hey, how are you doing? hey! nice outfit... what happened, the guy couldn't guess your weight? very funny. i'm warming up to work out. i'm going to find what it takes to be an aerobics instructor. really? well, as you know, melody, i'm a highly conditioned athlete. in high school, i was captain of the knitting team. glamorous side. i'm going to interview a fashion model. with those legs, the only thing you can model is a bucket of chicken. you know, jealousy is an evil little girl,

what would it be like to work out as a career? that's what we'll find out today on "so you want to be." this is paula weber, aerobics instructor, here at 24 hour fitness. to be with us. so, paula, how long have you been an aerobics instructor? i have been an aerobics instructor since 1980, and i have seen a lot of changes in the industry since then. what makes an aerobic workout different from other workouts? in other types of workouts, you may work just one area of the body. in an aerobic class workout, you work the entire body. do you consider yourself a good aerobics instructor?

which is helping people and motivating people to feel good about themselves. have you always been a good instructor? well, you have to work up to it. people aren't used to being in front of people, leading them. you need to have confidence to get up and lead people. so, the more you practice it, the better you get. what is cpr? cpr is cardiopulmonary resuscitation and that's basically what you do when a person's heart stops. has to know cpr. how many classes do you teach a day? the average instructor teaches one class a day. some teach two or three. does that take a toll on the body? it can if an instructor is teaching more than one a day. you exert so much while you're teaching. if an instructor teaches more than one a day, normally they teach different types of classes. have you wanted to quit in class? there have been days

't motivated myself. but i didn't. i stuck it out. i finished the class, and i felt good when i finished. even though it was a struggle, it was worth it. melody: did you have to take classes to learn how to teach aerobic classes? that's usually how most instructors get started. they come take a class and they enjoy it. exercising to music. and that's usually what prompts them to want to become an instructor. then they go through specific training. what should i pay attention to in school if i want to be an aerobics instructor? your gym teacher, your p.e. teacher, or all of your teachers. pay attention to how they communicate to you and give you direction. pay attention to how they teach you. do you have to know science to be an aerobic instructor? you do need to know some about science,

and you need to know the way the body works for exercise. paula, how hard is an aerobics workout? an aerobics workout can be based on your own fitness level. we have different levels of classes -- beginner, intermediate, and advanced. every person has their own fitness level. but it really depends on how hard you exert yourself in the class. different people drive themselves harder than others. other people are more low key with their energy level. is there a class i can take to try it out? would you like to take my class? yes! great, let's go! 4... 3...ha ha... turn and step over! singles... pull it. higher! go-o-o!! that was quite a workout. what level was that? that was more of an advanced level. do you kick people out if they can't keep up? no, i will not kick anybody out of my class

to make sure they are okay. i will try to encourage them to keep trying, and motivate them, and tell them that they're doing good.

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i've always wanted to go to college. that helps you evolve as a person. i just feel like that's my destiny. my name is queen, and i am your dividend. so you want to be an airplane pilot. walking, or swimming. 20 to 30 minutes a day is recommended. melody: are you responsible for the safety of students in class? yes, when you get up and teach, when you first begin your class, you need to find out if there are any new members or first-time visitors. you make sure they know to take the class person at their own pace and to listen to their body. because you are responsible. and you are up there to help them. melody: how long did it take you to build up to that level? that was really tough! paula: it takes a while. you build little by little.

and you can feel your body get stronger. you can feel your lung capacity increase. you can feel your energy level come up. and it's just a little process. the more energy you exert, the more you will have. you gradually increase it, like little steps. melody: when did you know you wanted to be an aerobics instructor? i knew when the industry started in 1980. i had been into music and dancing a lot. when the aerobics industry was just being formed, trained the next day, and was teaching the next. can you eat anything you want?? paula: to be an instructor, you need to eat the right food that puts the right fuel in your body, just like you put gasoline in a car. the fuel you put in your body needs to be metabolized properly so you feel healthy and energetic. what kinds of healthy food should we eat? you should mainly eat your fruits and your vegetables. you need your protein and your carbohydrates. you ne

