How can I become a Radio Broadcaster?

Radio broadcasters present news, sports, gossip, music and currents events over the airways to an
audience. They may also interview guests and promote local events and festivals. Radio stations often
focus their content on a certain subject or area. For example, some stations will play rock or country
music, while others will broadcast sporting events or news shows.
In addition to working on the radio, broadcasters may also make promotional appearances. Some of
these workers are self-employed, which allows them to set their schedules and possibly work from
home. However, the radio industry can be stressful, with plenty of deadlines. Many radio stations run
24 hours a day, which might require some late hours.

Career Requirements
Requirements for this career vary by employer; however, applicants can anticipate they'll be expected
to possess strong speaking, research, reading, and writing skills. Radio broadcasters are skilled in
interviewing and moderating guests and providing commentary alongside callers and news stories.
They perform technical skills on broadcast automation systems, control and mixer boards, and CD
players. Radio broadcasters generally work flexible schedules.

Degree
Bachelor's degree
Level
Journalism, communications or broadcast communication may include
Degree
courses in speech, news reporting, broadcast writing, sound production and
Field
interpersonal communication
Key Skills Speaking, research, reading, and writing
Salary
£33,220/year
(May 2019)
Steps to Be a Radio Broadcaster- training needs and
opportunities
Radio broadcasters generally have a combination of education and experience.

Step 1: Complete Training

There are many different ways you could get into being a Radio Broadcaster such as taking a
university course, a college course, an apprenticeship or even volunteering.

If you plan to go to university you could do a higher national diploma or a degree in radio or media
production. This will not only help you learn about the broadcasting industry, it will also help you
develop the skills and knowledge you'll need for this job.

Other courses such as science or politics would also be really useful if you want to work on
specialist radio productions.

Entry requirements:

To be a radio broadcaster, you will usually need to have a set of requirements such as

● 4 or 5 GCSE’s at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C) or equivalent including english and maths.

● Between 1 and 3 A levels or equivalent for a higher national diploma or degree.

You can also do a college course that may give you some of the skills and knowledge needed for
this role.

Courses include:
● Level 2 Certificate in Radio
● Level 3 Diploma in Creative Media Production and Technology
● Level 3 Diploma in Sound Production
● T Level in Media, Broadcast and Production

You can also get into this career through a broadcast production assistant advanced
apprenticeship.

Employers will set their own entry requirements.

Another way to get into this job is to volunteer. Competition for jobs is strong and employers will
expect you to have practical experience and show you have a real enthusiasm for radio
broadcasting, there are many ways you can get involved and gain experience through such as
working with community, hospital or student radios or work placements.
Here are some skills you will need for this role to see if you would make a good broadcaster:

● To be thorough and pay attention to detail

● excellent verbal and written communication skills
● knowledge of media production and communication
● thinking and reasoning skills
● knowledge of computer operating systems, hardware and software
● ability to work with others, teamwork
● broadcasting and telecommunications knowledge
● ability to accept criticism and work well under pressure
● you also need to be able to use a computer and the main software packages completely

Career path and progression:

With experience, you could become a radio producer, presenter, music programmer or a technical
studio manager.

You could move into television research or production.

Step 2: Gain Work Experience

You could gain work experience by working with local radio stations such as hospital radios,
warrington radio and lymm radio.

By gaining work experience you gain practical wisdom with an employer by learning about a
particular role, organisation or career path.

This will help to advance your career and evolve as a person too.

Internships and traineeships also help to gain knowledge and experience.

Lymm radio is a local radio station for South Warrington and North Cheshire broadcasting from
their studios in Lymm village. Lymm radio also hosts media training and experience workshops for
the general public. These courses will be delivered by key personnel from the Lymm Radio team
along with special guests and leading industry professionals. This will help to gain a professional
understanding of radio to a whole new level. This will allow you to excel and gain more knowledge.
This is helpful because it makes you more knowledgeable and qualified working within radio
broadcasting. Learning from special guests and professionals will help boost and broaden your
career and will be extremely useful for you in the future.

The Hospital Broadcasting Association is the national charity that supports and promotes hospital
broadcasting in the UK. They are currently seeking volunteers for a variety of roles within the
organisation. And the good thing about this is that anyone can apply. This is good to take up since
anyone can apply and try it out.

Warrington radio is a community radio broadcasting 24 hours a day across Warrington.

They feature a broad mix of music, local news, history, arts, culture, business, sport and much
more. There are several ways you can get involved and gain expertise within radio.
Radio Warrington is a community radio station that targets many varied communities that live and
work in Warrington. They give training and broadcasting opportunities to anyone in Warrington
who want to get involved.

These will all help because they give you more skill and awareness and allow you to do more.

Step 3: Begin Entry-Level Work

Published

April 20, 2022

Location

Home

Category

Programming

Job Type

England

Remuneration

Voluntary

More Info

https://www.sunshineradioonline.co.uk

Closing Date

2022/05/07

DESCRIPTION

Sunshine Radio Online Ltd. launched in November 2021.

Broadcasting online with a mix of live, voice tracked and pre-recorded programming, Sunshine

offers a varied listening experience where entertaining the listener is a core value. We have a high

level of interaction from our FaceBook groups where each DJ is able to interact directly with our

ever growing listener base.

We have free mobile apps and an Alexa skill that makes listening easy wherever you are, you can

also find us on a multitude of aggregated streaming applications eg My Tuner.

