BY: L A N I P I E P E R T E X A S F FA N E W S S TA F F
CAMERON YOE FFA MEMBER FINDS PURPOSE IN RADIO BROADCASTING AND PODCASTING
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ameron Yoe FFA member Kincaid Callahan tion, learned important audio editing techniturned his interest in sports statistics into ques, and scheduled and interviewed guests. a Supervised Agriculture Experience (SAE) project in agricultural communications. The weekly 30-minute episodes feature interesting people around Milam county. He The high school senior first started his project researches local agribusinesses, as well as as a statistician for the local football team at general ag topics affecting producers in the KMIL 105.1, a local radio station in Cameron, area. Texas, in 2018. “As I move forward in my education and ca“My experiences there jump-started my inte- reer, being able to identify timely and perrest in communications and has been my dri- tinent news will be a marketable skill,” said ving force in my pursuit of a career in sports Callahan. broadcasting,” said Callahan. Callahan said the behind-the-scenes work Throughout his tenure at the station, Callahan was some of the most fun and challenging lined up shows, wrote news articles, and ser- parts of the experience. It took a month of ved as an interim host of a sports talk show. He solid planning and networking in order to get developed skills in public speaking and sound the pilot released on streaming platforms. mixing to equip himself for future endeavors. “I learned several things from that experienWith his skills and experience from the station, ce, but I’d say the most important thing I Callahan was inspired to start a podcast of his learned was how to network with other peoown. ple,” said Callahan. “Back in January 2020, I decided to work on my skills in developing projects from the ground up and established a [podcast] show called Monday in Milam,” said Callahan. He purchased and set up hardware for produc20
In addition to discovering a new passion, the success of Callahan’s project was recognized as the 2020 Texas FFA proficiency winner in Agriculture Communications.
