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A-Z Of Breakfast Radio
A - Airchecks from your CD are going to come at you left, right and centre. These monitors or Air checks are designed to help you build a more engaging show. It’s hard to hear certain things when you work inside the show on a daily basis so your Content Director is...
Your top 5 Investments for any announcer.
Much like good tradies you need good tools to equip yourself for success in your broadcasting career. Here are my top 5 investments that you should at some point add to your game. 5. A Black book "Once you have used this number - you need to destroy it" That's...
Why have you not started a Podcast?
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com There are a lot of Campaigns to warn you against starting a Podcast because let's face it every man and there dog has one. I listen to a lot of podcasts on a weekly basis and it's probably fair to say there are podcasts doing...
Don’t Get Lazy (Just because it’s the end of the year)
I hear a lot of radio these days as a lot of radio stations are wrapping up for another year which is great because everyone needs a break right? The one thing I feel I have to shine the light on at the moment is the amount of regional breakfast shows that are phoning...
How long is the perfect break (Breakfast Radio)
As a Content Director I get asked this question alot from announcers that want to make a splash in the radio industry. My response is standard across the board from Community radio, Country radio, Provincial radio and even to Metro if you're a new show to a market. 3...
Episode 102 – Riley Rose
This week.on the Podcast i catch up with Riley-Rose Harper from the Hit Network- Producer of the Victorian Super Show. Riley talks about getting into radio through the Promotions department and how it set her up for success as an announcer. "Starting in promo you know...
Embrace your Natural flying hours
Flying hours are crucial to your development in radio and sometimes they come when you least expect it. I was talking to a radio student earlier today and he was getting frustrated because talk breaks were taking so many attempts to pre-record or voice track. He was a...
Episode 7: Fyona Smith from AFTRS says “Learn from the best, learn from the worst…”
We have learned many things from the Air Heads Podcast over 100 Episodes and one of the key takeaways for me came in Episode 7 with Fyona Smith from AFTRS. "Learn from the best I would strongly encourage anyone who's hoping to have a career in radio is to find those...