If you’ve ever walked into Mr. Brady’s classroom, you can tell something is always going down, whether it’s endless entertainment, creative music playlists, productive discussion, or just pure chaos. So when we heard about his newest project, a student-run radio station currently called Radio Bob, we knew that it would be way more than just a simple class activity. We were super intrigued and excited to learn more, so we sought out Mr. Brady to find out more about this mysterious radio station. Let’s get right into Mr. Brady’s responses!
First, we asked for a general overview of what this radio station is and who the target audience is. Mr. Brady explained that Radio Bob is an online, student-run radio station that’s still in its beta phase. It’s completely free for BISV and non-BISV listeners and has already been gaining plenty of attention! It’s still in its beta phase, but it already has around 200 listeners out of a school of 800. Right now, it’s mainly focusing on school-related content like live sports coverage and student-picked music playlists, but the goal is much bigger. “It’s meant to be a place where students can express themselves,” he said. “A platform for kids to share their work, their interests, and just have fun doing it.”
Next, Mr. Brady went on to mention that the target audience isn’t limited to students. Families who can’t make it to games, teachers who want to support their students, and even alumni can all tune in. “People like sports,” Mr. Brady says. “There are always families who can’t be there in person, so the local coverage would really help.” He hopes the audience can spread beyond the BISV population, whether it be by word of mouth or by social media.
Radio Bob isn’t just about sports or announcements; it’s meant to be much more than that. Giving students the freedom to experiment and express their creativity is crucial in allowing this radio station to succeed and eventually become completely student-led and independent. Students help create everything: sports coverage, music, and even random funny segments. Virtually anything can be put onto this station: whatever people want, people get! Potential ideas include mukbangs (except they consist solely of eating sounds and no video) and gaming sessions. It can get as fun and creative as students can make it! Radio Bob is about creativity and having fun. Mr. Brady hopes to include original student music, local artists, and what he calls “dumb, funny teenage content.” He laughed, saying, “It’s cool when students can actually hear their own work on the station.” And it’s completely true! Only students will know what other students truly want. Great minds think alike, after all. Therefore, it only makes sense for us students to be the ones in charge of the content of the station.
The team’s next step is improving quality. Right now, most shows are live, but the goal is to make more polished, pre-recorded content. “It takes more editing and planning,” he explained. “But it’ll sound a lot better.” Once the content becomes more polished, Mr. Brady hopes to spread the word through homeroom and maybe even social media. “Once the shows have regular listeners, people will start tuning in more often,” he said.
Right now, teachers can share feedback and volunteer students through a Schoology page, but Mr. Brady wants to make this radio station more public and content-rich. He’s hoping that as more students get involved, the station will grow naturally.
Finally, when asked a more negative but very realistic question, “what could make the project fail,” Mr. Brady was very honest: “If students aren’t in charge. If they lead the creative process, they’ll feel invested. But if no one puts effort in, it won’t work.” But no fear! As students deeply invested in this radio station, we will do our best to keep this station up and running and attract a bigger audience with our upcoming content. We hope to achieve this by collaborating with the Journalism Club to broaden the range of topics that we will cover! We hope that you, our readers, will help support Radio Bob by tuning in once our content expands and becomes more diverse. Stay tuned for updates!
Contact Mr. Brady, if you want to be a part of the journey!
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QUESTION OF THE BIG BRADY
THE ACTUAL INTERVIEW 😀 (not part of article)
- What made you want to do this
- I always want to work with kids and partner with kids send to teachers but no one listens
- Trans athletes
- Making a platform so you can do what you want to do
- How will you reach a larger audience and actually have people listen
- Looking at data people like sports
- Always families who cant make it to the games so the local sports coverage is helpful
- Next stage: higher production, requires more editing and planning
- Non-live: writers take weeks to produce, higher quality content
- Replays when there is more content
- Local music, student music
- Inclusion of more artists
- Want dumb funny teenage content
- More students can hear their own work on the station
- General overview
- Primarily still in beta phase
- Seeking to expand
- Online radio station
- Sports games
- 200 listeners – school of 800 ppl
- Students play own music and showcase some of the work they do
- Show off and stuff yay yay yay cool stuff and experimenting
- How do you plan on telling people about this – spread
- Have content then bigger premier of the station through homeroom
- Few times a week
- When shows have established following, people will start regularly tuning in
- Qotd
- If you were to see this fail, where do you think it would go wrong
- Problem has been students not being in charge
- If students can be in charge of the creative process, they will feel more invested in it
- If no effort is put in, nothing will come out of it
- Best part is the skibidi toilet
- Feedback?
- Not really 🙁
- Teachers can currently share feedback and volunteer students
- Schoology page that can be made more public (with more content)
- Any last words
Nope nonononono good okay sweet
