My First Week @ JAMN 94.5

My "wake-me up" at 5:30am

 The first week at my internship has been amazing so far! I've only been there for a short period of time and I've already learned so much. On Tuesday Justin gave me an over view of all of my responsibilities as a Production Assistant which I already posted a separate blog where I give details. 

This week I did many things. I came up with great ideas for the show, which included topics and discussions that they can have on the air. I created mini biographies on artist. I also podcasted all of the on-air segments and handled the ticket give-aways as I usually do.

What made my first week really amazing was when I had the amazing opportunity to go on live on the air! The topic of the day was about gay people and I I got the amazing opportunity to educate the morning listeners on pansexuals and what it means to be attracted to personalities instead of gender. I was on the air for about 10 minutes. If you want to listen, you can go to jamn945.com and click "podcast", and the title of the segment is "Our New Intern is a Pansexual", I podcasted the segment myself.

I got amazing feedback from Santi after I was on the air, he told me I was funny and that I made him laugh, and he re-assured me that thats a very good thing. I also am now "cool" with Ashlee. I went and got an omelet for her (which I am very happy I did because now I feel very comfortable talking to her), and she even let me use her charger because my phone died. I can't forget to mention the the entire reason why I was on the air was because of Justin. He's the one who went inside the studio and let the team know I was pansexual and open to talking about it on the air.

Mariela Sanchez

Communications Internship

Senior Year

Production Assistant Responsibilities

This is the building where JAMN is located

As a production assistant intern for JAMN 94.5 I have many responsibilities. Bellow is a breakdown of all my responsibilities as the only intern at the entire station:

Schedule:
Tuesdays & Thursdays 5:30am-10:00pm

Location:
10 Cabot Road. Medford Massachusetts.
I take a taxi there every morning (price ranges from $15-20) and the train back to the Back Bay (only $2.00)

Duties:

• Podcast all on air segments. This means I have to add all the content that was on the air to the online website and this is also where the iHeart radio content comes from.

• Manage ticket giveaway. So basically when ever they say the "cue to call" on the air, I have to run to the phones and count for caller 25. I have to take caller 25's information, add it to the paperwork (which will go to the promotions team), and also give the caller's information to Ramiro so he can say it on the air. We do ticket giveaways 2 times during the show on a daily basis.

• Create mini-biographies. So every morning I have to go on Nextgen, which is a program that shows all the songs that go on the air, and I have to write mini-biographies on the artist that are listed on nextgen. The biographies consist on basic information, such as their age, hometown, recent news such as gossip, ect.

• Come up with ideas and topics. So if I feel like something in the show sucks, I can write a detailed explanation as to my I think it sucks or why I think it should be changed. If I ever come up with a great idea, I can also write about it and submit it to Santi. I can also come up with cool discussions for the show, and cool topics to talk about. I really think this is where I will get the opportunity to shine and demonstrate my creativity.

• Create games for the show. Self explanatory. Basically if I come up with any pranks, I can submit then to Santi, and if he thinks they are cool, they will consider doing these pranks on the air.

Mariela Sanchez
Communications Internship
Senior Year

The Amazing People I Work With!

I am very excited to announce that I am now the new intern at JAMN 94.5. I am working side by side many incredible people. I am looking forward to learning as much as possible from these people who I grew up listening too on my morning drive to middle school, high school, and some college. I am very excited to make connections with these people as I admire their positions and work. This is also the station that I have always wanted to work for in my area. It plaays hip-hop music and is exactly in my comfort zone. Bellow are pictures and mini biographies I created to let you know some of my new co-worker's backgrounds.

Ramiro Torres, who is also know as "The Freaking Puertorican" has literally been working at the station for decades. I grew up listening to him every morning, along side his former co-host Melissa and Pebbles. He is very popular for his Jam Scams and also for being hilarious. He attended New England Institute of Art and initiated his radio career at JAMN as an intern (like me). He worked his way up from being an intern, then hosting nights, then afternoons, and finally in the year of 2001 he became the official host of the morning show for JAMN. He is someone I admire very much as he is considered a minority such as myself, and despite our statistics, he is very successful and has proved many wrong.

Santi Deoleo, who is also know as "Krazy Kulo"has also been working at JAMN 945 for ages. On the air, Santi was known as the crazy stunt man who would do outrages things, often times encouraged by Ramiro. He eventually became the co-producer, and in 2007 he became the Executive Producer of the morning show. Now, since 2012, Santi has put Krazy Kulo to the side and is now on the air as himself, but still continues to talk about crazy things and continues doing crazy stunts. He is also Dominican. His parents migrated to this country (another thing we have in common) when he was 2 years old. He attended Endicott College where he earned a Communications Bachelors degree. He actually started off as an intern (such as myself) in the year 2000, and 14 years later, he is still there. I consider Santi a role model because he has put Dominicans on the map by also breaking statistics, becoming very successful. I look forward to learning from him and I look at him as a mentor.

Ashlee Feldman is a recent member of the morning show. I don't know much about her, except that she is originally from New Jersey, and attended college in Northeastern University, where she was the captain of the woman's basketball team. She was also part of the Real World New Orleans cast. Even though I don't know much of her, I also look forward to working with her and getting pointers. Since she is also very fresh to the radio world, I feel like I can relate to her and I think I have potential of connecting with her on a different level than the guys.

Back in 2012, I interviewed with JAMN 94.5, but I wasn't able to get the internship because with my old college, I was not eligible to receive academic credit because I had already interned somewhere else. The guy who interviewed me for the position was Justin Aguirre, who is now my internship supervisor. Luckily, I kept in touch with him after that interview, and he forwarded my internship to Kiss 108, which is why I think I got  my internship with Kiss 108 during the summer. He is also the one who I am actually working with the most now at JAMN. He also started as an intern and he is teaching me how to do everything. He does all the behind the scenes work and I am looking forward to help him do all the pod-casting, ticket give-aways, and more. He graduated from Salem State University.

Mariela Sanchez

Communications Internship

Senior Year