Episode 1 Summary

Amanda and Natalie introduce the show, the support hosts Annie and Stephanie, and the chat room moderators Natalie M and Malaika, as well as Mr. Montagne, the technical wizard. This broadcast is focused on next Tuesday's presidential election.

There is a live chatroom on the Ustream.tv site where listeners can ask questions and comment on the show as it is broadcast. There is a password to access the broadcast, and it may be periodically updated depending on our necessities. Also, just to clarify, broadcasts are only audio, although there is a picture slideshow playing simultaneously.

There will be 2 shows per month on Wednesdays, with each show lasting from about 45 minutes to an hour. A typical show will consist of a news roundup, an interview, school news, a music set with licensed music, an interactive poll, and a post show lasting for about 10 minutes after the regular show that is a bit less formal and light. You can subscribe to our broadcasts as a podcast through the iTunes link on the right hand side of this page.

If you have any particular ideas for the show, click on the link to the right labeled "Feedback and Story Ideas." Click this link to fill out a form if you have any creative ideas for upcoming episodes, news story suggestions, or suggesions for improving our show. We'd love to hear from you. You may also leave this information as a comment on one of the blog posts as well. If you would like to subscribe to blog posts, enter your email in the box on the top right hand corner of the blog.

We're broadcasting from our seperate houses by using Skype, a free computer-based client. The audio feed is then sent through the ustream.tv channel fory ou to listen too. From time to time, someone may be dropped from the Skype conversation or the show may go completely off the air. Please be patient as we try to perfect our use of the technology to create this live experience. All of this technology is relatively new to us, and we're still getting the hang of things.

Please keep irrelevent comments in the chat room to a minimum, as it makes it difficult for us to pull questions and comments productively. For a better broadcast, please be respectful, as inappropriate users will be booted from the chat.

Enter a design for the logo, due Wednesday, November 26 at midnight. No copyright images are allowed, and the design must be completely your own. Send us the logo as an attachment to casti.gator.radio@gmail.com. The winning design will be selected through a live vote during the first broadcast after Thanksgiving.

Campaign 2008

Doug Symington, from Victoria, British Columbia, talked to us from Canada as a Canadian citizen. He spoke about his point of view on the upcoming presidential election.

News

Barack Obama gave his address today, the Phillies won the world series today in the fifth game against the Tampa Bay Rays, and an entire beach of 1,500 lbs of sand was stolen from an expensive resort in Jamaica.

Music Set: We Shoot the Moon

We played the songs "Water's Edgen," "Sway Your Head," "On Your Way," and "Into the Blue."

Closing Statements

Thank you for listening, and we'll see you next Wednesday, the 5th of November, at 6:30 Pacific to discuss the previous day's election.

Show #2-Wednesday, November 5th at 6:30 PM Pacific Time

If you haven't received your fair share of media coverage surrounding Campaign 2008, then join the Gator Radio Experience this Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 6:30 pm as we recap the US election. We'll be joined by a really interesting mixture of guests who will share their perspective on the election. The guest list includes:

• Ishan Sinha and Julia Rothacker, two politically engaged students from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
• Natalie Morin and Angela Moore, two Castilleja students who will be sharing about their experience volunteering at polling locations election day.
• Eileen Donahoe, National Chair of Women for Obama.
• NEW: Vinnie Vrotny, a resident of Illinois, who was actually at the rally in Grant Park on election day!!
  

In addition to our conversation regarding the election, we'll also feature a music set by Lido Beach of Los Angeles, CA and do a local, national and international news piece. We hope to see you this Wednesday (or perhaps Thursday in your corner of the world!) for our second Gator Radio Experience broadcast!

Pacific broadcast start: 6:30 pm on Wednesday, November 5th
GMT broadcast start: Thursday, November 6th at 02:30

Click here to find out what time the show begins in your time zone.

Click the link that says, "Listen live and join the chat," in the links section along the right-hand side of the page to tune in.

The show is password protected, so talk to a GRE project team member or email/DM Matt Montagne for the password if you want to listen in and participate.

Gator Radio Experience Podcast #1

Audio from our first show on Wednesday, October 29th with special guest Doug Symington and music set by "We Shot the Moon." Thank you to all of our guests who listened live and contributed in the chat room. We hope to see you for our next live broadcast which is scheduled for Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 6:30 pm Pacific.

You may either listen to the recorded audio from our show by clicking the play button in the player below or by subscribing in iTunes by clicking the iTunes icon to the right.

http://gatorradio.wikispaces.com/file/view/2008-10-29_Gator_Radio_Episode1.mp3

Listen in!

To listen to the broadcast on October 29th, follow this link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/gator-radio-experience

Feel free to join in the chat room to ask questions and comment on the broadcast.

Join us at 8:00 Pacific time.

GRE Chat Room Expectations

We want the chat room feature to be a place where our listeners are able to engage in lively conversation about the radio show topics. We want it to be a welcoming and enjoyable space where everyone feels encouraged to participate in the conversation. As such, we do have a few expectations that we'd like all of our chat room participants to follow:

1. Please be a kind and respectful member of the Gator Radio Experience chat room community.
2. Flaming, attacking, or using disrespectful language will not be permitted.

Our chat room moderators reserve the right to ban any participants who are unable to adhere to our requests. We look forward to the positive and productive conversation that we know will take place in the Gator Radio chat room.

Thanks,
The GRE Team

First Show: Wednesday, October 29th at 8:00 Pacific Time/October 30th at 03:00 UTC

Join us in a series of live, interactive radio show style broadcasts this coming Wednesday, October 29th at 8:00 pm Pacific/October 30th at 03:00 GMT as a team of high school students from the Castilleja School in Palo Alto, California kicks off a live series of webcasts known as the "Gator Radio Experience." Click here to convert the time to your time zone/area of the world. Wednesday's show will feature a special guest from Victoria, British Columbia, Doug Symington, who will talk with our lead hosts about the upcoming election here in the US. We'll also play a music set by the the San Diego, California band, We Shot the Moon. This set was picked out by GRE Team member, Sam Cecil.

These radio shows will be interactive in nature, meaning that they'll allow listeners to participate via a chat room, polls, and forums. The shows are moderated and facilitated by students and will feature music, interviews, news of the day, and commentary. We invite you to participate and listen live by visiting clicking the link along the right-hand side bar that says, "Listen live and join the chat." The show is password protected and we expect all chat room guests and participants to interact with one another in a kind and respectful manner.

Either check your email or ask one of the Gator Radio Project team leaders what the password is for the first show. We invite folks who are outside of the school community to participate, but you'll need to email/DM Matt Montagne or one of the project team members for the password. No worries if you can't join live as all shows will be archived and available as podcasts via the Gator Radio Experience iTunes channel. Subscribe to our shows as podcasts in iTunes by clicking the iTunes link along the left. We hope you're able to join us this Wednesday, October 29th for the first ever broadcast of the Gator Radio Experience!!