the basic four food groups. melody: you know so much about nutrition. did you learn this infnfmation in classes for aerobics? they do have classes that teach you more than just the skills of being an instructor, and they also have national certifications. when you teach, you also need to be knowledgeable what they're wanting to know about what they're doing. they'll ask you questions before class or after class about nutrition, about how to do a certaiaiexercise. so you take classes in nutrition, maybe anatomy, or kinesiology or physiology. so you'll be more knowledgeable in order to help them. paula, if i wanted to be an aerobics instructor, whwh do you think i should do? most people who want to become an aerobics instructor

have any training programs, which some do and some don't. some of these training programs just teach you the skills to be an instructor, which mainly includes the cueing, because when you get in front of a class, you need to know how to tell them what to do. why is communication so important? communication is very important from an aerobic instructor to its members because they are leading the class. there are other schools or workshops that will also give you the book knowledge that you need. every occupation i visited has used a computer. do you use a computer? the reason i have a computer is because i have a lot of paperwork that needs to be on there -- my schedules, my phone lists. i have a ariefcase full of stuff i use on the computer. my handwriting is the e ts. is being an aerobics instructor a creative e b?

because you get in front of a group of people and you can be creative with your choreography. what is choreography? choreography is the different steps that you do. for example, you're going to be marching in place, and then your cueing is 4...3...2...grapevine. and you do a grapevine, okay? and then, you're going to add to that, and do a step touch, 4...3...2...knees up! and then, putting all thatat together is choreography. and march it out.. okay? putting all that together is building your choreography. do you pick your m mic? you can pick your own music. some gyms have a music library. there are lots of places where you can buy music. do you practice by yourself in front of the mirror wiwi your music to choreograph your different steps? yes, because if you're starting a new routine or you have a new series that you want to teach, you need to practice it so you don't mess up in class.

you have to think about the choreography of your routine. you u ink about the music being the right tempo and volume. you have to think about motivating the members and watching the members. when you start teaching, you have to take it one step at a time. then you put it all together, like a big puzzle. what do you like most abououyour job? the thing i like most about my job is being able to motivate people to feel good about themselves,, plus, watch them make progress and see e sults of what they do for themselves. i like helping people, and that's what most instructoto are up here for -- because they like to help people. do you think that's ththmain quality instructors should have, to want to help people? i think an instructor needs to be there for the people and not themselves. of course, a lot of instructors like to get paid to exercise. paula, thanks for showing us

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they have the time. it's harder whenever there's a bigger group. pretty much a good day for me would be people leaving their hands off of me. i'm always called names. there's always someone calling me names, calling me gay. i've been choked. thrown up against a wall. punched.

i've been giving thought lately to a career in modeling, and i think i'd be perfect for it. all i have to do is figure out what a model would do. hi, this is jeffery gardner. i was calling because -- yeah, that jeffery gardner. okay, now, i paid for that. hello? hi, this is jeffery gardner. [ beeping ] i'm just -- yeah, that jeffery gardner. hello? hello, this is jeffery gardner... o-o-o-okay. [ beeping ] hello, this is jeffery gardner and that would be you hangininup on me. i tell you what, i know what to do. i've got the golden ticket -- nomica golden. this is one of melody's friends. and she told me that she can help me be a professional model, because that's what she is. i'll give her a call. hi, this is je-- a friend of melody's. yeah, she told me

and i'll be waiting for yoyo okay! well, i'll see you then. ah, pretty cute. aaahhhhh! you got my heart beating like a little bunny. hi, nice to o e you, nomica. nice to see you. and this is nomica golden, everybody. hi! i noticed you were right on time. do you always have to be on time when you're a model? you should alwlws be on time, at least 10 to 15 minutes early before everything you do, even your call time. you should always be 10 to 15 minutes early. is that just a matter of being professional? pretty much.h. how long have you been a model? i've been a model for a little over a year. that's it?! what did y y want to be when you were a kid? when i was a kid, i wanted to be a teacher first, a model second. what kind of teacher? an english teacher. did you learn in school? yes, i went througugschool. i went to pache-parks. how long is training? two to three months. whwh are you learning there? you learn how to do your hair, your makeup.

