In March, I held a meeting with interested members to discuss ideas and how we could promote a station, but there was very little contribution from the few people who attended, and I felt like I was just sharing my own ideas while everyone else nodded along. I was hoping to leave the meeting with motivated positivity, but it was a deflating experience and I found myself feeling embarrassed sharing my ideas with people who seemed so disinterested.
Student interest in a television station was always strong at the beginning of a new semester, but the weeks always flew by and when the time came to go out and film something, everyone was too caught up in coursework and exam revision. The Radio team was continuing to develop and expand, and the magazine soon caught up with it. With every Media Group Meeting we had, I felt more and more lost in the actions I had to take to start up the station.
When second year ended and Summer began, I found that no one was interested in meeting up to carry out filming projects and, with many students not being from Aberdeen, a lot of people had gone back home. Demotivated, I temporarily abandoned the project. I felt that when I returned, the other members of the Media Group would be disappointed in my lack of progress and would hand the position to somebody else. But, what actually happened was quite different...
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