Sunshine Radio Online is always on the lookout for new talent to join our broadcasting team,

initially to cover the absence of regular DJs with a view to take over permanent positions as they

become available.

Our current on air lineup has DJs with many years of broadcasting experience from well known

broadcast stations worldwide, having similar experience would be great, but equally, if you have

none, and feel you have the talent, then we are interested in speaking with you.

Have a listen to us via www.sunshineradioonline.co.uk to get a feel for the kind of music we play -

and the way our DJs work - would you fit in? - have you got what it takes?

Send us a demo, no longer than 5 minutes to: studio@sunshineradioonline.co.uk

Let us know who you are, what you have done before and your availability. Include if you are able

to do a regular show and your preference of live, prerecorded or voice tracked shows.

You will need a reliable internet connection, if you have a home studio then great, however the

minimum your need is a computer with a good USB microphone. Our system is very flexible and

we can accommodate various combinations of using your own full studio or our cloud based

broadcast software from an internet browser.

Talk to us - we want committed team members who can follow simple instructions - and they are

“Play great music, and have fun”.

Experienced DJs and total newbies - If you have what it takes - get in touch…..

https://radiotodayjobs.com/
This could help me get a job in radio in the future because by taking this job up, I will gain
experience, knowledge and expertise in this industry which will not only help me in the future, it
will also help my career in radio.

Recruitment practices for radio jobs

When looking for the ideal person to recruit you have to be sure to have the perfect candidate in
mind, i.e. what sort of qualities are you looking for? What position would they have in your radio
station?

A way to find people to recruit is by creating online job advertisements, job hunting websites such
as Indeed, Monster and LinkedIn are often a good start when it comes to getting your job advert
out there.

You need to keep an open mind when it comes to recruiting people via employment websites.

Another way is to approach media, radio and journalism schools/programmes.

This could be the perfect opportunity to find young people who are comfortable with a mic and
confident or ease up when it comes to entertaining content. It is also beneficial to search for young
people since they are always up to date with news, new trends and relevant information.

Another way is to make an appeal on social media. Create posts and adverts, this creates a high
chance of them being shared multiple times.

Job Description

Producer – Classic FM

Reporting of the role

This role reports to the Deputy Managing Editor, Classic FM

Overview of job

At a significant time for UK radio, we want a brilliant producer to join us in the year Classic FM
celebrates its 30th anniversary. In the past year Classic FM has achieved its highest hours and share
for 14 years (RAJAR Q4 2021), cemented its position as the biggest classical music brand online
worldwide, and played classical music to millions of pets up and down the country on Bonfire
Night!

It’s fair to say we always aim high and achieve great things, and we’d love you to apply if you think
you can help take Classic FM to the next level!

3 best things about the job

● Your work will reach 5.1 million UK adults every week

● Your weekly tasks will be varied and you’ll produce programmes presented by a host of
household names

● You’ll be given opportunities to grow and develop your career

Measures of success - in the first few months you would have:

● Effectively produced a variety of programmes

● Built great positive relationships with presenters and the production team, as well as with
key people in the wider team at Global

● Written for Classic FM programmes with support from those around you
● Broadened your knowledge of classical music, if vital
● Shown you know what you’re doing with Classic FM's playout system (Zetta)
● Developed a critical ear for the programmes you work on, and be always on the look out
for ways to improve them

● Discovered how Classic FM uses GSelector to schedule its programmes

● Come up with ideas on working with your presenters to grow Classic FM’s social media
channels. You’ll also be working closely with Classic FM’s Senior Social Manager, to
promote the programmes you work on

● Shown knowledge of Global Player and how it works seamlessly with on-air output
Responsibilities of the role

● Producing live radio programmes

● Preparing content and scripting programmes
● Leading and directing recording sessions with presenters
● Editing recording sessions, effectively balancing timings, and loading them into Classic FM’s
playout system

● Taking an active part in team meetings and coming forward with suggestions for the
station outside of the programmes you work on

What you will need

The ideal candidate will be proactive and willing to develop and implement innovative solutions,
capable of the following:

● Producing relevant radio programming presented by high-profile names, with clearly

transferable skills that can be applied to Classic FM

● Demonstrating an understanding of the range of music played on Classic FM and, ideally,

the ability to schedule music using GSelector or equivalent software

● Using Adobe Audition, or similar editing software, and the ability to lead and direct
recording sessions

● Driving a mixing desk and to using a radio studio to effectively produce pre-recorded and
live output
 ● Scripting programmes and demonstrate knowledge of writing for radio
● Excelling under pressure, together with the desire to rise to the challenge of attracting
listeners from our competitors

● Showing an acute understanding of where Classic FM sits within the radio marketplace, of
its target audience, and of what makes an excellent commercial radio station

● Showing knowledge of the OFCOM broadcasting code

This job will give you the opportunity to grow and develop your career in radio and work with a
popular, known label.

Short term goals

● Some short term goals I can identify are:
● Working in radio
● Complete this unit and pass the qualifications
● Create radio shows
● Work with lymm radio

Medium term goals

● Apply for work experience

Long term goals

● Apply for university and getting a degree
● Getting a job in radio
Keeping up to date with the industry
There are a ton of ways to keep up with the industry such as listening to the radio, working in
the radio industry itself, looking at job advertisements, keeping up to date with certain jobs or
apprenticeships and much more.