Indu Prasher dreams of one day being beamed into living rooms across Canada.

Her aspirations have less to do with an affinity toward Star Trek, however, and more to do with an interest in broadcasting.

Thanks in part to a new communications course at Vaughan Secondary School in Thornhill, the OAC student may one day realize that dream.

Prasher is one of a handful of students to complete the Grade 12 radio course and now has plans of taking it a step further, hopefully pursuing a post-secondary education in the field come September.

"I've applied to Ryerson for broadcasting," said Prasher.

"I want to be in front of the camera."

Rob Basile is the audio/visual technician at Vaughan Secondary.

With a background in broadcasting, he helps oversee the course, along with teacher Lidia Vieira.

The idea surfaced when someone suggested playing music in the cafeteria for students.

Staff and students took the idea even further and the result is the school's own radio station.

Basile secured a licence through Industry Canada two years ago and students have been belting out the tunes ever since.

The signal may be weak -- the clearest reception coming in the immediate area of the school -- but the response has been overwhelming.

"We've had a good reaction, they (Vaughan Secondary students) like the music," said OAC student Gavin Lee, who took the course last year.

"We want to sound as professional as possible," Basile said.

"But we also try to keep it (content) very clean."

Students map out an identity all their own on the air. They cater to a variety of musical tastes and resent any comparisons to hit radio stations.

However, staff members are quick to point out the support they have received from the broadcasting industry.

Popular radio station CHUM FM, for example, donated a console to the school -- the main piece of equipment in radio broadcasting.

Basile said three other high schools in the region have approached him about starting their own radio stations.

Staff members said demand for the course often exceeds availability.

And now students may have to compete for air time with teachers who have also been swept up by its popularity.

Anyone who wants to hear what the students are up to can listen via the Internet at www.ravfm.com