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The other thing I might throw in here is how some of the tv/radio companies have become exclusive broadcasters of markets and this goes back and forth.
For example most cable systems have TBS which broadcasts Atlanta Braves games. I live in the Boston area so for pretty much most sports it is on NESN. Any Boston Atlanta game for the area would have TBS blocked out (usually). There are entire arguments about what is and isn't a market. Of course on radio at night AM travels pretty far and I can easily get stations from NYC, Philly, DC maybe even NC and Detroit.
Due to this perhaps it might be better to start out covering other leagues. Say minor league baseball, ABA basketball maybe college sports. This is also why I might recommend cable access groups because they tend to cover high school sports. What if you covered say a small city thanksgiving day game? I'm sure every state has some type of championship.
One way to get on the radio is to find out where your local talk radio station is and go and buy some air time and start building a portfolio. The local radio station costs about $100.00 per hour for air time. I realize you prefer to get paid as anyone would but if your show takes off you can get sponsors and advertisers. Someone told me recently that a local talk show host was recently hired in Washington, D.C. and he started by paying for his own show.
You can start off once a month and build up. I was asked to do a talk show and am mulling it over. it can definitely be a lot of fun.
That's an easy one. Experience and education are useless without talent. Maybe the kid has talent; what he's asking for is all about getting the experience and education.
Actually I would be more optimistic if OP had asked about education or ground floor experience. It sounded to me like he wanted to skip past all that and just get a sports radio slot on the virtues of cold-calling with YouTube videos alone.
OP, I agree with those who said if you want to parlay Youtube videos to success, you have to build your own audience/social media following yourself first. If you can't get a decent amount of followers on social media, where the potential audience is world-wide and almost limitless, how are you showing you have what it takes to build a radio following in a comparatively much smaller market? To me it's similar to being hired as a hairdresser, they don't care how good you are as much as they care if you can build a following of regular customers.
If you can't do it this way, then I think you need to do the "start from the bottom", volunteer, go to school, try for internships etc path like most of the radio people who have posted on this thread have outlined for you.
That's an easy one. Experience and education are useless without talent. Maybe the kid has talent; what he's asking for is all about getting the experience and education.
He might have the talent but needs the education and experience to go with it. There are many with experience, education and talent who can't find a job.
Once again, Idontdate you, I need to correct you. TALENT trumps 'education and experience'. If the guy has the talent, he will be found. Now he will need to start at the bottom, maybe part time, maybe overnight shifts etc. He isn't going to be handed a show in prime time on WFAN.
There are plenty of no talent talk show hosts out there. I'm sure that stations would be willing to give a no-name a chance if the talent is there.
Look how Don Imus got started. He and his brother Fred were listening to the radio back in the late 60's, and Fred says, "you ought to try radio, you're better than the A-Hole that's on there now!". 45 years later, Don is still on.
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