les, different emotions on the runway in front of a camera, how to photo pose, all sorts of things you learn. a firm handshake is very important. it tells a lot about your character. is confidence important to a model? confidence is a big part of modeling, yes. everybody has their mistakes. christie brinkley, the first time she walked out, she fell. arning experiences. what is confidence? confidence is being sure of yourself, that you're doing a good job. xt day had a show. how quickly did you start getting jobs? do they just see something in you -- you're the right height or have the right look? different models have different looks. if you have the lookok they're looking for at the time, you're more likely to make it. do you have to be perfect to be a model?

ofofourself, and eat healthy and be healthy. not all models have to work out, but i work out about three times a week. not all models have to work out? some models are very lucky that t ty're naturally thin. are you on a special diet or anything? i don't diet,, i just watch what i eat. i don't watch what i eat to the point that i starvrvmyself. if i want a hamburger, i eat a hamburger. and if i want a french fry, i'm going to eat a french fry. but i work out and take care of myself. anani eat healthy. i keep my cardiovascular up. all of that is important. drink lots and lots and lots of water. you knkn, i do the tai chi. how long do you work out? i work out about an hour a day, sometimes two hours. keep your cardiovascular up at least 20 minutes. do you think that's s ur job? a model markets herself, so it is part of her job to take care of herself so that she e n work. once a model starts going down, gaining weight,

eating healthy, then she can't work. so there's more to it than just taking care of your physical self. right, your mental self, your state of mind. everything is important. being healthy all around. how old do you have to be to become a model? you can be any age to be a model. are there different kinds of models? there are heavyset models, petite models, short models, tall models, young models, old models. there are all sorts of models. can boys be models? sure, boys can be models. is this all you do? i also teach modeling at a school. you've only been doing it for a year and you're already teaching? to learn how to walk? can you teach me how to walk? are you dedicated? nomica, i don't know about this walking. it seems kind of silly just to learn how to walk. i don't know if i can really do it.

put your hands down, pick your head up. walk for me. show me your walk. no, no, no, no! come here. don't walk like a duck! it's very elegant when you're modeling. it's one foot in front of the other. your head is up, like so. just like that? simple. it doesn't take a lot of concentration. one foot in front of the other. keep your head up. and smile! you're wearing $20,000 clothes! actually, these were $9.99 -- never mind. is walking the same for girls as it is for guys? no, it isn't. this is a young lady's w wk. you're going to learn my walk. so, i bend my arms, head up... hey, very good! ? i feel pretty, oh, so pretty ? i'm impressed. how long did it take you to learn how to do this? i've been watching model shows since i i s a little girl. it took me about a month to learn how to walk right. what is the pupuose of when i see models stop and spin?

a little better. give you time to take off your jacket, put it back on, have you ever tripped on the runway? all the time. that's okay, because you're confident, right? do you have to know how to pose? learning to pose is very important if you want to be a model. jeffery: what is a photo popo? nomica: a movement, a head turn, a smile, moving the eyes, playing with the camera. would you try it? hold on, take it slow. play with the clothes, put the hands in the pockets. always keep your head up. there you go, very gq. veryryice! good job! what's the difference between a fashion model and a runway model?? a runway model is selling to a potential buyer and is in front of an audience.

with a photographer. do you get stage frigh , different makeup, different hairstyles, different clothing, different movements, showing evererhing that you can do. find a good photographer and get some good pictures. is that ththsame way you got your agent? i got my agent through the school. what is your agent for? how do they help you? your agent is there to protect you -- make sure that you're getting what you're supposed to get out of the d dl -- and also to market you, because your agent knows a lot of people you may not know. what should i do? if you wanted to be a model, you should, first, call an agency or call a school. get some pictures taken by a photographehe and then go from there. your agency or your school will instruct you from there. what's it like on a typical job? after the fitting, the show is the next day. we may have a call time of 8:00 in the morning. the show may not get started until 12:00 noon. what they're going to do in that time --

into do the show. do you feel like a barbie doll? yes, i do. so it takes four hours to put on makeup and learn how to walk on a runway? sometimes there are, like, 21 girls, 4 guys in a show, and it takes four hours to do everybody. [ humming "strangers in the night" ] oh, hi. how are you doing? i was just learning how to walk. i was teaching him a couple dance steps. i was wondering about the photo shoot you're getting ready to go on today. what's going to happen in that? and we're going to photo pose.

