I was enjoying the spirit of a 6am show. It was excruciatingly painful to wakeup at 5am and rush to the studio for the broadcast, but once on air, it was laways worth it. The peace and silence of the morning and the solitude of the radio station with no soul but myself in the entire students center at Ryerson University, it was empowering.
Here are subsequent episodes of Hope Show that I hosted. Now I began introducing some interviews, special guests and mini documentaries.
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Every show had some new element in it. Hope Show 4 contained a special news report by Dayana Karim, a good friend and fellow journalism student.
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Episode 5 contained quick weather and news updates and contained an appeal to raise funds for orphans. The money was pledged to a chairty titled Islamic Relief Canada that continues to raise a tremendous amount for Orphan sponsorships in Africa, Asia and the Middle east. It encouraged participation in the Toronto Marathon:-
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Special Feature on George Clooney
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The first time I converted a Youtube video documentary into an audio documentary for a special feature on Mahatma Gandhi.
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My first radio mini-documentary. It was on an Afghan Journalism student – Syed Parwaiz Kambhaksh. I reported and produced this radio mini documentary (10 min). This show would also mark one of the last shows with songs. Music artists featured were Vanessa Carlton (A thousand miles), A R Rahman (Pray for me Brother) and Sting (A thousand years).
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Special feature on a historical figure – Dhu Al Qarnain
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The last of the exciting Hope show series, with an official Goodbye
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Phew 10 Episodes and I just began to start sounding a little smarter on the airwaves.
