Becoming Notorious

Being an intern for a sports radio show isn’t an easy thing but it is rather fun to do. One of the coolest things to take away from it is becoming a local celebrity. While covering fall football for Oregon State I had the chance to meet with many of our local listeners and put faces to names of those that call. Even when covering high school football I met with people who listened to the Joe Beaver Show who knew who I was. Gaining the notoriety has become slightly interesting. While sitting in class in the fall before a student presentation my instructor looked over at me and asked “Are you Joe the Intern for the Joe Beaver Show?” I nodded my head and he thought it was the coolest thing.

Since being involved with road shows I’ve continued to meet avid fans of the show that supported it. While exiting the drive through at McDonald’s two weeks ago a gentleman entering the drive way started waving at me. I waved and smiled back and my girlfriend asked me who it was. I just told her it was one of the people who shows up at our road shows for the program. She laughed and said the Joe Beaver Show is making me famous. The thing I like most about the waving, the public hello’s, and the kind head nods is how welcoming the community has always been. The first three years I lived in Corvallis I couldn’t go anywhere without running into someone I know. In the last two years that has gone away, but since doing the Joe Beaver Show that feeling is coming back and the recognition by the listeners is nice.