ON THE
radio
- YEARS
- College years
- LOCATION
- Erie, PA · Philadelphia, PA
- ROLE
- On-Air DJ
- WITH
- BVZ Radio · WHIP Radio
01 — THE STORY
College radio put the DJ booth on air: first at BVZ Radio during my freshman year at Penn State Behrend, then at WHIP Radio at Temple University.
At BVZ Radio I hosted Hip-hop Heaven, a weekly show playing the top hip-hop and R&B records while promoting and interviewing local Pittsburgh artists. Radio added a new discipline to the booth: building a show, pacing it, and keeping listeners with you from the first track to the last. Those BVZ Radio mixes still live on SoundCloud.
02 — WHAT I DID
- 01Hosting Hip-hop Heaven, a weekly show on BVZ Radio at Penn State Behrend
- 02Interviewing and promoting local Pittsburgh artists
- 03Shows with WHIP Radio at Temple University
- 04Recording and sharing mixes online
THE CHAPTER — IN THREE SCENES
- IHow it started
Freshman year at Penn State Behrend, BVZ Radio put my sets on the air for the first time.
- IIThe turn
At Temple I joined WHIP Radio, while Media Studies & Production classes pulled me toward the camera.
- IIIWhat I carried forward
Radio taught structure: an open, a build and a close. It’s the same shape as a good film.
03 — HIGHLIGHTS
04 — SELECTED WORK
Penn State Behrend → Temple University
- Hip-hop HeavenBVZ RADIO · WEEKLY SHOW
- BVZ RadioPENN STATE BEHREND · FRESHMAN YEAR
- WHIP RadioTEMPLE UNIVERSITY
- DJ DBO on BVZ RadioSOUNDCLOUD ↗
