Creating Audition Tape for Radio Announcer Job

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Hi, there. This is Eddie Matthews on behalf of Expert Village. A few tips for announcers trying to get a career in radio. In this break, we're going to talk about getting involved in radio on a full-time basis. Getting your foot in the door. Tip for a new announcer: if you're sending out an audition tape, keep it short. Keep it to the point. PDs - if they don't like what they hear in the first fifteen seconds, chances are they are not going to listen to the rest of the audition tape. Get someone that you respect to listen to your breaks. If you can't sell them on your talent, you're going to have a hard time convincing the program director. One thing that does work on your resume - tell the program director that you are interested in doing pretty much anything. Even if you have to volunteer at a radio station just to showcase what, eventually, you can do. Convince them that you're worthy of a part-time or even a full-time job. And don't be picky on what type of station you would work for. Chances are, if you want to break into to the industry, you may have to move to the other end of the country. And you may have to play some formats and some type of music that you may not be in favor of or like or even know anything about. Moving to a small market, a great thing because you can get a lot of your mistakes out of the way, too. Picking and choosing where you're going to work - if you start doing that, you are going to be living in a pipe dream and chances are you won't be getting that job in the industry. Tell the PD why they should hire you. Convince them that you're a service provider for they're radio station. What makes you better than the twenty other audition tapes that they get each and every week. Honestly, if you just convince them that you're worthy of the time invested, you'll be in the business for a long time to come.

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