Tuesday, September 18, 1934
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Daily Ncbrcskan
ENU sportscasting . .
Continued from Psr;3 10
While these play-by-play com
mentaries give students expe
rience, placement In sports
broadcasting Is very difficult,
Graves said.
"Snorts broadcasting is
so highly specialized it's hard to
get a good Job in the Held," Graves
said. The fact that it's so highly
competitive and there arc so many
people getting into it contributes
to this R3 well. "If a person can
meet someone In the business or
get a contact somewhere, that
could be their biggest advantage,"
Graves said.
With the popularity of Graves'
class Increasing, it's difficult for
students to get as much expe
rience as they might in a smaller
class. Three of the former broad-
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casting students have done some
thing to remedy the problem.
Vonn Jones, Jim Hose and Ward
Jacobson have taken over the
KRNU sports program, "NU D(
Sports Saturday," to All a void
their classes couldn't.
The show airs every Saturday
at 11 a.m. Jones produces the
show, while Kose and Jacobson
play host.
Their 30 minutes includes hlsn
schpol football sports, major col
lege football reviews and guest
interviews. The show premiered
Sept. 1 and guests have included
Craig Sundbcrg and Mad Mike
the self-proclaimed cheerleader
for Nebraska r ports.
According to Rose, who also
works as an assistant under
Graves, the show was done as a
class project list year.
"I think the show has Improved
quite a bit this year because the
same people are putting it togeth
er every week," he said. "Lost year
it was a little inconsistent because
new people hosted the shew every
week," Hose said.
Jacohson, Jones and Hose are
acnlor broadcast majors, and be
cause their show Is not affiliated
with a class, they take all respon
sibility for it, including financial
needs.
Vc'rc ctnrtb;j to develop a
small following, but it's hard to
attract an audience when we have
to pay for advertising and every
thing else," Jacobson said.
The show is broadcast live on
campus usuallyjust outside Mem
orial Stadium.
"At 1 1 a.m. on Saturday morn
ing a lot of people are out, espe
cially on days of home football
games," Jacobson said. "People
see us and it makes for great
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exposure."
While Jacobson and Hose are
hamming it up on the air waves,
the mastermind and engineer of
the show, Vonn Jones, Li busy tak
ing care of things behind the
scenes.
Jones Is In charge of what airs
on the program and how long the
program segments are.
All three vork for commercial
stations on a regular basis.
Jones Li a disc Jockey for KFRX,
while both Iioce and Jacobson
work at KFOIl In Lincoln.
Rose began dcir.g short sports
stories for KFOB end htri now
worked Mj way up to pby-by-play
commentaries cfh'ch school
games. He alio does ctrlngcr re
ports for the AEC radio network,
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for a network station b the pay
scale Is a lot higher," Rose said. "1
have really begun to realise what
it's like to work for more than a
local station," he said.
Jacobson's duties include late
night air shifts, but Ke hope3 to
get into a sports related broad
casting job after graduation.
"The ultimate job for me would
be to have my own sports show
plus do play-by-play for a station
someday," Jacobson said.
Even though Jacobson will be
graduated in December, he hopes
the three of them can continue
their show throughout the bas
ketball season.
"It's extra work for us and a lot
of times we end up planning the
show late Friday or early Satur
day morning, but we work well
under pressure," Jacobson said.
"And it's a let of fun."
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