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Western Academy is a broadcasting school that provides DAILY hands-on training in a professional broadcasting studio. The WABC student will sit in the announcer’s chair playing the TOP HITS of the day, playing commercials & radio jingles, reading the weather, public service announcements, and chatting about all the day-to-day things that interest the audience, all woven together with a pleasant personality!
First of all, the WABC announcer becomes proficient in the technical use of broadcast equipment.
Secondly, they will develop abilities required as a communicator & radio personality.
Instruction will include operating the following:
- broadcast audio control boards
- deejay music computers
- mixing commercials, jingles and music
- radio deejaying including ID’s, station call letters, artists & song titles, weather, live copy, sport scores, friendly comments, opinions and information
- assuming role of Radio Personality DJ and doing “live” show
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Radio personalities create the “showbiz sparkle” that attracts listeners to tune in.
This special quality to draw large audiences makes radio personalities a vital part
of any successful station, and the reason for some of the largest salaries in broadcasting.
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