iHeartRadio

One blessing that helps me in this world keep happy is the iHeartRadio app.  I love the idea.  You get thousands of stations all across the country and if you want your own mix-you can create your own playlist.  Growing up, I didn’t have many friends, so I use the radio as a way to be connected to the world.
Recently, Advertisinginsider.insideradio.com quoted, “A recent article in Forbes magazine reports the number of radio listeners as “staggering.” More Americans listen to AM/FM radio each week than use Facebook. Nearly 80% of the population listens to the radio on a daily basis, and nearly 85% of the American people report listening to the radio at least once a week.” That tells me a lot of people want to be connected to the world too.  We are blessed that the iHeartRadio has a little bit of everything and even has some NPR affiliates, and sports talk radio stations so you can stay informed.  Plus, if you want news from your hometown if you recently moved this is where you can find it.  I know that this company is facing some financial pressures I hope that they can move forward and we have this service for many years.

My First Post: Overview

My name is Gary Walker. I am a 42 year old male attending the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign returning back to school to complete a degree in broadcast journalism. Recently, I been giving many blessings in my life including the opportunity to return to school. I decided that since the world has so much negativity bombarded us every day that I could make the world a better place by placing happier things in the world. I decided to do this by creating this blog. My goal is to update this blog 2-3 times a week with something that gives. I know that life will be hard so I thought I would talk about the blessings I find in my life through this blog—feel free to share this blog with others if this gives them encouragement. Hopefully, you will be able to take some of my blessings and turn them blessings into your own life. I also going to teach myself WordPress where I am going to do a second blog about Faith and Hope where I can have more religious overtones but give people faith and hope that they can get through life even when things are difficult. In that environment, I will place more practical things that have helped me through the hard times. I hope that you will enjoy the journey with me. I also hope that you will be patient with me as I learn this software and improve as an writer through this process.