Radio job oppitunity...should I take it?

Question

Well ive been asked to do a hour show three days a week, where I just talk to random people about anything wether its questions or just talking about a specific topic. Its a community radio for my local town mid california. Shall i take it? people say im good at talking about topics and they think il be excellent to talk about peoples problems or questions. Lol im just 16 but tell me what ya think. Thanks...=]

ps: can this lead to a good career in radio or show business? with lotsa $$$? =]

Answer 1

ya it sounds fun and if it pays good

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Answer 2

Yes.  If you want to be in radio any experience on the air is good.

Answer 3

omg if ur only 16 & you've been offered a job like this u should diff. take it most people would kill to have an opportunity  like this  u have been dealt a good  deal don't pass it up  good luck

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Answer 4

I agree with Vangorn2000, If you TRULY want to have a career in radio, take it! Any experience is good experience when it comes to radio and your resume`! Community radio experience goes a long way when it comes to interview time. Especially On-Air experience.

I can contest to what radio pays, I work for CBS Radio (KJKK, 100.3 Jack FM http://www.jackontheweb.com ) in the #5 market (Dallas, TX), and I dont make enough to pay my bills. I have to have a full time job to suppliment what I don't make working for the station. But keep in mind I have started and advanced my career in the #5 market ONLY. Not only is this almost UNHEARD of, it has been nearly impossible to accomplish. For me to get where I'm trying to go in my career, I have to take the lesser jobs and NETWORK LIKE CRAZY to get where im going.

Get your experience and build your resume in the smaller markets like you have the opportunity to do now, and I can guarantee you will see higher pay when you get into the larger markets. Be aware though, a career in radio, I mean a "TRUE" career in radio will demand that you travel to where the jobs are, and look foward to starting at the bottom of the totem pole at each station you go to as you advance in your career.

I'm just being honest to ya...

Answer 5

sounds good to me, i always wanted to be a dj.  ko-j the dj

used to be a song called bj the dj

Answer 6

Take the show, it can't hurt just give you more experiences if that what you want to do be a DJ

Answer 7

I think you should absolutely take it, and yes it can be the first step in getting a good career in radio/show, but even if you do an outstanding job, it still won't be easy to make a career out of it.  Jobs like that are in extremely high demand and usually don't pay squat, because so many people want to break in and become big stars.  It's about as easy as becoming a professional athlete.

You should only pursue a radio/show career if you truly think you could never be happy doing anything else.

Still, the experience can be extremely useful in other fields, too.  So many jobs require public speaking and communication, and it sure doesn't hurt to learn how a radio station operates.  There's a whole lot more that goes on at radio stations than just air time, what the audience hears.  You can learn about advertising, technology, broadcasting, practice your public speaking, budgeting, or any number of offshoots.  If you like to talk to people, you could be a psychologist or therapist, or a pastor if you're religious, or you could be a teacher.  Radio experience is useful for ALL of that.

Congratulations and good luck!

Answer 8

Take the job. Do not hesitate. Call them first thing in the morning and be profusely grateful!

-a guy named duh

Here's some more advice that's appeared in other answers, but it's all good stuff as are many of the other answers:

OK, here's my brief version on how to get in radio-in the US. 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

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Answer 9

If they like u, u might get a better job there, or somewhere else. and if u want to work as a dj sometime later on, it would look good on ur application