The All American Potion Radio Show

The All American Potion Radio Show write up

            Monday nights at 7 DJ Brother and DJ Wolfman set up the radio station just the way they like it. The DJs bring in their own lamp so they don’t have to use the bright studio lights and they hang up an American flag since their show is called The All American Potion. Unfortunately last Monday night when we went to film DJ Brother was running late and did not have time to grab his lamp or American flag to set the mood for their show.

            The All American Potion plays a wide variety of music from classic rock to funk, Monday nights between 7 and 9 on WWLR 91.5. The show is hosted by roommates Adam Brothers (DJ Brother) and Ry Wolfel (DJ Wolfman). DJ Brother started the show in the spring of 2009 and has kept the show going with a few other DJs over the years. Recently he started hosting the radio show with Wolfel.

            According to Brothers, after a long weekend when Monday comes around and no one is looking forward to school, the radio show is a great way to start off their week. He says its something to look forward to, usually people have the Monday morning blues but for Brothers and Wolfel they have the Monday night jams.

            They always start their show with the national anthem since its called “The All American Potion”, sometimes they even sing along to show their patriotism. Around 8 the DJs play what they like to call “The Main Ingredient to the All American Potion”. For “The Main Ingredient” they usually play a longer song for about 15 minutes so they have time to use the bathroom or smoke a cigarette.

            According to the Djs its pretty easy to get your own radio show, you just have to go to the WWLR club meetings at the beginning of the semester and talk to the board of directors or Nick Brien, the man in charge. WWLR wants more students to join the club so they are eager to give anyone a chance on the air.

            Elias Hantzis, the radio traffic director, who was not their when we filmed, says his job is to make sure Brothers and Wolfel keep a record of the songs they play and the times they play them. “The basic rules are, treat the place better than your house, don’t leave it a mess, fill out the operation log and if you have any guests make sure they fill out the operation log as guest.” Hantzis says.

            The rules are pretty simple: Be respectfull of the station, don’t swear on air, keep a record of who is in the studio and all the songs they play, and don’t play more than two songs by the same artist. The DJs don’t always agree with the two songs by one artist rule, they play what they want to hear.

Written By: Bryan White. Video filmed by: Bryan White and Ryan Holmes. Edited by Ryan Holmes, Rich Hansen, Bryan White. Audio Interviews Recorded and Edited by:Bryan White

Ryan Goes Fishing Video

Fishing Video Write up

 One major recreational activity that many Vermonters take part in is fishing, whether its ice fishing in the winter, in the summer time, or fishing in the rain like our video.

 There are many places and opportunities to fish in Vermont whether you chose to go to one of the giant lakes, ponds, or one of the thousands of tiny streams. There are always fish to be caught if one knows where to look and what they are doing.

 However, nobody will get far without a fishing license. The state of Vermont requires that all people must have a legal fishing license in order to cast their line. If caught without a license by fish and wildlife, a sort of nature police, you can get stuck with hefty fines and lose your ability to obtain a permit for a number of years.

 The repercussions of getting caught without a license may be steep, but getting one is not that hard. Pretty much any outdoors shop such as a gun shop, sports store, or town office supplies fishing licenses. A few signatures, some paperwork and a small fee, somewhere between twenty and thirty dollars, and the license is yours.

 Just because you have your license now does not mean you can go rid the world of all underwater life. There are stipulations and regulations that apply and many times their specific to what body of water you are fishing in. For example one lake may be catch and release only, another may only be fishable during certain months of the year, another may have size limits to what you can keep.

There are over fourteen fishable species in Vermont including trout, bass, and pike. To learn more about Vermont’s outdoor activities visit http://www.vtfishandwildlife.com/ and for some information about where some good spots to fish may be visit http://www.scenesofvermont.com/fishing/index.html

For our video we started by driving to Village Sport Shop and filmed the different equipment along with Ryan Holmes buying his fishing license and asking the woman where he could fish. Next we drove to Blake Pond Road in Sheffield and I filmed Ryan fishing in the pond in our friend’s backyard. He caught a few fish and we used a waterproof camera case to try and get some unique shots underwater. Everything went well except when we came back to try and edit the program Dan told us to use Kept freezing and would not work for Ryan, so I  tried editing using I-movie and it worked great, Richie wrote up the great report above this paragraph. All together the project came out good but our audio could have been better.