Radio

Long-time radio broadcaster

KCHO logoRyan has been a volunteer disc jockey at Northstate Public Radio since summer 2008. His 6+ years of on-air radio experience includes stints hosting weekly music programs at UC San Diego's KSDT and Michigan Tech University's WMTU. 

Northstate Public Radio is the National Public Radio member station for Chico and Redding. With a broadcast footprint approximately the size of the state of Ohio, Northstate Public Radio reaches from north of Sacramento to the Oregon board.

Ryan is regularly behind the mike for "Evening Jazz" and "Blues People" about four times a month. Ryan now enters recent playlists on Spinitron.


Podcasting

E-R Newsroom Update logoAt the Enterprise-Record, Ryan launched and anchored the newspaper's daily audio podcast, Newsroom Update.

The podcast provided a daily bulletin of news headlines for readers. It was also a tool used to help train newsroom personnel in audio production.

Listen to a sample edition.

Newsroom Update was discontinued in 2008.

Currently, the E-R sports reporters record two weekly podcasts -- the Prep Show and the ChicoER Sports Show. I provide production assistance and help upload it to the Web.

Recent Entries

My call on 'The Marriage Ref' -- Foul
"The Marriage Ref" is established on sporting principles (based on the lengthy animated introduction with Jerry Seinfeld). Unfortunately, the performance…
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Two relatively recent (and possibly useful) Facebook additions - Brightcove video and Per Post Analytics
I haven't seen it much on the Web so I thought I would mention two relatively recent additions to…
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Using Facebook to chase down after-hour interviews
Reporter Daniel Victor of The Patriot-News details how he used Facebook to reach out to former classmates of Andrew Stack,…
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Recent Actions

  • Ryan Olson saved TheOrion_com’s tweet, “SPECIAL EDITION of The Orion available on campus today, full coverage of the Action Rally for Chico State. http://bit.ly/a5HlvJ” as a favorite 11:00 2010-03-11
  • Ryan Olson tweeted, “RT @TVMoJoe: For late-rising west coast tweeps: How Coco tour started, quote from Jeff Ross and what up with Max W? http://bit.ly/a5YSAt” 10:29 2010-03-11
  • Ryan Olson tweeted, “wonders why his camera only recorded 4 seconds of the march to City Plaza. The good news is there’s other footage I can use.” 19:04 2010-03-10
  • Ryan Olson tweeted, “Facebook’s usefulness declines sharply when I can only see six status updates at a time. How can I live vicariously through others?” 17:57 2010-03-10
  • Ryan Olson tweeted, “covered the Chico State rally today. Liked image of man speaking with bullhorn, but provided PA speakers and microphone worked much better.” 16:48 2010-03-10
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