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Hey Everyone! I'm new here- I've been lerking around for the past few years- and just finally decided to sign up! :) My name is Amber, and I live in California, but I am in school right now for Broadcasting in the midwest. :) (I wasn't quite sure where to post this) and since I'm an avid listener of 995 The Wolf, thought I'd make my introduction here. (Mods, if this isn't in the right place, please feel free to move my topic)! I hope to get into radio after I am done with school. I am also totally blind- I've been that way my intire life. Um anyways, I am a huge, huge radio/music fan. So thought I'd stop by. I'm an avid listener of the wolf in DFW (I listen online) Lisa Taylor is my idol- she's the one who really got me wanting to persue a career in broadcasting- I've been listening to her since I was 8 years old. (I'm orriginally from New York) so I listened to her on Z 100 until she left. I am so elated that she's back on the radio! :) I'd love to meet her- that has been my dream ever since I was a little girl- I was going to meet her (my Mom was going to surprise me) and take me up to meet her for my 11th Birthday, but she unfortunately left NY/Z100 a month before I had the chance to meet her. Anyways, I am really glad she's back! :) Another person who I use to listen to is Melissa Forman- she's awesome as well! :D :) Just thought I'd introduce myself. :)
Thanks for reading!
Amber.
 
Best of luck to you, Amber. If you ever have a question about the business, there are a lot of radio pros who lurk here. I'm sure anyone would be glad to help.
 
Hello! Thanks everyone for the welcome's, I appreciate it!!!! :) :D If I ever have questions about the business, I will be sure to post them! :) Thanks everyone!
Amber.
 
Amber,

It's nice to meet you. Thanks for writing and welcome to the board.

Good luck in school. Please keep in touch and let us know how you are doing.

Best wishes,
Tony
 
Amber,

Nice to meet you. Welcome to the boards. Best of luck to you in broadcasting school & in your career in radio.
 
Hi Ya'll! Thanks for the replies and welcome's, I appreciate it! :) Thanks, Tony, it's nice to meet you as well! :) Nice to be able to talk with a bunch of radio fans like myself! :) I hope to make more posts soon. (during the semester I'm pretty busy) but will get on as often as I can. :) I'm on spring break, so posting/freakquenting the boards isn't an issue cause school's not getting in the way! :D Thanks again everyone! :)
Amber.
 
Great to have you here Amber. Something tells me your passion for the radio business will overcome any visual opstacles you may have.Wishing you nothing but the best !
 
Guess I'll be the grinch. Control boards do not come with brail, neither do liner cards, and VU meters. It's gonna take two people to run your shift IF you EVER get into radio. Just being honest. I knew of a deaf guy that once worked in radio, but if the format clocked EVER strayed, he was SOL. He ran his board by the clock and the level on the meters. Quite honestly, its gonna take one heck of a PD to even consider you as an employee IN the studio. You may have a place somewhere else in the station, but someone who cant see will constantly need assistance in studio.
 
Unfortunately, this is the worst time in the history of radio to want to work in radio. Most of the people on this board either have never worked in radio, were fired or laid off. Starting in radio today would be like taking a cruise on the Titanic. There are almost no jobs and if you do get a job, your chance of making decent money in radio is slim and none. Stations like KLUV voicetrack various dayparts including afternoon drive so they can pay the minimum
to the few people that work there. There are other places in media to have a career. Find one.
 
Hello Everyone! Thanks superJJ for the incouragement! to the last poster; thanks for you're honesty, I appreciate it. Although there was a totally blind guy (who worked in Chicago) who had a shift by himself. The controll board shouldn't be an issue, if I learn where the buttons/knobs are, and what they do and such. The only issue I could see is the playlist, because at least at my University, the college radiostation is all tuch. The only thing that isn't tuch is the control board, everything else is tuch. With all that said, thanks for your honesty though, I appreciate it! :)
Amber.
 
RadioTruth: Thanks for your honesty. I don't know about that though, because what about the smaller markets? (I'm not wanting to start in somewhere like NYC) lol at least not right away anyways. But aren't the smaller markets looking for new on air tallent? I've still got a few years of school left, I should be done by 2013/2014, so it's not like I'm graduating right away... I mean even if it doesn't pay all that much (which I know this going into it) it's not really about the pay-- if you know what I mean. It's about the listeners. :) But anyways- thanks again for your input, I do appreciate it.
Amber.
 
