It's My 1 Year!

October 1st, 2007--a slightly timid, but extremely excited college graduate walked into the Magic 104 studio, took a seat behind the mic facing her new co-worker, and began her start as Nikki Martinez. To think that 1 year ago I was starting off at Magic with only a combined year of on-air experience from 3 different radio stations and only known as "Nicole the Intern" or "Intern Nicole." I had the production experience under my belt--a good 2-3 years--but it was the on-air stuff that I was still shaky on, which was the only fault in my resume and the only reason why bigger stations wouldn't hire me. Low and behold, a station in NH decided to take a chance on me, and in a year I believe I have grown soooooo much on the air, not only with a co-host, but also by holding my own. I can carry the conversation if I need to, and I can run the show by myself with really no problems.


Now, hear me out, I will always continue to grow as a radio DJ--if I didn't, let's just say I would become boring and possibly even canned a few years down the road. If a DJ ever tells you they don't have anything else to learn, that is a crap-load of BS. Technology continues to grow, stories continue to become more detailed, music comes by the tons now, and listeners continue to vary. Even though lots of people have Satellite Radio or CDs they listen to all the time, radio will always have a HUGE place in the media, and people will always want to check in.


To celebrate my 1 Year at Magic and up here in the Mt. Washington Valley Area, I decided to chill, take a nap, and order a Stuffed Crust Pizza for dinner (I didn't know you could only order a large, so I have lots of leftovers for the next day or 2)! I know, not a big celebration, but I have my birthday coming up soon, so I think that'll be a little bigger.




I like to believe that after this first year, I have become a bit more wiser, a bit more confident, and definitely more experienced in the ways of the Radio Personality World. Hopefully this next year will be filled with more experiences and maybe, just maybe, the station will finally get out of the stone age and start online streaming.


Goals for this next year:
1. Try to Post on this blog at least 3-4 times a week (I hope all who read will enjoy)
2. Get Magic streaming online (my family could finally hear me live)
3. Interview someone as big or bigger than Justin Guarini (F.Y.I.--nice guy on the phone)
4. Have my Midday shift become a request lunch style show (I want to make a person's day by
playing a song they request)
5. Stay safe during the winter again
6. Possibly learn to ski
7. Have either a family member or friend visit me from the south
8. Put together a kick-butt air-check for future job hunts
9. Edit my paper resume
10. Look into bigger markets (the White Mountains and Magic have treated me so well, but I
need to start looking into my future plans and future savings)
11. Build a snowman (I didn't have the time last winter)
12. Do some hiking with friends



If I think of more, I'll be posting them so I remember. Oh, and as you can tell, I decided to make some adjustments of my own to my blog--I sometimes just feel inspired to do so :)