Initial Impressions

I had my first day as an intern at Fox Sports Radio two days ago and was very pleasantly surprised by the experience. I am not known for my overwhelming knowledge of sports, so naturally I was very nervous about being a part of such a different and foreign environment. However, upon arriving, I was immediately greeted by warm faces and great personalities. I was expecting to be treated like the stereotypical intern – getting coffee and filing papers – but to my surprise I was never asked to anything like that. All of the radio hosts and personalities came into the room I was working in, introduced themselves and made small talk. This was such a nice gesture to me, being that I semi-expected to be overlooked as the unpaid help. One of the radio hosts who is very established at the station and I even had a long talk about University of Michigan because we were enemies: his family members were Michigan State people. I never thought that I would enjoy working in such a sports-heavy field so much; however, I learned that it really comes down to the people that are surrounding you. My only negative thought so far about working has been the commute. I live very far away from my place of work, and have a very early shift, so getting to work in the mornings is a little brutal, but since I have met such great people I expect that I will quickly overlook the drive and just get excited for work.