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Do you know know the names of all of the most famous sports announcers by heart? Do you find yourself calling the plays at your high school football game? Do you often take on the assignment of DJ at your friends' parties?
Knowledge of sports along with a conversational delivery style is important for success as a sports anchor person, just like knowledge about music and the hottest musicians and bands is required for a DJ at a rock station. Sports announcers can report live from the dugouts and benches as the coaches and players develop strategy that often determines the vital winning strategies. You mihgt even get to interview famous professional athletes when you do in-depth interviews as part of your sportscast.
Or, do you want to learn to be a DJ because you like the idea of having your own radio show -- playing the hit songs, joking around, announcing new record titles? DJs often interview recording artists and movie stars. As a radio personality you get paid for public appearances to help promote your station. You might even become famous yourself.
Or, you might be better at delivering the news. As a news person you will also be involved in on the spot news bulletins, often at the actual scene of where news happends. And as a prominent member of your community, you must attend civic and special meetings where important issues are debated. And you had better like politics, because come election time, you'll be in the thick of it reporting on the top candidates.
Learn how to be a sportscaster, DJ or a news announcer, isn't all that easy. Radio jobs are in high demand so it is easier to get a job at a smaller radio station. But the proven best way to get training and a job is via a mentor program or school that offers professional mentors who can help get you a job after you graduate. And remember that earnings are often higher in larger cities than in small towns in the U.S.
According to the 2006 US Bureau of Labor Statistics, half of all radio and television announcerssome of whom were disc jockeysearned between $8.10 and $18.62 an hour. 10 percent of the lowest paid earned less than $6.55. The highest-paid 10 percent made more than $32.98 an hour. Announcers held about 71,000 jobs.
Almost 30 percent of these workers are in broadcasting, mainly in radio and television stations, with 17 percent working in the motion picture, video, and sound recording industries.
Behind the scenes there are also plenty of other jobs at a radio station -- digital recording, editing, and broadcasting has changed the work of broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators. Today's technicians must learn skills for computer software and networking.
The important thing is that if you want to learn how to be a DJ or get a job in radio, you need to learn from a working professional - a mentor who can teach you all the inside tips and tricks.
