Palin-who?

I woke up this morning later than usual...since it's my day off from my internship, "all" I have to do is work at BYU Television International today.

When I woke up, one of the first things I found out was that John McCain had caught us all off-guard by reaching deep into left field for his VP pick...first-term Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. I don't think ANYONE expected that. And maybe that's why McCain picked her. I mean, who had even heard of her before this morning? Probably no one but the 670,053 residents of Alaska. That's about the population of the college town I live in during the school year. And I don't think the Mayor of Provo is qualified to be Vice President.

"Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency." - Bill Burton, Obama campaign spokesman

Sarah Palin
Governor of Alaska

As I broadcast industry-insider, I did enjoy watching the media scramble to come up with information and video about her, in an attempt to try to explain this inexplicable choice. It should be fun to see what happens in the next few days as we near the Republican National Convention.

The only thing I can say is that I, along with millions of others I'm sure were hoping his pick would be Mitt Romney. I fear this choice will help Obama win in a landslide, and this morning the Obama camp is drawing up a statement addressing the issues of bringing in someone "without experience" who is "under investigation in her own state" etc. Others note that choosing a woman as his running-mate may further help McCain attract those disgruntled voters that still support Hillary Clinton.

Only time will tell what the repercussions of this choice will be, but I am now mentally preparing myself for 4 years under a democratic Presidency.

KSL Sports Radio Internship

Anyone that looks at the date on the previous post will see that I am pathetically behind on my Blog. Well, I've been inspired by the faithful dedication of my new boss to HIS Blog.
If you recognize him, it's because he is a local celebrity. I say local, but his influence is far-reaching. His name is Greg Wrubell. You may know him as "The Voice of the Cougars."

Yes, out of the I'm-not-sure-how-many people who applied for the internship, I was the one lucky soul who was selected. So, KSL Radio has now become an integral part of my life, and will be for at least the next 14 weeks or so.

Thus far, it has been great. Greg is awesome to work with, and I feel like I'm actually part of the action and that what I am doing really helps.

The schedule for me is thus:

Mondays, we have a BYU Football press-conference at Legends Grille from 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. That's where we gather our audio for the week's radio segments. Coach Bronco Mendenhall and two players are the speakers.

Tuesday through Thursday, I drive up to KSL's Headquarters in Salt Lake (in a car that probably shouldn't be doing that--I'll get into that more later), and I'm there from 6:00 - 9:00 a.m. That's when I cut up the audio from the press conference, teleconferences, the Bronco Mendenhall Show, etc. into usable soundbites for air.

Saturdays (or gameday) I am once again in Salt Lake for the pre-game show, the game, and the post-game show. It usually takes about 8 hours. As I haven't yet done this, I'm not sure exactly what I will do there.

Greg Wrubell's Blog:
"Cougar Tracks"