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