship

This summer one of my goals was to get my College certificate in radio broadcasting. I needed 4 more credits from Pikes Peak Community College. This would hopefully help me get a job in the Colorado radio industry. My College radio instructor and friend, Sharon Hogg, helped me get an Internship at KUVO radio in downtown Colorado. KUVO radio plays jazz music. I was a casual fan of this station. I would listen ocasionally when they would have a pledge drive and I would also listen to some of the jazz music during summer evenings when there wasn’t a Rockies game going on. I was also familiar with some jazz music through my piano playing. Uri, my piano teacher and I have done some jazz music. My 2 favorite songs are Motorway Blues which was written by a British composer Pam Wedgwood and Capluey Louie which was written by my teacher Uri Rovner. I also enjoyed some of the KUVO radio personalities such as Susan Gatschet, Rodney Franks, and Carlos Lando. I never dreamed that I would have an internship there.I am now going to explain what my job was at KUVO. One of the volunteers there, Matthew Goldwasser, was working on a project to try and find the 100 best jazz artists from Colorado. This project will be used when they move into their new building in 2020 as it will be a featured exhibit. Matthew had a list of these artists that he would send to me to look up using my laptop computer. I would try and find music videos on YouTube and also try and find interviews of these jazz artists. I would copy the links into a word document and then I would send the file to him. I discovered that I liked jazz more than I thought, and I discovered I really like some of the Colorado jazz artists as well. My 2 favorite were Nelson Rangel and Amy Booth. An artist that I would have loved to hear more of her music was Ellen Rucker. The first time I heard Ellen on KUVO was with Rodney Franks during one of the pledge drives and I really thought she was a great volunteer that night. I also job shadowed one of the hosts, Andy O’Leary, host of Afternoon Jazz with Andy O from 1 PM to 4 PM. Tina Cartegena, Chief of Radio Operations, wanted me to get some experience listening to what Andy did on the air. I learned a lot from Andy. I learned how to get prepared for a show and I also learned what types of music that Andy liked to play during his show. All in all, my internship at KUVO radio was a success, the people who work there could not have been nicer or more helpful, and I am looking forward to receiving my certificate in radio broadcasting as I got an A for the Internship. I am also looking forward to volunteering at KUVO one day a week at the end of September or the beginning of October.Thanks for tuning in.