nomica has been so nice to help me out today. i hope you've had fun, because we've had a lot of fun. we are going to get some outfits together, and i am going to show melody that ii can be a male model. are you ready to go? i'm ready. let's go. i was thinking we could do something retro. definitely. boy: this is the story of a boy who didn't talk for a long time. the boy liked things to always be the same. any changes would scare and upset him. the unknown was an unfriendly place. the boy was very sensitive to lights and sosods. so he built secret hiding places where they couldn't get in. the boy didn't likeelooking.

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rned modeling is more than pictures. i learned models have to do more than look pretty. models have to apply makeup and learn to walk and talk. i can smell you worked out. did you learn anything? i learned aerobics instructors do more than just teach aerobics. they have to know about fitness, health, nutrition, and choreography. that's a lot of stuff. but check this out! this is my modeling portfolio. this is the calling card of a model. there's different attitudes and emotions shown here. and this is what's going to make me famous. take a look at these pictures, tell me what you think. don'n'tell me now. i'll be right back. melody: he thinks this will make him famous?! what was he thinking?! [ sighs ] i'll put this in a special place.e.

man: that's right! keep l ltening for "mandy," and call in for red-hot manilow tickets. you're listening to klcx, classic radio, where we put the "hello" into "mellow." [ tuning ] and now let's get back to our polka marathon. wait a minutut [ tuning ] flash, december 7, monday, new york city, the stock market has crashed! panic in the streets! panic in the streets! what are you doing? i heard you were intntviewing a radio talk show host. i thought i'd help you. i think i can handle it on my own. what are you doing today? i'm interviewing a physical therapist. what's wrong, is your leg hurting agaiai no, you don't actually have to have an ailment to do the interview. well, any problem you have

at do you mean? just sit down. no, no, no, no! ohh, ohh, ohh. okay. and the head bone is connected to the t-bone. oh, who can keep track of all these bones? i'll tell you! people that work in a hospital. have you ever thought about all the occucutions that you find in the hospital? besides the people that put you back together, there's also people that get your b by back in shape.

kes to be a physical therapist. jeffery gardner, reporting for duty. i've punched in, and now it's time to find the physical therapist's assistant. here she is -- lien pham. hi, how are you doing today? you're going to teach me about your job, correct? yes, i am. where do we start? i punched in. what do i do now? next thing i do is go to my office. so this is your office. it's got the best view. i see that. the parking lot. i'm a physical therapist's assistant, ly, i work under a physical therapist. they learn more than we do. however, when it comes to patient treatment, we p pvide the patient with the same amount of care. what did you want to be when you were a kid? actually, it wasn't physical therapy. i wanted to be a gymnast, but you'll find out, as you grow older and you study more, there are other interests that you have. a few years ago when i was i icollege, i did some volunteer work in a hospital in physical therapy, and loved it ever since.

l. from there, you go to college, get the classes that you need. what kind of clalaes? biology, math, science, chemistry -- all that good stuff. can you be a therapist if you don't like math and science? you don't have to like it, but it's very important for you to learn it and to be able to understand it because, believe it or not, you use it every day of your life. getting into physical therapap or physical therapy assistant school is pretty competitive. do you have to study the human body? that was the first class that i learned when i went to physical therapy school. it's one of the few jobs that allows you to work with all different types of people. i can work with children in schools. i can go to people's homes.

