Dadio's Lunch Bucket Radio Clinic
Posted by Bob Keith in category Dadio's Lunch Bucket
A little over six months ago it came to my attention that some folks in Janesville, Wisconsin, were starting up a new "community" radio project. It would be dubed Janesville Community Radio. They were seeking host and volunteers et cetera. Not being able to walk well anymore, I need a sit down hobby. Having done a tid-bit of radio before, and having enough media material from my Web site and blogs to do two years worth of show, I gave them a jingle. Long story short, I was asked to start the next day.
So far it has been Internet based. Licenses have been applied for, plans have been drawn up, and if it actually ever does go on FM radio, the call numbers are 103.5 FM. The project is to be a non-profit entity.
The latest goal is to switch on the FM some time a year from now. There has been studio wrangling; we were being donated a basement studio in a building in downtown Janesville. The owner moved away and degreed he would need 250 bucks a month..., and oh yes, the doors are only open 9 a.m. to noon, Monday through Friday. Yikes. My show, the Lunch Bucket has been camped out for a month at Jeff's Coffee Bar on the west side of Janesville..., pending some resolution to the studio kurfuffle.
The Lunch Bucket Radio Clinic is heard live on Tuesdays from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Blog Talk Radio via the Internet. The pod casts can be found on Janesville Community Radio Blog Talk; or, I preferr our own Web site dadioslunchbucket.com . We are up to show 36 this coming week.
Several shows have already come and gone. Survivers include: The original show which has a taditional interview with local movers and shakers and personalities, Discover Janesville; an eclectic and comedy genre show, Open Mick; political show Civil Discourse; and, our own hodge-podge of all of the above, Dadio's Lunch Bucket Radio Clinic.
What's the premise of the Lunch Bucket? Imagine sitting around at lunch break at the work site chewing the fat with co-workers and contractors.
What's the word "clinic" imply? We have had several remote shows, many from taverns and coffee shops. Remote pod casting is a periless endevor at best. If it can go wrong, it has. Hence..., it's a radio..., clinic.
What could possibly go wrong? You need power; you need good WiFi or a hard line; you need mixers for the mics and the head phones; you need a couple good computers to pull it all off; you need an adaquate location to set up; you need guests; you need a couple people to set up and break it all back down; you need to do homework on your show plan; and, maybe most important..., you need to show up on time and every week - week after week.
The Lunch Bucket crew has learned that wireless juke boxes can wreak havoc with a broad cast. Mixers and power strips can be forgotten to be turned on. Wires may get plugged into the wrong sockets. Dials can be forgotten to be turned up or may be bumped out of whack.
But unlike countless other well-meaing show ideas that have come and gone, the Lunch Bucket crew perserveres now for 36 straight weeks.
Tune in live or listen later to the pod casts later. Or, better yet, pop in to Jeff's and sit in on the show. We always have four microphones. It's like starting a business out of a garage or worse yet, when we pile our equipment in my car, it is actually like running a business out of the trunk of a car..., and not getting paid.
Here's some Web addresses with information regarding the Lunch Bucket:
http://www.dadioslunchbucket.com
http://janesvillecommunityradio.com
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/janesvillecommunityradio
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