WJPZ at 50 - Tim Swartz VIDEO

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   Chapter 1: For half a century, WJPZ Syracuse has been the greatest media classroom on the planet. 297s · Speaker 2

   For half a century, WJPZ Syracuse has been the greatest media classroom on the planet. We've trained students from the 1970s to the 2020s on how to run a professional radio station. But the lessons learned and relationships formed go far be…

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   Chapter 2: recently and uh you know what you do your freshman year doesn't really matter you know one of my best friends is my cousins oh yeah is you know was on espn full-time he was 24 25 and he didn't even he wasn't involved in any student as a freshman so i got involved as a sophomore the man in my sophomore year used to be like a senior would be the sports director but when i was there the sports department had become pretty thin and none of the seniors or none of the juniors that were going to come seniors were interested in becoming sports director we might have only had like one or two so um i was a sophomore And they always hire a new sports director when lacrosse season is going to start. 299s · Speaker 3

   recently and uh you know what you do your freshman year doesn't really matter you know one of my best friends is my cousins oh yeah is you know was on espn full-time he was 24 25 and he didn't even he wasn't involved in any student as a fre…

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   Chapter 3: So there's an innate sense, I think, throughout the year as of when there's a thin staff, whether it's on the music side, the sports side, or the staff in general, that you've got to recruit. 299s · Speaker 2

   So there's an innate sense, I think, throughout the year as of when there's a thin staff, whether it's on the music side, the sports side, or the staff in general, that you've got to recruit. You've got to bring people and sort of keep that…

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   Chapter 4: uh what the heck story i i've i've totally i actually told you yesterday somebody you know beyond the play-by-play i would do stats and do just like different odd jobs um and i was working at a gymnastics event And I was like doing stats. 261s · Speaker 1

   uh what the heck story i i've i've totally i actually told you yesterday somebody you know beyond the play-by-play i would do stats and do just like different odd jobs um and i was working at a gymnastics event And I was like doing stats. T…

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   Chapter 5: So I want to dig a little bit deeper on this because I'm fascinated by this. 307s · Speaker 2

   So I want to dig a little bit deeper on this because I'm fascinated by this. And I'm sure a lot of our sports folks and gamers and both are too. So first off, when you're reading the copy, when you're starting off, does it get monotonous? B…

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   Chapter 6: I don't know if I'm saying this right, but it felt very much more commercialized. 313s · Speaker 2

   I don't know if I'm saying this right, but it felt very much more commercialized. You know, Marshall Street, not that many of those mom and pop places like Chicago. That's just kind of reality. I was telling people it's almost like a metaph…

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   Chapter 7: um because there's so many of us and it could be a little um you know cheer rah rah or just like hey i went to circus and i usually don't tell people that unless they ask me um or i'll bring it up like because it's just i understand our reputation but when i was a senior our sophomore class At Z89, we had Mike, who's on ESPN. 314s · Speaker 2

   um because there's so many of us and it could be a little um you know cheer rah rah or just like hey i went to circus and i usually don't tell people that unless they ask me um or i'll bring it up like because it's just i understand our rep…

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   Chapter 8: Whereas now with the transfer portal, people constantly in and out. 231s · Speaker 1

   Whereas now with the transfer portal, people constantly in and out. It's kind of sad for me that you can't build the relationships that you could before. But anyways, to get to my point, I was making before, sorry. I would suggest making it…

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   Chapter 9: The WJPZ at 50 podcast is created entirely by the staff and alumni of the world's greatest media classroom. 26s · Speaker 2

   The WJPZ at 50 podcast is created entirely by the staff and alumni of the world's greatest media classroom. It's hosted by John Jagay, class of 2002. Imaging by Maureen Cooper, class of 1999. And Ed LaCombe, class of 1985. Podcast artwork b…