Ever wonder what it would be like to be a broadcast disc jockey? Here's your chance.
Radio broadcast teacher Ed Dailey and four of his top students at Tri-Tech Skills Center in Kennewick will be teaching a radio broadcast Community Education course, giving 25 people a chance to step behind the microphone.
"This is our fifth time to offer it, but we haven't had the class in two years," Dailey said. "I can easily say this: It's the only chance for a person to actually have a chance to work on a radio station anywhere that I know of in Eastern Washington."
The class is from 6 to 8 p.m. each Tuesday between Jan. 19 and March 9. The class costs $84, plus a $25 supply fee.
"We'll be helping people understand what we do and what we're all about and broadening their horizons and showing them that radio's more than just being on the radio and it's more about speaking and opening yourself and growing up as a person," said Shaddai Henle, a senior at Kennewick's Southridge High School, who will be helping teach the course.
Participants will be given a chance to do a live newscast, public service announcements and voice tracking for shows. Dailey said in the past they have brought in professionals from local radio stations to speak to students.
Janet Yourstone enrolled as a student in the last class after recently moving from California. Her experience led to a part-time job at UROCK 95.3 FM radio station.
"It led to a real radio job," Dailey said. "Our oldest person to ever take the class was 82."
Students will be using professional software Adobe Audition, Pro Tools, Nexgen and others.
"It's a lot of fun, but a lot of hard work and it's something to be taken seriously, but if you open your mind up, you can learn a lot," Henle said.
For more information or to sign up, go to ksd.org/communityed.
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