-: My name is Solomon Jones.
I'm a radio host and columnist
for the Philadelphia Daily News.
I get my show together at night for my radio show.
So, we have the producer and an assistant
go through stories, I go through stories,
they send them to me, I pick the three
that we're gonna focus on.
We book guests throughout the week.
And so when I get up in the morning,
everything is pretty much ready.
I have about an hour or so to get ready,
you know, any other last minute details.
And then I go in and I do a two-hour show
on Praise 107.9 FM here in Philadelphia.
On Tuesdays, that's a little bit more complicated
because that's when my column is due
for the Daily News, so I spend
about four hours out of the day
writing a column for the Daily News,
after I get off the air with the radio show.
We talk about politics.
We talk about race.
We talk about class.
We talk about economics.
We talk about things that are of importance
to the community here in Philadelphia.
And it's all, because it's the kind of station it is,
there's a grounding in faith
with the conversations that we have,
but they're fiery conversations,
and they're good conversations,
and I look forward to every day.
For the guests that we book, I always make sure
that we have a short bio for the guests,
so that we can introduce them,
so that I know what their field of expertise is.
We always make sure we have a link to the story
that the interview is based on,
so that I can refer to that throughout the interview.
We do a few questions that we have
ready to ask prior to the interview
and then it's putting together the show.
So making sure that we have time for the interview.
And then the segment called Raising Your Voice,
where people call in and they talk about their issues,
or their response to the interview,
and then the what's trending stories that we talk about
based on what's hot on social media,
what's hot other than the top three that we talked about.
And then I always write an opening statement for the show
about, you know, kind of setting the tone,
for what the conversation is gonna be.
So that takes as much time, or more time actually,
than the show itself.
I think with anything that you do,
it is really about preparation more than anything else.
By the time you get there,
you should just be ready to just go.