Radio & Television Announcers
Speak or read from scripted materials, such as news reports or commercial messages, on radio or television. May announce artist or title of performance, identify station, or interview guests.
Also called: Anchor, Announcer, News Anchor, Television News Anchor (TV News Anchor)
Knowledge:
- multimedia
- telecommunications
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
Skills:
- talking to others
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
- create new and original ideas
- come up with lots of ideas
- pay attention to something without being distracted
- do two or more things at the same time
- remember words, numbers, pictures, or steps
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include creating, designing, and making your own rules.
They do well at jobs that need
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Stress Tolerance
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Initiative
Technology:
Music or sound editing software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Audition
- Audion Laboratories VoxPro
- Burli Software Burli Newsroom System
- Microsoft Word
Data base user interface and query software
- Database software
- Program logging software
