What do I love about DCUfm? – James Keogh – LGBTA Weekly

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Every day this week we will be publishing answers to a question we asked our members: “What do you love about DCUfm?”

If you want to share the story of why you love DCUfm, email it to Cian@DCUfm.com in 200-300 words!

“Setting up and hosting LGBTA Weekly in the second semester has been a fantastic experience. Not only is it great to broadcast opinions and play some of the best music going, the moments that matter to me the most are the interactions with listeners.

Be it through Twitter, Facebook or Ask.fm, responding to our listeners and supporters has been wonderful. Never in a million years did we think our Twitter account would get recognition from the Human Rights Campaign, the NOH8 Campaign or people such as Jay Brannan and Adam Bouska.

Through Facebook, we’ve been able to reach so many people, clocking approximately 844 people reached as a result of one of our Facebook statuses (yes, it was about one of our presenters doing to show in his underwear if we got enough likes, but still).

And finally, our advice section of the show enabled us to help those in need. By setting up an ask.fm page, listeners were able to anonymously ask us our opinions on their dilemmas. Hopefully, we answered the questions submitted carefully and appropriately. The feeling gained from giving people advice is truly something else.

All of these have made me love DCUfm. I’m so grateful to have been given this experience and so glad to have joined up in semester 2. I will most certainly be back for semester 1 2013!”

- James Keogh

What do I love about DCUfm? – Declan Clarke, Joyride

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Every day this week we will be publishing answers to a question we asked our members: “What do you love about DCUfm?”

If you want to share the story of why you love DCUfm, email it to Cian@DCUfm.com in 200-300 words!

“I’ve only been a part of DCUfm since second semester this year but I can honestly say that the last few weeks have been something special to me. I am the host of a live, electronic music mix show on Friday nights called Joyride. When I applied to DCUfm for the spot, it was for a couple of reasons. I love DJing. Its become somewhat of a passion of mine. I also felt that the station was missing something like live mixing in its schedule and I was also curious about radio in general. After getting the word that I’d be hosting my own show, my levels of excitement only skyrocketed.

I remember how surreal the first show was! I was so nervous because not only was it my first time ever on radio, I was going to be playing live to anyone who was listening. I was so nervous sitting in the hot seat during the couple of mins that transitioned between the previous show and my show. I’d been shown what to do and how everything worked, but we all make mistakes at first try. Our nerves get the better of us. When nine o’clock came around, it was game on! Dropping a bit of Alesso in the mix to kick it off, I uttered my first words into that microphone and suddenly my nerves were gone. I was there, I was in control and I was taking charge! Honestly, I hadn’t felt a rush like that in a while. I was on a little high. I think I knew at that point that this was something I wanted to keep doing.

When I’m there using my Traktor S2 controller to spin an hours worth of tracks, I can’t help but feel in the back of my head like there could be a crowd of people somewhere listening in before they head out for the night, and I’m providing them with substance to build up their night. I even had a crowd of people in the Hub one night dancing to “Don’t You Worry Child” by Swedish House Mafia I can honestly say, if someone asked me now “Is DCUfm good? Is it worth going for?”, I would give them a recommendation like no other based on the pure emotion that it releases on you when you’re there.”

- Declan Clarke