On the Air

On the Air is the second episode of the first season of Radio Free Roscoe, and the second episode in the series. It originally aired as the second part to The Power of Radio, on October 31, 2003 in Canada.

Synopsis
With flyers all over the school, RFR is sure to garner listeners.

Robbie makes detailed programming plans, Travis readies the studio, and each are working on names for their alter-egos. Meanwhile, every ninth grader in Roscoe High is being forced to take career aptitude tests.

Continuity

 * Travis has been to 'NASA' where he got Beef Stroganoff frozen in a tube.
 * Travis made the Radio Free Roscoe posters in school and stayed overnight to get away with placing them all over Roscoe High's walls.
 * Ray's 'best of both worlds' terms in this episode occur while he tries to figure out his radio name: Rayminator (Ray/Terminator) and Raydio (Ray/radio).
 * During their career aptitude test, Robbie is neat about filling in the answers and Travis plays connect-the-dots and makes a Donkey out of it. This references the characters' stand-out personality traits.
 * Lily is the first to get her radio name. Robbie is the one who suggests 'Shady Lane', which is a song by Pavement that inspired her to start playing the guitar.
 * Ray accidentally gives Robbie his alias, Question Mark, after he complains to him about how often he ends a sentence with a question mark.

Trivia

 * This is the first and only episode where Robbie is seen wearing his glasses.

Music
Skies So Blue by The Rocket Summer

Cast
Nathan Carter as Travis Strong / Smog
 * Main

Al Mukadam as Ray Brennan / Pronto

Nathan Stephenson as Robbie McGrath / Question Mark

Kate Todd as Lily Randall / Shady Lane Garen Boyajian as Ed
 * Regulars

David Rendall as Ted

Genelle Williams as Kim Carlisle

Hamish McEwan as Principal Waller
 * Other

Quotes

 * Robbie: "Hey, Ed. Ted. So, what do guys think? Potential?"
 * Ted: "Has to be better than Cougar Radio."
 * Ed: "Well, listening to a chihuahua being sucked through a straw would sound better than Cougar Radio."
 * Lily: "So, what's up with the transmitter?"
 * Travis: "I did a circuit test. Nothing blew up, but to be on the safe side, I'd wear rubber-soled shoes."
 * Lily: "I'm writing my will."
 * Lily: "I'm writing my will."