RADIO 1 Broadcast School
RADIO CAREERS
Announcer / Air Personality
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By far, most of our graduates are hired as announcers at radio stations. This usually includes a 4-5 hour airshift, plus daily production time, occasional live broadcasts, and other duties. |
News Reporter / Anchor
| This position involves news gathering, writing, and reading. You could be a news anchor at a music station in the morning or afternoon, or for a cluster of stations. On an all-news station, you could be part of a team. |
Production
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Production of promos, commercials, and other audio is a very important aspect of any radio station. This is usually a part of the daily responsibility of announcers. At some multi-station facilities, or larger market stations, it is a full-time position. By using your voice, music, sound effects, and various production techniques, you create unique audio ready for air. |
Promotions
| Radio stations place a big importance on promotions, such as giveaways, contests, and parties. A promotions director is in charge of putting it all together. Again, this can be one of the announcers responsibility, or in some cases, a full time job. |
Music Director
| This job involves helping to choose the songs that a station plays. The music director puts together the daily playlist. |
Sportscaster
| There are more all-sports stations now than ever before. These stations need play-by-play announcers, sports news anchors, and sports talk show hosts. |
Other Opportunities
| Being an announcer at a radio station lends itself to part time, lucrative, tangent opportunities. This includes voiceover work for studios, ad agencies, and audio production houses. Also, many radio announcers moonlight as road-show djs for weddings, school dances, and parties. |