{"id":57052,"date":"2015-04-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/commencement-2015-wriu-program-director-found-her-voice-at-uri\/"},"modified":"2015-04-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T00:00:00","slug":"commencement-2015-wriu-program-director-found-her-voice-at-uri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2015\/04\/commencement-2015-wriu-program-director-found-her-voice-at-uri\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement 2015: WRIU program director found her voice at 溏心vlog免费B站"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"press-release-import\">\n\t\t<b>Graduating senior Sara Holland discovered radio, career path at campus broadcast station<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2021\/05\/Holland3.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" align=\"right\"\/>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 23, 2015 \u2014 When Sara Holland\u2019s best friend decided not to attend the 溏心vlog免费B站, the Mahwah, N.J., native wasn\u2019t sure if Kingston was the best place for her. It was far from home and she hadn\u2019t yet decided where she wanted her career to take her. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nFour years later, as she prepares to walk at commencement May 17, Holland wouldn\u2019t change a thing. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m excited to graduate, but it\u2019s bittersweet. I found a home here at 溏心vlog免费B站,\u201d she said. \u201cI can\u2019t imagine what would have happened if I went elsewhere. I may not have found music and all the friends I met along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nIndeed, it was a friend who sparked Holland\u2019s interest in radio, as Jenna Scardino encouraged her to attend a WRIU meeting in the Memorial Union her freshman year. At the organizational meeting, Holland and Scardino were offered a three-hour afternoon slot on WRIU2, the station\u2019s online streaming channel. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P37zsUegKsE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cI knew I wanted to do something with music,\u201d said Holland, who had previously aspired to be a music journalist so she could write about the music scene. \u201cJenna invited me to the meeting and I thought maybe I\u2019d help a DJ create some playlists. Then they asked me, \u2018Do you want to do a show?\u2019 It was intimidating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThough it wasn\u2019t exactly a glamorous gig \u2014 the WRIU2 studio was located in a cramped closet in the Memorial Union at the time \u2014 it wasn\u2019t long before Holland knew she\u2019d found her calling. She quickly realized that instead of writing about music, she wanted to broadcast it. She threw herself into the afternoon show with Scardino. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cIt was hot and stuffy with all of the equipment and computers crammed in there, too, but we still loved it,\u201d Holland said. \u201cOnce I got involved in the station, by the end of the year, I knew I would not want to go anywhere else. Joining WRIU and getting involved helped shape who I am and what I want to do.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nHolland continued to move up the ranks in the station, securing a two-hour afternoon slot on the FM station with Scardino as sophomores, and taking over as the station\u2019s librarian, where she organized and catalogued the station\u2019s music. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nHolland was elected program director of WRIU2 during her junior year and took on the challenge of broadcasting her own three-hour overnight show after Scardino decided to transfer. Holland played indie and electronic music for the enjoyment of mostly insomniacs and procrastinators who needed some background music to keep their eyes open while they crammed for classes. It was the kind of assignment that weeds out those who aren\u2019t dedicated to the station.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cJenna and I had a good dynamic, but I had to develop my own voice,\u201d Holland said. \u201cIt was hard at first. When I had Jenna, I could bounce ideas off her, have a conversation with her. Now, I had to have more topics ready ahead of time to make sure I had enough content to run a three-hour show by myself.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cBut having listeners call in let me know it was worth it,\u201d she said. \u201cI would get into these deep conversations with people over the air. It was great.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAfter being elected program director of the FM station as a senior, Holland moved off the graveyard shift and took over a two-hour afternoon slot on Fridays with the FM station, where she has been happiest. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nBut as much as she enjoyed her time on the air, Holland said she prefers to be behind the scenes, rather than behind the mic. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nHolland would like to pursue a career as a program director so she can coordinate music and guests and guide the direction of a radio show. After spending summer 2013 as an intern with XM\/Sirius Satellite Radio in New York, Holland said she would like a chance to return there, but she is exploring all of her options on the job market. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nIn the meantime, she continues to hone skills such as audio editing to bolster her resume and make her a more marketable candidate. Regardless of where she ends up, Holland is happy to pursue a career that allows her to continue finding and listening to great musical artists of all kinds.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cI try to listen to a mix of music and, if I find something different that doesn\u2019t fit with what I usually listen to, that\u2019s great,\u201d she said. \u201cAnything but country.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nPhoto by Nora Lewis<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduating senior Sara Holland discovered radio, career path at campus broadcast station KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 23, 2015 \u2014 When Sara Holland\u2019s best friend decided not to attend the 溏心vlog免费B站, the Mahwah, N.J., native wasn\u2019t sure if Kingston was the best place for her. 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