By Scott Bigelow, Editor of UNCP Today On March 23 before their live afternoon broadcast, Brad Crawford and Robert Kelley were warming up by tossing the football around outside.
“The first shows were pretty bumpy, and we brought a lot of notes in with us,” Kelley said. “Now that we know what we’re doing now, it’s pretty smooth.”
Getting used to radio – with its “intros” and “outros” – was a steep learning curv for the pair, who are both journalism majors and former sports editors for The Pine Needle.
These guys know sports, and they have a great time talking about it. Today, they will talk about the NCAA basketball tournament, the NFL draft and a section on UNCP sports. Crawford is covering UNCP baseball for his internship with The Robesonian, the daily newspaper in Lumberton.
A sports stringer for The Fayetteville Observer, he also does commentary for live Internet streaming of UNCP football and baseball. Both say the opportunities and experiences they have had as undergraduates are unique and helpful in the job market too.
“It’s an opportunity I wouldn’t have had at UNC or NC State,” Crawford said. “I’ve been able to build relationships with coaches, players and the media.”
Kelley, who is considering a career in radio (“They pay you to sit around and talk about sports?”), agrees that working at WNCP Radio is a unique experience.
“Being at a smaller school allows us to have experiences like this,” Kelley said. “They actually asked us if we would do a show, and we jumped at the chance.
2 comments:
Southeast sports I thought you were gonna be talkin bout them HAWKS!!
-twol8
haha, I can if you'd like man.
I'm down with the Atlanta Braves in baseball, but Joe Johnson and Josh Smith certainly do their thing at Philips Arena on the hardwood.
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