Chapter 6 | Yeehaw & Country Twang

The summer after my junior year, I decided to try and find an internship that was more specific to my major in communications. I applied to several and landed an unpaid internship with KASE 101, a country music radio station in Austin, TX. I don't think I've ever done something more quintessentially Texan in my life! I supported their morning show along with two other gals. Translation: I woke up at 4:30am several times a week and did a bunch of random stuff for Bama, Rob, and Heather and the Producer, Matt Kasper. 

We edited some of the morning show clips, choosing the best sound bites and posting online, pulled miscellaneous celebrity gossip for them to talk about, answered the phones for the "be the 11th caller" segments, and wrote entries for our intern blog Cubicle Chronicles. Beyond that, we pursued a variety of random projects that they could talk about on-air like eating donut tacos and testing whether we could back-angle parallel park in the new spots along South Congress. It was also the summer where planking and cone-ing were in fashion, so we of course did both. 

Most summers I'll dip a toe back into my country music phase and enjoy the ballads featuring lovers, fighters, and drinkers. Here are some of my current favorites:

1. Pulls at my highschool sweetheart-strings

2. This one gives me all the feels

3. Happy & bouncy 

And then you have this one that doesn't really sound country but is on repeat every hour, right next to these ridiculous lyrics and this deep drawl. 

And there you have it, my six-song country playlist :) Cat's out of the bag. 

 

- SJW