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VINCENNES, Ind. 鈥� Sitting in a radio studio on the 日韩中文字幕福利片 campus, two guys are bantering between each other.

They鈥檙e discussing their college careers, radio experiences, and many other topics. However, these aren鈥檛 your typical radio colleagues.

Dave Foster and Jake Foster are father and son.

Dave graduated from VU with a degree in broadcasting in 1989. Jake is a current VU broadcast major. He will complete his degree in December 2019.

Being back in Davis Hall floods Dave鈥檚 mind with memories. He is reminded of his college days and the many years he spent in the building working for 96.7 WFML and Blazer WVUB 91.1.

Dave says to Jake, 鈥淚 used to do a bluegrass program. I recall you and your sister being in the room just hanging out.鈥�

He adds, 鈥淚t鈥檚 so surreal that I was in this same studio and walking these halls 30 years ago, and now Jake is doing the same thing.鈥�

You鈥檝e most likely heard Dave on the air if you鈥檝e ever listened to radio in Knox, Daviess, and Pike counties. He has been a news anchor and broadcast reporter for more than 30 years. He is currently a news director for DLC Media, Inc. and can be heard most mornings providing news reports on WAMW Classic Hits Memories 107.9 FM and WAMW Four Star Country, the General 95.9-101.3-1580.

Jake is also on the airwaves.

He hosted the Blazer Morning Show on Blazer WVUB 91.1 on weekdays until spring semester ended. On weekends, he hosts Saturday Morning Live on WAMW Classic Hits Memories 107.9 FM, the same station where his dad is on air.

Jake even works with his father.

鈥淗e hosts the show, does the weather and does the deejaying,鈥� Dave says. 鈥淚鈥檓 his news guy.鈥�

Working with your dad presents interesting situations.

鈥淚 remember the first time I time I had to introduce him on air,鈥� Jake says. 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 want to refer to him as Dad on air because I didn鈥檛 know how weird that would be, so I said, 鈥淗ere鈥檚 Dave Foster with news.鈥�

Dave interjects, 鈥淥n the air I say, 鈥淣o. We鈥檙e not going to do that. I鈥檓 dad from here on out. You are not going to call me Dave.鈥� Jake said, 鈥淚鈥檓 just trying to be professional.鈥� I said, 鈥淚 appreciate that, but I鈥檓 going to be dad.鈥�

Adds Jake, 鈥淪o now I introduce him as my dad, Dave Foster.鈥�

Getting a broadcasting degree was not in Jake鈥檚 original college plans. He started VU as a law enforcement major. At the end of his first semester, he decided to become a part-time student and accepted a full-time correctional officer job. The plan was to finish his degree online.

鈥淭he day before spring classes started, I realized this isn鈥檛 what I want to do with my life,鈥� Jake says. 鈥淭he day after classes started, I went to my advisor and changed to a broadcast major.

鈥淚 made the right decision. I probably would have quit school and just worked. Then I wouldn鈥檛 have a degree and I鈥檇 be doing something I didn鈥檛 want to do.鈥�

Unlike Jake, Dave鈥檚 career aspirations came to light at a young age.

鈥淲hen I was a kid, I was always running around with a tape recorder pretending to be a reporter,鈥� he says.

Despite his interest in news and broadcasting, Dave didn鈥檛 choose to pursue it as a career until a month before fall classes began in 1987.

鈥淲hen I decided to go to college, this was the place to come for hands-on experience鈥� he says. 鈥淚 believe if you want to be a broadcaster, this is still the place to come to learn the craft. If you have the talent 鈥� as Jake has shown 鈥� they are going to put you where you belong and give you every opportunity to grow.鈥�

Thirty years may separate their days at students, but they share similar thoughts about VU鈥檚 broadcasting programs.

鈥淎ny broadcasting student here will agree with me that the program is super hands on,鈥� Jake says. 鈥淎s soon as you set foot in class, you鈥檙e already learning how to edit video and audio. Most of our assignments are hands-on projects. In my first class we were already producing (public service announcements). I鈥檝e heard in most broadcast schools, you don鈥檛 even touch equipment until your third year.鈥�

Dave is incredibly proud of Jake鈥檚 achievements and he enjoys working on air with his son.

鈥淗e鈥檚 good at what he does,鈥� Dave says. 鈥淲hen he started he thought people were telling him he was good because of his name and I said, 鈥淣o. You鈥檙e doing a great job.鈥�

鈥淚 told him, 鈥淚 love you too much to tell you that you鈥檙e good, if you鈥檙e not. People have taken notice and they鈥檙e telling me that he does a great job and we鈥檙e doing a great job together.鈥�

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