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Open Radio positions in NEPA?

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oldiezdj

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Hello all,

I am currently living in New Jersey working Production at local station. I've been working in production for 8 years now. I am looking to re-locate to Northeastern Pennsylvania, but was wondering if there are any radio stations in the area currently hiring for production? I am not looking for and on air position. I've looked around online, but haven't seen much listed. I hope to find more information by posting here.

Also, any tips on applying to a radio station in NEPA? Anything I should be aware of?

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
 
This fellow used to come into our business each night and clean up the place. It was for extra income, which he needed to keep up in an expensive place. His day job was a postman. He had put in for a transfer to Scranton after seeing the huge difference in the cost of living, explaining that his salary would be the same no matter what addresses he Cliff Clavin'd. (I'd come up here from Philly for much the same reasoning). That was 25 years ago. And the place he'd cleaned up at night was a radio station.

Much depends on what 'part' of NE PA you're looking to settle. We're currently in what might be better situated as 'East Central' PA, but the coal depots of Pottsville and Hazleton are linked to Wilkes-Barre far more than to Reading.

Schuylkill County is not a rated market, so the sales, programming and staffing there is apt to be geared less toward charts and clipboards than those practices are in most regions -- including S/WB and Allentown. The feeling here is if a Schuylkill book were taken, twenty stations would show up, maybe 25. That's a fair amount of maneuvering room. What I have seen is a mild form of provincial clannishness, if that's the term. But I saw that in Philly, too -- and far worse.

I know very little about Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Others here doubtless know more about that market. The advice from here (from an ex-jock, now retired) is to get a FEW solid leads -- along with a few solid leads in your SECONDARY field -- before making the move.

The people this way are very real, not phony. And there are some very good sounding radio stations, including a few retro facilities separate from the cookie-cutter modern form.

I'm planning to ask around about any garbage shifts that are traditionally tough to keep staffed, to augment the income. When the kids go back to school is the time to have an application or audition on someone's desk, I should think.

Good luck! Maybe we'll bounce into each other for the same stray shift one of these days, lol. I'll be the one with the white hair.
 
oldiezdj said:
Hello all,

I am currently living in New Jersey working Production at local station. I've been working in production for 8 years now. I am looking to re-locate to Northeastern Pennsylvania, but was wondering if there are any radio stations in the area currently hiring for production? I am not looking for and on air position. I've looked around online, but haven't seen much listed. I hope to find more information by posting here.

Also, any tips on applying to a radio station in NEPA? Anything I should be aware of? yea..general mgrs. and program directors../ why would you want to come to nepa.

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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The only real openings in the market right now are in sales. Unless you are REALLY well-known in the market, it's pretty much a closed deal. And what a shame it is.
 
I'm sorry to hear that.

Could I take an internship at a radio station? If they see my hard work it's possible they'll hire me.

I have a degree in communications, is there any job in NEPA where I can use my degree? Maybe something in TV? Behind the scenes? Need some help on other job opportunities if the radio market really is that difficult to get into.
 
oldiezdj said:
I'm sorry to hear that.

Could I take an internship at a radio station? If they see my hard work it's possible they'll hire me.

I have a degree in communications, is there any job in NEPA where I can use my degree? Maybe something in TV? Behind the scenes? Need some help on other job opportunities if the radio market really is that difficult to get into.
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I think even the TV market is pretty much a closed deal. With only 1.5 local stations producing TV news in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton/rest of NEPA market, I'm almost afraid to say that you're better off trying nearby Binghamton, NY...
 
One of my students interned at 28, very happy there. Despite some of the comments on message boards, she found the staff generally interested in her* and quite helpful.

*Genuinely, because she was in her 40's and no cheerleader type.
 
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