Employment and education opportunities


The best way to get your foot in the door of the radio industry, would have to by VOLUNTEERING at your local radio station. The best way to learn is through experience, the opportunities of radio can be almost limitless if you know where to start.




Education opportunities
Here is a short list of courses that are available just to get you looking in the right direction:
Australian Film Television and Radio School (afters) advance courses.
Graduate Diploma in Commercial Radio Broadcasting 




A.F.T.R.S Open programs short courses for radio


Neilsons Commercial Radio Australia Induction Training course.

Radio school


There are also courses available at your local tafe and university to help you hone your skills i.e. 
  • Media and communication      
  • Radio broadcasting






    Employment opportunities
There are a large number of people that contribute to what is heard on the radio all with different job requirements and specialities some of which include:
Production (Content):


Content production subdivides into two main areas:

Music radio presentation & Production and speech radio.

Production (Technical):
  • Engineers 
  •  Studio Managers
Admin, Support and Sales
  • Sales Executives
  • Sales Team
  • The Personnel department
  • The Finance department 
  • The Record Librarian
  • The Receptionist
  • Sales Manager
  • Promotions team  
  • The Media Sales Representative(s)




All these positions play an important role in preparing and delivering the final products.


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