the job's s ry interesting, and there's not one day that you could say is boring. do you think thihiis an easy job? it's not an easy job, but it's a fun job. how many people do you think you treat in a day? on a busy day, i see about 10 patients, and i see them about twice a day. i see them in the mornings and then again in the afternoon. do any of youruratients give you trouble? yes, not everybody likes to do exercise all the time, but i make sure that i let them know i mean business. what do you do when you first come in on a regular day? i just get myself all geared up -- belt. i've got a pager. i've got a n netag. i've got two pens, just to make sure i don't run out of ink. what would you be using your pens for? do you have a lot of paperwork? lots of paperwork -- how much help the patient needed to get out of bed. how much they need to be able to stand up or get into a chair. how much they walk. what they might need to use when they walk,

ob that may be not as much fun as working with patients? it's my least favorite. what are the parts of your job? basically, about seven out of eight hours of my day i spend with my patients -- talking to them, motivating them. you probably always have to have a positive attitude because if you come in -- [ mumbling ] we're going to work on your arm today. no, we try to have a very positive attitude with each of our p pients. they really don't want to be doing much. itit our responsibility to get them going. so, you really have to like people to do this. that's a must.

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are weak. we basically hold them like this when they walk to make sure that if they happen to tumble, then i can grab hold of you to make sure that you stay up with me. [ laughing ] do you have to be strong to be a physical therapist? take a look at me. ha ha ha ha. you know, i have the strength of three girl scouts. three girl scouts? i don't always have to use my strength, but i definitely have to use my brains. jeffery: i notice we're in an obstacle course -- this whole room is. on a simulation of what we have for the patients to try at times before they go home.. this thing right here? it's a stair. it's a step, okay? and we have carpet, which is what you walk on at home. this is sort of a simulation of what grass would be. you want to try it? come right over here and lay down. let's say you're a patient of mine. you come into the hospital. you broke your knee. the doctor is going to have you wear something like this.

that's right. it keeps you from bending that knee. ah, okay. they did surgery on it, okay? and right now -- be careful! my knee's broken. are you u rting? does that hurt? ah, yes. is it hard to see people in pain? it is because you feel for them. they're not in a good mood. at times, thth don't want to do anything, but you just have to keep motivating them and letting them know that every day that you work, it gets a little bit easier the next day. now how hard is it? very hard, right? that's cutting into my wimp factor. perate one of these? lien: in physical therapy school, they teach you how to use a device like this. is this one of the first things you learned to use? no, you have to go through learning about the body -- the muscles, the bones, what type of surgery the patient had -- and why we need to use this.

ols vary. sometimes they go for about nine months to a year, and they get to do what we call an internship. that's where t ty get to go to a hospital or a clinic and they're like a student working under a therapist. that way, they get experience. they want to make sure you know what you're doing before you... did you have to go to college? yes, definitely. i had to go to college. physical therapy school requires that you take a certain amount of classes to go to school in physical therapy. this is pretty easy for me right now, but i can imagine if my knee was actually really hurt. this would be really difficult. we start off very simple, very basic, and then we build a little bit more every day until it gets to the point where the patient feels like they can move around on their own. smaller steps. all right, lien, i'm completely immobilized. can you bend that knee? no. well, then, it did its job. go to that step, and i'll teach you how to use these crutches. jeffery: do you have to have a lot of compassion? yes, you deal with people all the time.

in their shoes. if i fell down and i hurt my back or i hurt my leg it's an awful thing, and you have to be able to sympathize, understand what they're going through in order to help them. if they feel like you u n't understand, they're not going to let you near them. just about every equipment that we use, we have used it at least once, so that we know what it feels like. how tough is it? why don't i show you how and then let you do it? "physical" is from the medieval latin word "physicalis," which means "concerning medicine." let me pretend that i'm you, okay? you'll have to get a lot dumber. come on, jeff. the first thing that i always try to do so that my patients aren't afraid to dodot themselves is i let them see how i do it. if i can do it, then they should be able to do it, alsls if it doesn't work the first time, we keep trtrng and trying and practice. what if they do get frustrated and don't want to do it?

