A 15-year-old Cape Breton boy has started a radio station that broadcasts out of his bedroom.
Adam MacLean says his passion to rock the airwaves started in elementary school.
"I love music and I love the broadcast industry too,” he says.
MacLean says choosing the music for his online radio station is his favourite part of the job. He spins mostly classic rock – songs released decades before he was born.
While he may be a bit of an old soul, he says his fascination with the world of radio started at a young age.
"I love audio,” MacLean says. “I started it in elementary school doing Christmas concerts in grade five and I’ve loved it ever since."
His grandmother Olive Tonary says she’s extremely proud of him.
“He’s very passionate,” she says. “He’s doing this all the time and he just loves it.”
MacLean’s radio station broadcasts out of his bedroom. Along with the typical things found in a teenager’s sleeping quarters he has a space rigged up with a sound board and microphone.
“It’s amazing to me because I don’t understand half of what he’s doing,” says Tonary.
While he normally broadcasts out of his home, Friday he was live on location at the May Flower Mall in Sydney, N.S. MacLean says his station’s listener percentage has grown since the mall started sponsoring him.
MacLean says he hopes to find a career in the broadcast industry and plans to enroll in a radio and TV arts program after he graduates High School.
For now, MacLean says he wants to enjoy all of the props he’s getting from online fans.
"It makes me feel great… it's what I love to do."
With files from CTV Atlantic’s Ryan MacDonald.
