Carrboro Elementary School fifth-grader Sadie Frank doesn’t just have her own radio show — she hosts a radio show in both English and Spanish.
Sadie hosts a weekly radio show on WCOM 103.5 FM and translates everything in English to Spanish in order to get through to a wider audience.
The show, called “Sadie’s Samosas,†airs Fridays from 4 to 5 p.m.
“I always wanted to have my own radio show,†Sadie said. “I was old enough to do it — it’s not like there’s an age limit.â€
Sadie was familiar with radio because her father used to work with WCOM and she did a show with him once.
“I had a lot of fun, and decided I was going to submit my application [for a show],†she said.
Sadie’s application was accepted and she started her show in December.
For each show, Sadie invites a guest to help her host. Usually, her guest is a member of her class at Carrboro Elementary.
Sadie is in the school’s dual-language program, in which about half of the students are native Spanish speakers. She said she likes to have guests from her class because they speak Spanish.
“I don’t know many adults who speak Spanish,†she added.
During the show, Sadie interviews her guest, reads the weather report and conducts what she calls the “Half-time Quiz Show,†in which she plays songs in English and Spanish, then quizzes her guest about the songs.
Sometimes people call in to help answer the quiz-show questions or just to talk to Sadie about the show.
“It’s really fun to get phone calls,†she said.
Sadie and her guest host translate the entire show from English into Spanish.
“It was really hard at first,†Sadie said, but thinks it makes her show unique.
If she has any time leftover after her usual segments of the show — which she usually doesn’t — Sadie plays more English and Spanish songs.
Sadie said she would like to eventually have a longer show so she can fit more in, but right now she’s too busy with other after-school activities.
Sadie aspires to be an actor or a writer when she grows up, but doesn’t think she’d like to work as a professional radio host.
“If you’re doing it professionally, and you mess up, it’s a big deal,†Sadie said. “It’s too much strain.â€
However, she said she would like to continue volunteering as a radio host.
“I’m going to keep doing it as long as I can,†she said. “It’s a great activity.â€
Sadie is so cool! We just had her into the studio here at NBC 17 to co-host a bilingual “Student Anchors” episode too. You can see the video in the ‘Featured Videos’ section of: carrboro.mync.com.
Bien hecho Sadie!
¡Felicidades Sadie! Me llena de mucho orgullo saber que has logrado hacer tantas cosas maravillosas. Con cariño de tu maestra, Sra. Carboni
Way to go Sadie!