Talon Marks is making it easier for Cerritos students to stay informed about current issues surfacing around the campus with a new radio show.
For the first time, Talon Marks and WPMD, the Cerritos College broadcasting station, are merging.
The main focus of the radio show ‘TalonMarks Campus News Hour’ is to keep the students of Cerritos informed, by delivering what’s in the current print edition of the newspaper.
Crystal Martinez, communicative disorder major, said, “I think it’s a good way to learn more about what’s going on at school, especially because it’s always important for students to be informed.”
Hosts Tito Benavides, WPMD Editor, and Megan Winters, Arts Editor, will also be discussing topics, found in the current print edition, in further detail as well as taking phone calls from students who want to voice their opinions or ask questions.
Winters’ expectations for the radio show is by having the two news sources combined that, “it will be an easier way to get the news to the students.”
Both hosts anticipate that the show will capture a large audience; since it’s in its early stages they are still testing the waters.
In addition, students can expect special guest in future shows.
Benavides stated that by combining the two productions, “[it] will bring a larger reading audience for the paper as well as increased listener participation for the radio station.”
English major, Katherine Bonnie reinforces Benavides statement by saying, “Talon Marks could get some air time to help boost their amount of readers. And WPMD could have features in the paper and add to their amount of listeners. It could be a good thing for both sides.”
Although ‘Talon Marks Campus News Hour’ serves as an interactive medium of news source made available to the students, it also serves as a learning process for those running the show.
Operations Manager at WPMD, Dennis Clare, talked about how combining the two departments it will help both the journalism students and radio students by exposing them to different elements, “It will give them that extra edge above other journalism or radio students,” and it will also increase their communications skills.
Students can tune in every Wednesday morning from 9 to 10 a.m at www.talonmarks.com/wpmd, on the same day the print edition is distributed.