what do you tell your patients when they want to give u u i try to keep them very focused with our goals, encourage them that this is what we need to do to get you better and to get you well and to get you on your feet. do people get frustrated? oh, absolutely. i always have to keep them very focused on what their goal is. do they want to walk? do they ever want to run again? it's like having that piece of cake in front of f em and telling them, "if you want to o t it, how are you going to get there?" you have cake? let's go. what am i going to do once i get to the step? once you get to the step, i'll tell you what to do from there. we try to keep things very simple so that the patitits stay very focused. jeffery: before, when i was looking at this, that step didn't look too high. now that i've got this o o it looks a lot higher. let's turn around. do you remember how to turn? there you go, and turn with your right. are we there? i'm there. small steps. all right. okay, get up there like that?

and bring yoururrutch up. is this what you do all day? this is one aspect of what i do. there are different activities that we do, depending on what my patient needs. that's a pretty major thing, though, is helpingngeople get over these sort of simple-looking obstacles that are actually bigger when you have... why do you geteto close to your patients? from day one, i try to develop a very good relationship with them -- one that t ty can be very comfortable with because i need them to trust me. as a therapist, we do a lot of movovg around, and oftentimes, the patient doesn't always feel safe. so in order for them to want to learn to walk or get out of bed, they have to be able to trust me. do you think you have an impact on their lives? i certainly hope so because that's whaha i've devoted my life to doing. when you see somebody go through their progress and make steps to getting better, is that rewarding for you? very rewarding. just knowing that we can help our patientt get stronger and get back on their feet is what this job is all about. when do you take theest

is it going to be tough? you bet. but you're going to pass it, rigig? i'm counting on it. well, congratulations in advance, and thanks again for letting us come see you today.

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my family got me help. slowly i found my voice and learned all the ways i could live with it better. announcer: early intervention can make a lifetime of difference. learn the signs at autismspeaks.org. cs or give advice, do you know what kind? some talk about gardening or automobiles, ... you guessed it -- sports! this is lance zierlein, and he's a real sportrttalk show host. hi, lance. thanks for taking time out to talk to us. my pleasure. what came first, your interest in sports or radio? it would have to be sports. my dad is a college football coach. he's been a football coach since i was just a aittle baby. i grew up playing little league baseball and football and basketball and everything. so sports came first,

and i thought "this is really neat. i would love to talk about sports on the radio." didiyour parents like the idea of you getting into radio? my parents liked the idea. they wanted me to be happy with whatever i i d. and they've helped me along, and give me a lot of suppopo. melody: was talking about sports your first job in radio? lance: yes, back four years ago, i knew what i wanted to do was get into sports radio, so i became a football expert. i read as much as i could on football. i talked to different football coaches. i found out as much as i c cld. to different radio stations and i had people send back saying, "you sound like you know your football informatatn." so i started as a football expert. my very first radio show i ever did was in baton rouge, louisiana. i was visiting my parents. i went in n udio, sat with their sports talk host, and did one hour of talking college football with them, and i was very nervous. i thought, "well, i've read everything. i know what i neededo know, and i'm prepared." that's the main thing -- being prepared. and i was fine.

s mistakes. we do it on the radio, too, and when you make a mistake, you just try to correct your mistake, and if you can't, you just move along. lance, do you consider yourself a journalist or an entertainer? a journalist is not necessarily supposed to o ve his or her opinion on stories and tell what they think, but in my line of work, that's a positive -- to say what i think about this situation in sports and what i think the next course of action should be. so i would consider myself an entertainer, but get information out there as well. melody: so this booth is like your office, right? lance: yeah, this would be home for us -- me and my partner, john. we get in pretty earlyly we're here for four hours, so we make ourselves comfortable, obviously. you said you're here for four hours every day? i'm on the air for four hours. we spend quite a bit of time up here -- not only four hours on thehehow, but the time before and after the show as well.

