RADIO 1 Broadcast School

RADIO CAREERS

Announcer / Air Personality
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 
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.