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THE BEST SUMMER JOB ON PEI
These students have the best summer jobs on PEI, they become the faces of Ocean 100 and HOT 105.5 as they visit communities from Souris to Tignish in the Maritime Fun and Shining Waters Summer Cruisers. The intent of the summer program is to connect with the listeners across the province, help promote their summer events and offer refreshments and prizing while on site. Mike Shannon, Operations Manager of Ocean and HOT says the summer program is one of the most important things they do all year. “Our summer students allow our listeners to put a face on their favorite radio station. We have the
privilege of being part of Islanders’ daily lives and routines and from May to September we get a chance to meet as many of them as we can, it’s an awesome opportunity.” In addition to the summer students, the voices you listen to each day are also very busy during the summer season. Their full time announcers try to be part of as many summer events as possible. “You’ll see us in the Lobster Carnival Parade, the Gold Cup Parade, Old Home Week, the annual Ocean 100 Stuff a Bus Food Drive and of course we spend a lot of time in Cavendish-we all love the water slides at Shining Waters!” says Shannon.
Ocean 100 and HOT 105.5 are PEI’s summer radio stations covering hundreds of festivals, events and concerts across Prince Edward Island. Every year the stations hire two students to become the Community Ambassadors for Ocean 100 and HOT 105.5 as part of their summer marketing program.
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