Radiogirl, I truly hope you are not getting a degree in communications. Get a degree in something useful. You know how many people I know that have communications degrees that are ABSOLUTELY WORTHLESS! Most all stations now days have automated software that is touch screen. The console IS your biggest issue. You have no idea of what to do if something is out of program, audition, or auxillary(for analog). There are lots of things you havent experienced in this industry that college radio doesn't teach. Again, I'm just being honest. I remember when I was in your shoes. I never did the college thing but I did go to a broadcasting school. I've been in the industry for 10 years and have worked for a couple nationally syndicated radio shows, been the creative services guy, weekend board op, all around board op(anytime fill in) and even worked a lil management. Currently this industry is in a slump and is controlled by the corporate suits. With all honesty, I understand your passion I have been there, find something that you can make enough money to eat on.
 
If this was 1965, you would have the choice of thousands of small market radio stations to perfect your talent and move up the market ladder. Those small market radio opportunities don't exist today. Small market stations, in 99%
of all cases, run either satellite or some kind of syndicated programming. Most small market stations can barely survive and cannot afford much in the way of local talent. The majority of small market stations run automated and mostly unattended most of the day. Amber, I wish you luck but, you are five decades late. The radio industry is eroding by the day. Radio revenue across the United States has gone down by 33% from 2005-2009 and will only go lower because of other advertising alternatives and fragmentation for businesses of all sizes. Working in radio today would be like swimming with a cement suit on.
 
Hello! Thanks both of you for your honesty and insiteful posts! :) Hmmm, all that is interesting stuff. Mic_check I am not getting my degree in communications, I'm getting my degree in broadcast journalism. :) As far as radio/small markets go, that's all interesting stuff. Honestly though, I've tried other fields- from Psychology to Socialwork, and I've found that they aren't what I want to do, that said, radio has always been a passion of mine- right now I don't care where I go, as long as I'm working somewhere-you know? I'm hoping that by the time I get out of school, this economy will inproove- making jobs in radio inproove. (cause I honestly can't see myself on TV) but if I have to- I'll do it. I was thinking about actually attending grad school for communications- just to have something to fall back on in case radio does not work out. Thanks for your posts, I do appreciate them.
Amber.
 
The economy is not the reason that radio is eroding. The reason that radio, as an industry, is eroding is because of more entertainment alternatives such as Ipods, the Internet, satellite radio (to a much lesser degree), Youtube and
various other things that didn't exist when radio was at its peak. Radio audience and revenue will continue to erode
as advertisers switch more of their ad dollars to the Internet. Radio, in the 50s and 60s, was at the cutting edge of introducing teenagers to new music. Today's teenagers don't care about radio which means in ten years that young adults won't care about radio and the audience that grew up on radio will be so old that they won't matter to advertisers which is already happening. Radio is becoming a dead industry. There will be a point when all music radio is automated. We are about half way there now. Radio's death is not about a downturn in the economy. Radio's death is about a technology that had its time in the sun but, with all the other entertainment alternatives, cannot survive.
 
mic_check said:
Guess I'll be the grinch. Control boards do not come with brail, neither do liner cards, and VU meters. It's gonna take two people to run your shift IF you EVER get into radio. Just being honest. I knew of a deaf guy that once worked in radio, but if the format clocked EVER strayed, he was SOL. He ran his board by the clock and the level on the meters. Quite honestly, its gonna take one heck of a PD to even consider you as an employee IN the studio. You may have a place somewhere else in the station, but someone who cant see will constantly need assistance in studio.
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Please consider the story of long time broadcaster Texas Phil Parr:
http://www.philparr.net/about_me

I arrived at my 1st job in radio at KTLW in Texas City in 1972, after Phil left in 1970 to go to KSPL in Diboll, Texas. Up until that time, I listened to Phil on KTLW many times and never knew he was blind. He ran his own board, flawlessly.
 
As usual, Chuck, great post. I hadn't thought of Phil in years!

And interestingly enough, I never once thought to discourage Amber's dream because she was blind! I was more concerned for her as far as the state of radio and piss poor salaries go...

You go get 'em Girl!!
 
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