On Friday, September 11, the KJZK Sports team broadcast another Kingman Bulldogs football game. They lost, but man, did we have fun.
- This is where we work.
- This is where they play.
Here is Saturday’s edition of Coaches’ Corner:
Live Football on KJZK
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This Just In: Fight Like a Physicist
My copy of Fight Like a Physicist, by Jason Thalken, PhD, just arrived. This is YMAA‘s latest book. I served as Dr. Thalken’s editor, and it was a real pleasure.
Do you know what I call a good day at work? It’s when I’m reviewing a prospective manuscript and by page 30 I say, “Oh yes. We’re publishing this.” That was the case with Fight Like a Physicist.
Reflecting on the arrival of his first book, Dr. Thalken recently posted this note on his website:
Looking at the book again with fresh eyes, I can imagine it’s going to piss a lot of people off, and that’s fine. You can’t advance human knowledge without annoying the people who were happy with the the state of the world before you came along. All I can really hope for is that for every person who gets pissed off as a result of this book, two people start to ask tough questions about how they train or what it really means to be safe.
Here’s a look at the author in action:
Good stuff. This guy will go far.
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Focus on Your Health Is Now in Syndication
Here’s some exciting radio news. Focus on Your Health is now in syndication.
As always, you can catch it on the K-Jazz Radio Network, Saturday mornings at 11:30. Beginning this Saturday, however, it will also air on 106.3 FM, KNTR, “the talk of the tristate.” On September 27 KNTR will add a Sunday time slot as well.
K-Jazz: Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
KNTR: Saturday at noon. Sunday at 5 p.m.
It’s a big step for this little show.
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Kingman Bulldogs Football on the Radio
Lots of radio news lately. Let’s start with football.
My pal Tom Erickson of the K-Jazz Radio Network secured an agreement to carry Kingman Bulldogs games on 90.7 FM, KJZK. He asked me to work on the broadcasts with him. He’s calling the action; I’m producing and running the board. It’s too much fun.
The first home game was Friday night. We had twenty days to prepare, which isn’t as long as it sounds.
One of my big assignments was to create “the open,” an exciting sequence for the top of the broadcast. The first step was finding the right music—in this case “There’s a Fire in the House,” by Steve Vai.
I don’t like using other people’s sounds, so, whenever possible, I go out and collect my own. I grabbed my shotgun mic and spent some time on the sideline, in the huddle, and in the locker room. Then I recorded Tom improvising a few calls—in a parking lot.
- Recording voice-overs in a parking lot.
Here’s the finished product:
I also wanted to create a station ID. I grabbed some drums and headed into my studio to put together a one-man drumline. Later I recorded Bulldogs coach Greg Tonjes doing the read. Here it is:
These are high school games, but our mission is to create radio worthy of bigger stadiums and bigger budgets.
Here are a couple of shots from game night.
- View from the booth.
- Shotgun mic plus wombat, up on the roof.
On Saturdays after home games we are also producing Coaches’ Corner, which features the Bulldogs’ coaches and players. We’re broadcasting from Canyon 66 Restaurant & Lounge at the Ramada in Kingman.
Here’s a look at the program in action:
- Coach Nate Grigsby is seated closest to the camera. He looks serious in this shot, but the guy is a riot. He walked in and said, “I’m just here so I won’t get fined.”
And here is the first edition:
More football news soon. I love this job.
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Now Streaming: Focus on Your Breasts
This week—on a dare—Focus on Your Health becomes Focus on Your Breasts. It’s the best of breast health, featuring Dr. Christopher Johansen, Sharon Kolb, Jennifer Rosebrock, Teri Williams, and Maggie Willis.
Recorded at Kingman Regional Medical Center and the KRMC Imaging Center, Kingman, Arizona.
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