i expected just a room with a whole bunch of people and a microphone in the center. when you look at the total package, there really is more space that is needed, but we're able to break i idown. you have to do that to keep your sound quality. on the radio, you don't have the visual, so your sosod quality has to be great. i like a little smaller room -- a little more comfortable. are all these books yours? no, not mine personally. some of them i've brought in, and some, others have brought in, and some we get from teams because they know we need information. we do use them quite a bit. i use my computer. this is my computer. it's really great that i can use the internet, use computers, get my information. it helps me stay on top of what's going on in the sports world. are the computers and all the books your only source of information? no, i get a lot of up-to-date information from computers, but background research and preparatory work, as we mentioned, preparing for the show -- i will read basketball publications, sporting publications.

i just like to stay informed. how much work goes into your show? a lot work goes into the show. it seems like we're just talking about sports, but you have to read, you have to get guests, you have to make s se that your commercials are produced right and they're ready to go on the radio. a lot of work goes into putting together a radio show. do you have to have a good memory to keep up with a a the sports? i don't think you have to, but it helps. if somebody asks me a question, and i can think back to something i've read, it sounds better. do you have to be able to play sports? a lot of people who are in sports radio played sports at one time, but it's not a requirement. do you have to pass a test to get on the radio? no, you don't have to pass a test. to get on the radio full time, you have to be able to do your job effectively, and to do that, you have to practice -- practice it at home, practice in the mirror. read, read, read. watch television, and learn what you're talking about. take care of your business in school, become knowledgeable, but, no, there's no test that they give out

melody: so there's the computer, telephone, microphone, and headphones and all the books. lance: right. what other tools do you use? we have a television, which is right above me, that's our control panel. where we can keep up with the latest sports stories. our control panel allows us to speak to different control booths. we can t tn our microphones on on the bottom. up here, where it says "i," "j," "k," and "l," those are our hot keys. we had a guy call in yesterday, he said, "i wanted to let you know my wife had her baby." so we pushed button number "i," and you hear a lot of clapping and applause in the backgrounun so we use it just to keep it entertaining. did you have to go to a school to learn how to use all this equipment? no, it's pretty easy to learn, but i am not the engineer. the engineers did go to school to learn how to fix the problems. as far as just learning to push buttons

can you say whatever you want? no, there are standards in the industry that you have to uphold, but as far as saying what i want to say personally in regards to a sports topic, yeah, i can pretty much say whatever i want to, but you do have to use common sense. you need to make sure what you're saying is not offensive. you have to take that into consideration. do you ever hang up on people? we don't have to, unless they're saying something rude about one of the other callers, on the air. melody: how was it getting used to talking into a microphone? lance: it was tough at first. the microphone doesn't bother me. it does bother some people because it is a aittle bit bulky, but four hours a day of talking into it, five days a week, you get used to it fairly quickly. were you trained to talk into the microphone? i was not trained to talk into the microphone,

n -- that's a communicationsnsegree -- and they will actually learn to speak into the microphone, get comfortable with it. i wanted the more hands-on approach. i learned the basics of it, and then i just starting learning to do the shows. did you train your voice for this career? i did a little bit. radio -- all you hear is the voice, so my voice may not be a deep voice or it may nonobe a commanding voice, but i do use different inflections, which means i'll change the tone of my voice. i'll emphasize words. you can put it on the board! you do have to train yourself, i think, to a degree, to be on radio because your voice is so important. not necessarily the way it sounds, but the way you deliver your information. you can take speech classes, how do you become a talk show host? and learn to speak in front of people. you can go to your guidance counselor, and they can help you with some classes

college, and they have certain classes where you can move along toward w wt you want to do in radio and television broadcasting. melody: since there's no picture, only a voice, is that very important that you have a good, clear voice? lance: whether it's sports or politics or entertainment, i think it's reaeay more what you know, not how you say it. i just think you need to read. you need to know what you're talking about. and then from there, people will respect what you have to say. lance, i'd like to thank you again for taking time out of your schedule. ned so much today. good, i hope that you and all the viewers learned what it takes to become a sports talk show host. it's not too tough, but it does take hard work, and anybody can do it, even jeff. boy: this is the story of a boy who didn't talk for a long time. the boy liked things to always be the same. any changes would scare and upset him.

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