Experience College radio: program director and general manager, WCMO, Marietta; WMRT, Marietta (OH); Announcer, WPAR; WIBZ, Parkersburg, WV; Announcer, newscaster, WMOA, Marietta and announcer, copywriter, newscaster at WVOS, Liberty, NY. Announcer, newscaster, WERA, Plainfield, NJ
Education/Credentials BA degree in Mass Media/Management (Radio?TV & Business) at Marietta College;
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Expert: Andy Blatt Date: 2/4/2008 Subject: Air checks
Question hey there Andy I have been working as a weekend announcer for the last two
years at a fairly big commercial station and want to put together an air check to
get full time work somewhere else. How many breaks should be in the air check
and what sort of checklist should I go over before I send it?
Answer It's been awhile since I worked in radio or applied for work at any station, but the rule o thumb is that the aircheck cannot be much longer than three minutes and should include some straight announcing, such as news, weather or sports (straight reads) and also some spots. The edits should be fairly quick and nowadays, most program directors prefer MP3's e-mailed to them as opposed to actual cassettes or cd's. If you do decide to mail anything, it should be in digital form. You might consider using mini-cd's, those three-inch ones that can hold about 1/3 that regular cd's can hold.
