My Adventures In Media: Welcome

Professional On-Air Host, passionate about both television and radio, with more than 17 years' experience in both live and studio settings. During my time, I have had multiple radio positions: morning show host, afternoon host, and late-night host. And I have had multiple television hosting jobs for: a weekly cultural news program, an entertainment news program, and daily variety news program. I also wrote content for a national wedding magazine. I love the research, interviewing, writing, creativity, and presentation behind each project. I also love to tell a good story and I enjoy sharing the world through visual, audio, and print storytelling. By creating content, I bring beauty, and ideas into the world. The most rewarding part of my job is getting to know the people who trust me to share their stories. It is about the communities I get to feature. It is about the lives I change every day with my stories.

On-Air Radio Host: 101.7 World FM, March 2006-December 2020

Duties: On-Air Host, Writer, Program Creator and Producer, Content Director, Music Selector, Scheduler, and Director, Film Critic

Local, national, and international news and entertainment news
The brightest star at the station. The most popular and most listened to 1-5 hour in South Asian Canadian radio. Top choice for listeners and Number 1 income generator for station.
Host and Producer who operates, produces, presents, and manages full programming of radio programs. Creates a show that is nationally and internationally relevant. Reads emails and tweets on air. Station’s top radio contributor on Twitter, Website, Instagram, and Facebook. Bilingual skills are always utilized.
Implements, writes, hosts, edits, presents, and produces news pieces, delivering a neat, well assembled, fully packaged show that is both informative and entertaining. Mans a 3-6 hour show at one time, using humour, small talk, and background information to fill air time. Selects my own music to fill 12 hours each week. Produces my own tags and station IDs.
Delivers stories on people, celebrities and gossip, lifestyle, fashion, health, wellness, family, and cultural events, holidays and celebrations. Also presents stories on music, movies, local and international entertainment and news. Guest Liaison.
Prepares and broadcasts: songs, news, sports, up to the minute weather, traffic, and other content. Performs live announcements, hosts intermission activities, and reads sponsor promos. Hosts live interviews with musical artists and special guests. Receives and engages listeners through phone call conversations, radio announcements, giveaways and games.
Host for the network’s New Year’s Eve party coverage, a 5 hour live show yearly from Edmonton, recapping the year’s events, artist and song favorites, and looking ahead to the new year, 2012-2020.
Remotely broadcasts all home and away Hockey Night in Canada Punjabi games. Sets up audio for professional hockey and soccer broadcast live to air events, while managing and hosting an on-air pre-game party, mid-game, & post-game show. Covers red carpet events, hosts charitable events, concerts, and more.
Edits “Best of Basota” and “Polish” shows

Web Content Creator: 101.7 World FM, September 2012-December 2020

Duties: Multimedia Journalist, Social Media and Web Content Creator/Producer, Promotions, Imaging

Local, national, and international news; international entertainment news
Maintains a presence on website and social media sites with show content, news stories, photo and video posts, interviews, and to interact with the audience (using platforms Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Tik Tok, Facebook live, and Blogs).
Creates a live-to-record show which is also posted on the website to generate more income, increases fans, and allows listeners to download shows at any time.
Edits audio
Performs several different production tasks at once: managing the board, following schedule and tracking time, volume and sound quality, live announcements, airing commercials, organizing appearances by special guests, screening and connecting phone calls, editing audio, managing remotes, and tackling some software issues.
For production of each show, uses: soundboard, microphone, CD, MP3, Vinyl, turntables, various computers, editing equipment, and other broadcast equipment.
Set up, execute, and takedown at events

Attend community events for promotions

On- Air TV Personality: City TV, March 2016-October 2018

Duties: Television Personality/Segment Producer/On Air Special Expert/Film Critic/Celebrity Gossip Specialist/Entertainment Expert/”The Bollywood Girl”
South Asian news correspondent; and music, movies, and celebrity’s correspondent.
Film Critic, Bollywood Entertainment and news journalist
Local and international news; international entertainment news
Creates research packages and interview questions for host and director and works with “Entertainment City” in planning, hosting, and producing of Bollywood News segments by researching, scripting, and presenting live news pieces and original stories using creative visuals, photos, and music as part of Edmonton’s evening show, Dinner Television (formerly Breakfast Television).
The public face of my segment that is both nationally and internationally relevant.
Developed, produced, edited, and hosted my feature two times per week

On- Air TV Personality: OMNI Television, September 2012-June 2013

Duties: Television Personality/Co-Host/Writer/Journalist/Producer (Culture, Community, and Arts)

Local and national news
Co-Host on OMNI TV’s national culture show, Culture Avenue (Alberta and Ontario editions).
Also, contributes to OMNI TV’s “V-Mix,” national Canadian music TV show which ran for 4 seasons.
Delivers unique stories of interest on people, communities, multiculturalism, celebrities and gossip, and cultural events, holidays and celebrations.
Creates production from initial concept to final product: generates story idea, writes script, reports on events, conducts interviews, edits ENG video, and voices news stories.
Works with editor to edit footage and package stories involving video, audio, print, music, and graphics.
Hosted, produced, edited, and developed my segments
Operates for Focus Punjabi, Seasons 1 and 2 (2016-2018) and translates South Asian languages on the spot for director and rest of production team

Artistic Director: Summayah’s World, September 2008-present

Duties: Artistic Director, Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Storyteller, Narrator/Voice, and Storyboard Artist. Owner

Writer of a series of 22 narrative short stories for teens
Fiction print and fiction filmmaking
Series explores the journey of growing up South Asian in Canada from a 13-year old’s perspective
Informs and entertains by sharing those stories in elementary and junior high classrooms regularly
Does a considerable amount of public relations, such as book signings
Just A Little Girl From St Albert Productions and Sumayyah’s World Entertainment
One long form book in series published, Summayyah’s Difficult Predicament
My long-term goal is to create Sumayyah’s World into a video series