Matt Tompkins of 101.9 The Keg visited the University of Nebraska-Omaha last week to inform students on how he has gained success in his radio and T.V industry.
Tompkins attended UNO for his college career. There he worked with MavRadoo here he conducted weekly radio shows. While a part of MavRadio, he began internships such as KVNO, in Omaha. Tompkins spoke on how they were unpaid internships but he was learning skills he thought were necessary to help him become successful in life. Some of the skills he learned were editing, writing, radio and video.
He explained that being able to learn as much as possible in the field you see yourself is always beneficial. If you know how to use different skills in your career field, you make yourself more valuable. He explained how his company laid off a ton of people but he believes the reason he stayed is because he had many skills which made him able to be paid to be used in different areas.
He started that although he knew he wasn’t gonna learn his dream job the first time around that these skills were helpful
Tompkins explained what an air check was. He described it as a ten minute sit down, listening to your project in order to receive feedback from the higher ups. I feel this was information that was needed because you can apply this to any career in your life.
Tompkins and his brother began their T.V show “Omaha Live” on WOWT for six seasons. Omaha Live was a comedy skit.
Tompkins really stressed consistency through this speech. He said being consistent will help you create a better work ethic and show your employers that you continue to try and learn.
Tompkins offered the students help with anything project wise, careers wise or even networking.
Today, Tompkins is a morning talk show host on 101.9 The Keg and has used all the knowledge he’s gained over the years to help him in his career today.
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