Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Prepare and deliver news, sports, or weather reports, gathering and rewriting material so that it will convey required information and fit specific time slots.
- Read news flashes to inform audiences of important events.
- Select program content, in conjunction with producers and assistants, based on factors such as program specialties, audience tastes, or requests from the public.
- Study background information to prepare for programs or interviews.
- Comment on music and other matters, such as weather or traffic conditions.
- Interview show guests about their lives, their work, or topics of current interest.
- Discuss various topics over the telephone with viewers or listeners.
- Host civic, charitable, or promotional events broadcast over television or radio.
- Make promotional appearances at public or private events to represent their employers.
- Operate control consoles.
- Announce musical selections, station breaks, commercials, or public service information, and accept requests from listening audience.
- Record commercials for later broadcast.
- Attend press conferences to gather information for broadcast.
- Provide commentary and conduct interviews during sporting events, parades, conventions, or other events.
- Identify stations, and introduce or close shows, ad-libbing or using memorized or read scripts.
- Develop story lines for broadcasts.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Keep daily program logs to provide information on all elements aired during broadcast, such as musical selections and station promotions.
- Locate guests to appear on talk or interview shows.
- Describe or demonstrate products that viewers may purchase through specific shows or in stores.
- Coordinate games, contests, or other on-air competitions, performing such duties as asking questions and awarding prizes.
- Give network cues permitting selected stations to receive programs.
- Moderate panels or discussion shows on topics such as current affairs, art, or education.
- Write and edit video and scripts for broadcasts.
- Maintain organization of the music library.
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