Radio.....?!
Question: im majoring in radio broadcasting. which radio station would be best to work at?
Answers: im majoring in radio broadcasting. which radio station would be best to work at?
Well, Z-100 of course. But it might take a few years to get there. Read the below and good luck!
-a guy named duh
OK, here's my brief version on how to get in radio. Take it from one who started this way. If you want to try radio as a possible career choice, It's easy, really easier than most think. Go to all the local radio stations and tell them you're willing to do anything for little or no money (at first). Including interning (though those are usually for current college students in a broadcasting major). In a big city, that's going to be more difficult than a smaller town, but not impossible.
Maybe they need a Gofer, or a production or promotion assistant. In the old days you used to be able to 'hang out" at a station. That's still a possibility (usually at night) in a small town, but in a bigger city, it's hard because the stations are in office buildings. Anyway, so maybe you get a Gofer or promotion assistant job. Or maybe you're just the kid who hangs out and will go get burgers. Then as people leave for bigger better gigs, you move up. Radio's a very fluid business. People move a lot. Because the only way to really get promoted is to go to a bigger market.
Give it a try. You've got nothing to lose. Study all the stations where you live. Visit some of the websites I'll put below. Go around to all the stations (obviously start with the ones where you like the music - but don't leave out religious stations, foreign language stations etc. anything to get experience and something legit on your resume). Because you've studied the station and listened to their format, you'll impress them with your knowledge; go to the remote broadcasts and get to know the promotion people - the ones hanging banners, in the tent and handing out bumper stickers.
Sooner or later someone will leave and you can say, "Hey, I can do that, I want his job now that he's leaving." It's important you have a driver’s license & clean record, 'cause you'll be driving the station van. Go 4 it!
Also, many colleges and some high schools (especially magnet schools) have radio courses of study and there are private vocational schools like Columbia School of Broadcasting. Emerson College in Boston is the premiere Media College in the US.
If you are interested in a career in radio, check out this great scholarship program from the John Bayliss Broadcast Foundation. It could mean $5,000 towards your tuition!
www.baylissfoundation.org
Maybe you can turn another skill, with accounting, traffic, or engineering into an off-air career. Sales, though not as popular with young people, is a great way to get into radio even if you don't have a great voice. You'll also make more money and work steadier hours - but it's not as glamorous. Radio stations also need salespeople, acountants and business managers
Free Radio Newsletters:
www.AllAboutCountry.com
www.AllAccess.com
www.insideradio.com
www.radio-info.com
To start, a small to medium sized market such as a market 120 station and at a station not owned by a conglomerate.
I find locally run radio stations are willing to train people to make the move better. I've actually seen these stations advertise on radio forums looking for talent to come work in their market to learn the ropes instead of being a number like I've heard from so many major market and conglomerate owned stations
I majored in radio broadcasting, and you're going to have to work at some small-town stations to start with. Experience is the key, get some now. Do as many internships as you can and, in the Summer, see if you can work for a radio station in your town, even if its for free. When you graduate, your going to have to start in a small market and work your way up from there.
Also, know what your getting into. People in radio get fired ALL the time. The longest full-time job I ever had was eight months, its just a part of the business. So, if you don't mind low-pay, lots of hours, and moving around alot, then you're in the right business.
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it depends what kind of radio you want to go into. Like if its talk, or music. Try to get an internship or entry level job at a radio station that suits where u want to go with your career. i work at my fav talk radio station and im majoring in radio broadcasting. i love it and its amazing because its exactly where i want to be. i interned first then got hired