Radio Jobs

L.Jenkins

Anyone know of any jobs going around the country. I'm looking to get in anywhere doing anything, making tea, promotions, whatever!

Fago!

It's one of the hardest businesses to get into. They don't just let anyone in. You need experience or qualifications or a relative in the station.

FlutterinBantam

Especially the third one!!

Derryleigh

I would say that the pay is dire. My local station seems to have cut back big time on well known names that were there for years. They must have been let go or something because of the economic situation.

Alot of the news readers who have replaced them ound very young, like just out of college. And there is alot less talk programmes on. There is definitley more music than there used to be. So I would say there are jobs for DJ's alright willing to work for a few ha'pennys!

Having said all that, here is another thing, I dont listen as much to my local station as I used to and neither do some of my neighbours whom I meet, but evey time the JNLRs come out, they crow on the radio, to the high heavens about going up in listenership. They never seem to go down and I cant understand that because they dont do as many of the local club GAA matches that they used to have either.

dib

Fago! wrote: »

It's one of the hardest businesses to get into. They don't just let anyone in. You need experience or qualifications or a relative in the station.

FlutterinBantam wrote:

Especially the third one!!

There are some very bitter people out there!

On a side note, the amount of people that are doing "multimedia" and "Sound Engineering" courses that expect to walk into a job in a National Station is laughable.

eth0_

The best way in is by volunteering at community/hospital radio, or your local radio station if you can get in. For free, obviously. Even create your own podcasts or run your own internet radio station and familiarise yourself with software like adobe audition/cool edit etc. You can't just expect to walk into a job in radio without any basic skills in the medium.

Fago!

dib wrote: »

There are some very bitter people out there

You know we're right!

eth0_ wrote: »

The best way in is by volunteering at community/hospital radio, or your local radio station if you can get in. For free, obviously. Even create your own podcasts or run your own internet radio station and familiarise yourself with software like adobe audition/cool edit etc. You can't just expect to walk into a job in radio without any basic skills in the medium.

He's on the trolley.....

More Music

Right place, right time for most people. Also, a bit of talent along with some experience helps.

FlutterinBantam

dib wrote: »

There are some very bitter people out there!

On a side note, the amount of people that are doing "multimedia" and "Sound Engineering" courses that expect to walk into a job in a National Station is laughable.

Realistic I prefer to call it .

History bears out that argument dibbser.

petals

dib wrote: »

There are some very bitter people out there!

On a side note, the amount of people that are doing "multimedia" and "Sound Engineering" courses that expect to walk into a job in a National Station is laughable.

Actually I find the fact they said you have to a have a relative at a station to be quite true if not a relative someone you know that is willing to plug you as such. I asked one presenter for help on a college project once and he told me himself he had only agreed to help cos another dj had suggested it. Likewise I've gotten work ex simply from knowing this dj and the people have told me if it wasn't for him they wouldn't have agreed!
It's a ridiculous attitude to have cos they should take you on your own abilities not on who you know!

As for the point on courses having come from kairos I don't think anyone in my year thought they were going to walk straight into a national job! I think we all knew it was going to be a tough fight to get in anywhere and afaik two years on none of us has managed it yet!! But then I also find with stations they prefere males to females when it comes to giving out work experience AND it depends on the course you did as to whether they pay attention as well.. for example they seem to pay alot more attention to people who have come out of Ballyfermot than those who have come out of Kairos.

Fuzzy Clam

petals wrote: »

Actually I find the fact they said you have to a have a relative at a station to be quite true if not a relative someone you know that is willing to plug you as such. I asked one presenter for help on a college project once and he told me himself he had only agreed to help cos another dj had suggested it. Likewise I've gotten work ex simply from knowing this dj and the people have told me if it wasn't for him they wouldn't have agreed!

Unlike you to say that, Petals.

A previous quote from you
"I smell jealousy!
If they weren't capable of doing the job it doesn't matter who they know or who's ass they kissed they wouldn't be there!"

Do I sense a bit of growing up here.........

petals

Fuzzy Clam wrote: »

Unlike you to say that, Petals.

A previous quote from you
"I smell jealousy!
If they weren't capable of doing the job it doesn't matter who they know or who's ass they kissed they wouldn't be there!"

Do I sense a bit of growing up here.........

What year was that posted in ha!!!

If you read it it still says pretty much exactly the same thing worded differently!

tbh

I think it's a case of an and rather than an or - you need talent and realistically, you need connections - one is no good without another. I'll start a people available / people needed sticky tomorrow.

Fago!

tbh wrote: »

I think it's a case of an and rather than an or - you need talent and realistically, you need connections - one is no good without another. I'll start a people available / people needed sticky tomorrow.

That post stinks of "I can't be arsed, I'll do it later" or "I'm goin on t'piss, I'll do it when I'm sober - whenever that may be"

Blackjackdavey

eth0_ wrote: »

The best way in is by volunteering at community/hospital radio, or your local radio station if you can get in. For free, obviously. Even create your own podcasts or run your own internet radio station and familiarise yourself with software like adobe audition/cool edit etc. You can't just expect to walk into a job in radio without any basic skills in the medium.

Most Hospital Radio stations are gone and a lot of community stations are using FAS back to work schemes to fill their positions.

But familiarising yourself with the software is a definite step in the right direction. If you fancy yourself as talent, buy a podcasting kit from Thomann.de and make your own podcasts to get some homemade practice!