Those Topics We Don't Like.

Today's topic is going to be something that people who aren't even into broadcasting need to understand. Everyone has fears. There is nobody in the world who has been able to ever say that they are 100% completely fearless. For me one of the scariest fears in broadcasting is being in the middle of a conversation and then finding yourself stuck. What I mean by that is whoever you are talking to has suddenly touched on a subject that you know little to nothing about. For me this subject is usually sports. Often there are times on air when sports various sporting events are mentioned, and I understand the public wants to hear about them. So if I'm on air and have no idea what is going on in the conversation then suddenly, I'm going to panic. This has happened a few times while live on Riot Radio at Durham College.  I eventually learned that the only way that I could conker this fear was to force sports news inside of my brain the day that I had to go on air. This way I was assured that I had confidence, knowledge, and an opinion on the latest sports trending topic. I have used my own fear to boost my knowledge in certain areas of broadcasting this way. All of this means that my advice to anyone out there who is interested in broadcasting is to be prepared to research subjects that you may care absolutely nothing about. Just know that at the end of the show, you will be a better broadcaster because of your determination to do this.