107.3 Kool FM Kool Mornings morning show joins the blogosphere, live and on the air

Last week I challenged the Kool Mornings team of Robin and Frankie to set up a blog.  Not only that, I said I’d come in and help set it up live on the air.  They took me up on it, as you know, and this morning it all came together.

I got up early, 6:00 AM which you know is hard for me, got ready and headed down to the CHUM station at Pandora and Broad.  Handy tip, when you need to be ready to be on air at 7:30, parking is free until 9 AM!

I was ushered into the station/broadcast area (good security in fact) and came into the broadcast booth area as the news was coming on (I had been listening in the car).

I was there rather early, I’ve learned it pays to do this.  Robin and Frankie are cool folks and Robin had her laptop set up already (she checks ferry stuff online as well as email).

We chatted about stuff while the music was on, like Frankie setting up his Linksys router–don’t use the CD if you already know what you’re doing–and the blogosphere in general.

I went on air a little after 7:30.  Nerves?  Nope.  Not a problem.  I love doing live stuff so no fear there.

Robin and I did the setup on Wordpress.com while Frankie asked a few questions along the way.  Props to the WP.com guys, it went smoothly.  Okay we had some issues uploading a picture but I’m sure we can figure it out.  There are some bits of text and such in the boxes that are just not visible enough (gray text on black).

Robin got right into the thick of things and got the requisite first post up and deleted the “Hello World” post (whew).

What’s next for them?  Tweaking, widgets (MyBlogLog for one), maybe even, gasp, RSS and Twitter!

I have to say that I had a real blast.  It’s fun doing radio stuff and I’d happily do it again.

Welcome to the world of Social Media Robin and Frankie…now we just gotta get you to post more!