Radio and television announcers have various job descriptions, including playing music, announcing sporting events, and introducing guests on game shows. Advertisers often have a telecom or broadcast journalism degree and are hired based on their knowledge and experience in a particular subject. DJ announcers can create informational programs and are expected to maintain or grow the station’s audience. Sports announcers have expertise in a specific sport and can work as play-by-play or game analysis commentators. Public service announcers broadcast messages that are in the best interest of the public.
Radio and television announcers have many different job descriptions. Announcer jobs include playing music on a radio station and announcing sporting events on television. Advertisers often graduate from a telecom or broadcast journalism program. Advertisers are likely to be hired for a certain type of advertiser job if they have knowledge or experience in that subject. For example, to be a disc jockey (DJ) and announce the songs played on a country music radio station, the aspirant is likely to demonstrate an appreciation of the music genre by the DJ hiring manager.
A DJ can not only play songs from the music genre of a radio station, but also research and create informational programs. These types of announcer jobs involve the station choosing the list of songs to be displayed or the DJ choosing each song he or she will broadcast. A DJ with an interest and knowledge in a particular type of music is expected to broadcast radio programming that will maintain or even grow the station’s audience.
Some radio announcer jobs include the DJ voice parts in commercials. Radio announcers may even write the ads for small stations, unless freelance radio advertising writers are used. Television announcer jobs can sometimes feature the voices of advertisers in commercials instead of the announcers who normally do this work.
Television advertisers jobs may include introducing guests for game shows and/or describing prizes. Public service announcers work in radio and television. A public service announcement (PSA) is a message that radio and television stations usually broadcast at no charge to the advertiser. These messages are usually advertisements from government or non-profit groups and are considered to be in the best interest of the public. An example of PSA is a broadcast asking the public never to drink and drive or a message to use frequent hand washing to avoid the influenza virus that is spreading in the area.
Sports announcers work in radio and television; they broadcast their announcements from stadiums before, during and/or after games. These types of announcer jobs are often referred to as color commentators. Color commentators have experience or expertise in a specific sport. The two main types of sports broadcaster or commentator jobs are play-by-play and game analysis. Sports analysts review plays after games, while play-by-play announcers announce each game as it occurs.
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