It’s been a busy time for all of us here at the station. Daddy has been on a lighter schedule with the live shows due to being busy with his computer company. A lot of people are needing help with their computers and he’s also been getting up even earlier to feed us in the mornings. I guess running his own business and being our servent makes him a bit stretched time-wise, but he manages to handle it really well.
Right now, we’re planning on doing a live show to speak out against animal cruelty which has risen somewhat due to the economy. Can you imagine humans are leaving us cats behind when they move out of an apartment or a home that’s been foreclosed upon? Daddy says he wants to make a statement with the show. One idea is doing a 24 hour live broadcast to speak out and educate the public that caring for us cats is a full time responsibility and not a part-time one.
I like the idea of a show like that, but bringing in guests will be tough. Not many will want to come in overnight to talk about the issues so maybe we’ll run pre-recorded interviews for the overnight period. Another idea is doing a 12 hour show but it would have to happen on the weekend. We’re considering bringing back the Crazy About Cats broadcast which could be used for this purpose. Regardless, it’ll be a show that hopefully makes an impact with the humans out there that when they give us a home it’s forever.
Another show being planned is the Code Red Cats broadcast which we didn’t do last year because we didn’t get enough cat rescue groups to participate. This year we hope it will be different because this economy has been hard on a lot of cat rescue groups. Both shows we’re putting together will give something for us cats to meow about. The biggest hurdle will be convincing the other members of the media to cover this event. It’s been a while since many of them visited the station, so I’m sure we’re just a faint blip on their radar screen.
The economy is certainly coming into play for a lot of things we do around here, but Daddy says Panther TEK will sponsoring both shows and is hopeful to get corporate sponsors in the future as our station gets more recognition. Last month, a story about Cat Galaxy appeared in the Pet Gazette which is a magazine about cats and other animals which is published and distributed in Massachusetts. It was nice getting some of my fellow cats in the Boston area visiting the web site and listening to the station.
I think this year will be a good time for Cat Galaxy, so you can expect a few minor changes to happen as they do normally around here. We may also be getting a new audio provider so we can strengthen our streaming capability a bit. There’s also a possibility of a new computer being put in place to run the audio portion of our station as well.
Another thing we’re planning for the station is more guests coming into the studio to talk about everything from cat rescue to politics. We enjoy having live guests in the studio and it’s pretty enjoyable. We also haven’t done a podcast in a while and planning to do one again soon. We’re also planning on continuing the Engine Co. Scottsdale series as well. It’s going to be a lot of fun around here so we hope all of you will keep visiting the web site for updates. Meanwhile, keep listening to our shows. Meow!