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Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys

$41.75K Median Salary 3.3K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 10.4% Job Growth

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About This Career

Speak or read from scripted materials, such as news reports or commercial messages, on radio, television, or other communications media. May play and queue music, announce artist or title of performance, identify station, or interview guests.

Reported Job Titles

Anchor, Announcer, DJ (Disc Jockey), Host, Morning Show Host, News Anchor, Radio Announcer, Television News Anchor (TV News Anchor)

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Oral Expression

Speech Clarity

Oral Comprehension

Written Comprehension

Speech Recognition

Written Expression

Originality

Fluency of Ideas

Deductive Reasoning

Inductive Reasoning

Near Vision

Selective Attention

Information Ordering

Problem Sensitivity

Category Flexibility

Memorization

Speed of Closure

Time Sharing

Knowledge

Communications and Media

English Language

Computers and Electronics

Customer and Personal Service

Telecommunications

Geography

Sales and Marketing

Skills

Speaking

Active Listening

Reading Comprehension

Critical Thinking

Social Perceptiveness

Time Management

Active Learning

Judgment and Decision Making

Monitoring

Writing

Complex Problem Solving

Coordination

Service Orientation

Technology Skills

Word processing software

Presentation software

Music or sound editing software

Data base user interface and query software

Spreadsheet software

Electronic mail software

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

Enterprise application integration software

Office suite software

Analytical or scientific software

Internet browser software

Project management software

Tools

Media control systems

Visual presenters

Microphones

Earphone

Headphones

Notebook computers

Touch screen monitors

Audio mixing consoles

Microphone stand

Mobile phones

Compact disk players or recorders

Digital voice recorders

Special purpose telephones

Audio turntable

Desktop computers

Personal computers

Tablet computers

Abilities

Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Memorization: The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
Speed of Closure: The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.
Time Sharing: The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).

Knowledge

Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
Geography: Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

Skills

Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.

Technology Skills

Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Music or sound editing software: Music software
Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Enterprise resource planning ERP software: Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne; Oracle PeopleSoft; Oracle PeopleSoft Financials; SAP software
Enterprise application integration software: Electronic Data Interchange EDI systems
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Analytical or scientific software: Statistical analysis software; TapRooT
Internet browser software: Web browser software
Project management software: Mavenlink; Microsoft Project

Tools

Media control systems: Digital switchers
Visual presenters: Video magnifiers
Microphones: Handheld microphones; Studio microphones; Wireless microphones
Earphone: In-ear monitors IEM
Headphones: Headphone amplifiers; Studio headphones
Notebook computers: Laptop computers
Touch screen monitors: Interactive whiteboards
Audio mixing consoles: Audio compressors; Audio mixers; Broadcast mixing boards; Sound effect generators
Microphone stand: Microphone podiums
Mobile phones:
Compact disk players or recorders: Compact disk CD players
Digital voice recorders: Digital audio recorders
Special purpose telephones: Multi-line telephone systems
Audio turntable: Record turntables
Desktop computers:
Personal computers:
Tablet computers:

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