Radio station job opening--resume suggestions?

[JasonW]

Hello All,

I recently heard a local radio station (owned by a small regional network) advertise several job openings. I called them and was told to e-mail or fax a resume to their headquarters. I'd love to be a board op or perhaps work in programming at one of their AM news/talk stations. Being an engineer's assistant (if they'd take me for that) would be enjoyable as well.

I have never worked in broadcast radio before, but as a long-time listener who has "hung around" the business (I knew a few of the talk hosts at WNWS 790 in Miami and have a cousin who was a talk host there), I'm familiar with the studio jargon and engineering terminology and have a broad understanding of how a radio station works as an organization. I've never worked with AM or FM transmission equipment (other than experimenting with low-power Part 15 AM and FM gear), but I do know what the various pieces of full-power matching network, transmission line, and antenna equipment are and how they work.
Could anyone here recommend what to put (and what *not* to include) in the resume? I'm not looking to be deceptive--I just want to keep it short, sweet, and to-the-point with only information that they would consider relevant.

Many thanks in advance to anyone who can help. -- J. Jason Wentworth

 

[SirRoxalot]

Resume suggestions?

The first, and most important point for your resume:

Will work cheap, or free if necessary to get experience.

Also good:

Available 24 hours a day. I have no other life.

I have my own health insurance.

Will work part time. I consider 50 hrs. a week part-time.

I'm a computer geek. I love playing with automation software.

Important questions regarding employment:

Do enginerds get chicks?

If the answer to above is "yes", assume that the answers to the rest of your questions are similarly valid.

 

[JasonW]

Re: Resume suggestions?

I thank you for your suggestions. I know they're in jest (at least I *hope* they are!) <G>.

All I'm after is interesting work that pays the bills, which in my case isn't a whole lot--I live cheaply, having been reared by depression-era parents who emphasized thriftyness. -- Jason

> The first, and most important point for your resume:
>
> Will work cheap, or free if necessary to get experience.
>
> Also good:
>
> Available 24 hours a day. I have no other life.
>
> I have my own health insurance.
>
> Will work part time. I consider 50 hrs. a week part-time.
>
> I'm a computer geek. I love playing with automation
> software.
>
> Important questions regarding employment:
>
> Do enginerds get chicks?
>
> If the answer to above is "yes", assume that the answers to
> the rest of your questions are similarly valid.
>

 

[miamimadman]

Re: Resume suggestions?

> All I'm after is interesting work that pays the bills, which
> in my case isn't a whole lot

You had everything going for you until you mentioned the above. Good luck, try some Non Com Radio to get a little actual experience?.

 

[zDaveKing]

Re: Resume suggestions?

Jason,
The above user was Not joking. This industry is much different than other industries. You need to have a very short/concise/interesting cover letter/resume that shows you are willing to lay down your life for the station, and laugh a little while you're doing it.

~Dave

> I thank you for your suggestions. I know they're in jest
> (at least I *hope* they are!) .
>
> All I'm after is interesting work that pays the bills, which
> in my case isn't a whole lot--I live cheaply, having been
> reared by depression-era parents who emphasized thriftyness.
> -- Jason
>
> > The first, and most important point for your resume:
> >
> > Will work cheap, or free if necessary to get experience.
> >
> > Also good:
> >
> > Available 24 hours a day. I have no other life.
> >
> > I have my own health insurance.
> >
> > Will work part time. I consider 50 hrs. a week part-time.
> >
> > I'm a computer geek. I love playing with automation
> > software.
> >
> > Important questions regarding employment:
> >
> > Do enginerds get chicks?
> >
> > If the answer to above is "yes", assume that the answers
> to
> > the rest of your questions are similarly valid.
> >
>

 

[JasonW]

Re: Resume suggestions?

Well...a talk show host I knew, Jerry Wichner, sometimes told a story about how his son Marc once said, "Daddy, I want to be in radio like you," and Jerry said that he filled his bathtub up with water and held young Marc's head under until he changed his mind... -- Jason

> Jason,
> The above user was Not joking. This industry is much
> different than other industries. You need to have a very
> short/concise/interesting cover letter/resume that shows you
> are willing to lay down your life for the station, and laugh
> a little while you're doing it.
>
> ~Dave
>
> > I thank you for your suggestions. I know they're in jest
> > (at least I *hope* they are!) .
> >
> > All I'm after is interesting work that pays the bills,
> which
> > in my case isn't a whole lot--I live cheaply, having been
> > reared by depression-era parents who emphasized
> thriftyness.
> > -- Jason
> >
> > > The first, and most important point for your resume:
> > >
> > > Will work cheap, or free if necessary to get experience.
>
> > >
> > > Also good:
> > >
> > > Available 24 hours a day. I have no other life.
> > >
> > > I have my own health insurance.
> > >
> > > Will work part time. I consider 50 hrs. a week
> part-time.
> > >
> > > I'm a computer geek. I love playing with automation
> > > software.
> > >
> > > Important questions regarding employment:
> > >
> > > Do enginerds get chicks?
> > >
> > > If the answer to above is "yes", assume that the answers
>
> > to
> > > the rest of your questions are similarly valid.
> > >
> >
>