The school’s new radio show “The Claw” is finally here. The show is ready to host some real world discussions and in-school controversies happening right now at school.
The radio station will bring students a series of fun, silly and serious conversations, airing the latest news at the creek, controversies and high school life. While similar to some of the other productions programs on campus, The Claw is unique.
“The Claw, obviously there’s not a visual aspect because we are just a radio station, so it makes it different,” Radio Station Manager Jordan Stone said.
Stone mentioned the “semi-challenge” of needing to use their voices to express themselves more than usual.
“We plan on continuing talking about current issues and current events that are happening in the school,” Stone said.
The team plans to discuss issues many other media sources cover, things like controversies and student life, but the difference is that it’s more accessible to listen to while doing other things when viewers can’t pay attention to a video or read an article.
The show’s adviser, Chase Crampton, is the man behind the project. Since taking over the program, he wanted a radio show, having enjoyed media production since his days as a student at Sam Houston State University.
“I was involved in a few different things that they have up there in terms of media,” Crampton said. “Obviously, they have a video production similar to what we have with KPAN, but they also have a radio station up there (90.5 The Kat).”
Crampton always thought that it was “a very fun endeavor,” and, one day, when speaking to journalism adviser Stephen Green, Crampton pitched the idea of an audio-based show, considering CCHS already had visual production.
After two years of creating a digital audio program, Crampton and Green made a plan to merge the radio program and journalism staff efforts. On Sept. 3, The Claw aired its first episode on the Creek Compass website where they talked about music, pop culture, and new cellphone policy.
“This is actually the first year, the test year, for it,” Crampton said.
All students are allowed to be on the production team, many would encourage freshman or sophomores to take Crampton’s digital audio production class because the radio show isn’t an after school club.
“I think that Caney Creek has been growing its CTE programs for years to you know out match other schools,” Crampton said. “I kind of just saw this as a way to put my part into that as a CTE teacher.”
