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Announcer
Randon Swindler
Skills needed to be an announcer
• must have a pleasant and well-controlled voice
• good timing
• excellent pronunciation
• correct grammar
• Willingness to compete for a job openings
Kinds of announcers
• Newscasters
• Disc jockeys
• Public address system announcers
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Newscasters
• work at radio stations • specialize in news, sports, or weather • may operate the control board • may monitor the transmitter • may sell commercial time to advertisers • may keep a log of the station’s daily
programming • produce advertisements and other recorded
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Disc jockeys
• some DJs specialize in one kind of music
• announcing selections as they air them
• follow schedules of commercials, talk, and music provided to them by management
• comment on the music, weather, and traffic
• may take requests from listeners, interview guests, and manage listener contests
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Public address system announcers
• provide information to the audience at sporting, performing arts, and other events
• announce and play music at clubs, dances, restaurants, and weddings
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Training
• Formal training in broadcasting from a college, a technical school, or a private broadcasting school is valuable.
• High school and college courses in English, public speaking, drama, foreign languages, and computer science are valuable .
• Hobbies such as sports and music are additional assets.
Employment Outlook
• Announcers held about 69,000 jobs in 2004.
• Employment of announcers is expected to decline due to the consolidation of existing stations, cable television and satellite radio.
Earnings
• Salaries in broadcasting vary widely
• Earnings are higher in television than in radio
• Earnings are higher in commercial broadcasting than in public broadcasting
• Median hourly earnings of wage and salary radio and television announcers in May 2004 were $10.64.
Related Jobs
• news analysts• reporters and correspondents• interpreters and translators• sales and marketing • public-relations specialists• actors, producers, and directors• musicians, singers, and related workers• writers and editors• broadcast and sound engineering technicians
and radio operators
For more information…
National Association of Broadcasters
1771 N St. NW., Washington, DC 20036
Internet: http://www.nab.org
Bibliography of sources
• Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2006-07 Edition, Announcers, on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos087.htm (visited July 24, 2007).
• Careers in focus. Broadcasting. 3rd ed.. New York: Ferguson, 2007.
• Ellis, Elmo Israel. Opportunities in broadcasting careers . New York: VGM Career Books, 2005.