The document provides information on various job roles in radio, including radio presenter, radio news editor, radio producer, and radio reporter. It discusses how to apply for each role, how to get into each role, the essential knowledge and skills needed, typical training and qualifications, and salary/working conditions. For example, it states that to become a radio presenter one would start in an entry-level role to gain experience, and the skills needed include strong presentation abilities and equipment operation skills. Salaries vary by station but most presenters start around £14,000-£18,000 annually.

1. Job Roles In Radio
By Shakeel Uddin

2. Radio presenter
How to apply for the job?
• To apply to this job you will need to first apply to a radio station such as BBC radio or key
103.You will need to complete application form to get in but once your in you will start by
getting experience that will help boost a career in radio. While acquiring practical experience,
it's a good idea to pay attention to the various kinds of verbal skills that will serve you well in
future efforts to become a radio presenter.

3. Radio presenter
How do you get into the job?
• I think start out in an entry-level role and take every opportunity to develop your presenting
skills until you’re able to secure a full-time presenting job. To stand a chance of being
selected, you will have to show that you have hands-on experience, rather than specific
qualifications. To gain this hands-on experience, you could seek a place presenting
community, student or hospital radio. Occasionally, Radio Presenters are recruited for their
specialist knowledge or celebrity profile, acquired from working on newspapers and
magazines, or in the music business. Others make the move to radio from presentation roles
in TV.

4. Radio presenter
What essential knowledge and skills do you need?
• There are a lot of knowledge and skills you do need to be a great presenter, its not easy just
knowing how to do everything form the start so you have to practice. To do this role, you will
need to have excellent presentation and performance skills, be able to generate original
ideas, and to think creatively about how to communicate them to audiences. Understand
how to use the voice effectively for radio and be able to learn how to use a variety of
recording equipment and to operate different radio studios. That's just to name few skills you
need to know to be a presenter others include operating studio controls and co-ordinating a
range of simultaneous technical activities and such.

5. Radio presenter
What training and qualifications do you need to get
into the job?
• I think you don’t need to have a degree to be a Radio Presenter. Employers will want you to
have hands-on experience and to have developed technical and presentation skills, along
with a distinctive personal style. If you do have a degree, employers won't necessarily expect
it to be in a media-related subject. They may even prefer you to have a degree in another
discipline, especially if followed by a postgraduate qualification in radio production.

6. Radio presenter
What salary, conditions and working practices are
involved in the job?
• The salary is different in any radio station but actual salaries may vary, depending on where
you work the size of company or organisation you work for the demand for the job. Many
presenters start as unpaid interns. Starting salaries on local radio are average of £14,000 to
£18,000 a year. The work conditions being a radio presenter can be very different depending
on what type of radio presenter are you. For example, the conditions for a presenter on a
small local radio station with a show in the middle of the night, will be vastly different from
those for a high-profile celebrity with a prime-time television show. Presenters always have
to work long hours more than anyone and all have similar actions when doing so. Radio
Presenters are the voice of a station or programme, whether they work in speech-based or
music Radio. They create the tone and style of radio output and establish a relationship with
listeners.

7. Radio News Editor
How to apply for the job?
• To apply to this job you will need to first apply to a radio station such as BBC radio or key
103.You will need to complete application form to get in but once your in you will start by
getting experience that will help boost a career in radio.

8. Radio News Editor
How do you get into the job?
• You will have worked your way up from a successful previous career as a Radio Broadcast
Journalist or Reporter . You will need considerable experience as a journalist, and must be
able to demonstrate sound editorial judgement. There are three main routes into broadcast
journalism:
• traineeships offered by a few of the larger employers
• moving into radio after first working as a print journalist
• completing an accredited pre-entry degree or postgraduate qualification

9. Radio News Editor
What essential knowledge and skills do you need?
• There are a lot of knowledge and skills you do need to be a great editor, its not easy just
knowing how to do everything form the start so you have to practice. To do this role you will
need to understand and have an instinct for what makes a good news story, also exercise
sound editorial judgement. Have excellent writing and storytelling skills, with the ability to
tailor and adapt content for different audiences and platforms. Be able to generate original
ideas, and to think creatively about how to communicate them to audiences. Be able to work
calmly effectively under pressure, react quickly, and meet tight deadlines and to lead with
confidence and decisiveness. Those are just several skills that you could need working as a
radio news editor in a radio station.

10. Radio News Editor
What training and qualifications do you need to get
into the job?
• The training and qualifications you will need usually you would have worked as a Radio
Broadcast Journalist or Reporter. It is also likely that you’ll have gained a recognised
journalistic qualification. You will need to acquire experience of dealing with a wide range of
editorial issues. It will also be advisable to gain management and mentoring experience,
either through employers' schemes, or by gaining external qualifications, or undertaking
relevant short courses

11. What salary, conditions and working practices are
involved in the job?
• The salary is different in any radio station but actual salaries may vary, depending on where
you work the size of company or organisation you work for the demand for the job. Radio
editors gather news, stories, and information in order to organize a radio show or program.
These professionals generally have a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism, mass
communications, or a related field. Starting salaries vary significantly between local and
national broadcasters but can range from around £16,000 to £24,000. At senior level with
several years' experience, salaries may range from £30,000 to £60,000. The most experienced
and high-profile journalists in television may command salaries of £80,000+.
Radio News Editor

12. How to apply for the job?
• To apply to this job you will need to first apply to a radio station such as BBC radio or key 103.
You will need to complete application form to get in but once your in you will start by getting
experience that will help boost a career in radio.
Radio Producer

13. Radio Producer
How do you get into the job?
• There are two main educational paths you can take into radio production an undergraduate
degree in radio or media production; or a first degree in any subject, followed by a
postgraduate Diploma or MA in radio production. You might also achieve a traineeship with
one of the larger broadcasters. Also possible for you to move into a Producer role by gaining
an entry-level role without a degree and advancing by gaining experience and contacts on the
job.

14. Radio Producer
What essential knowledge and skills do you need?
• There are a lot of knowledge and skills you do need to be a great producer, its not easy just
knowing how to do everything form the start so you have to practice. To do this role you will
need to have to generate original ideas, and to think creatively about how to communicate
them to audiences and have excellent writing and storytelling skills, with the ability to tailor
and adapt content for different audiences and platforms. Also have knowledge of the radio
market, different station and programme styles, and audience demographics. Learn how to
use a variety of recording equipment and to operate different radio studios. Those are just
several skill you need to know while being a radio producer.

15. Radio Producer
What training and qualifications do you need to get
into the job?
• You don’t need a degree to be a Radio Producer, but most of them are graduates. If you do
have a degree, employers won't necessarily expect it to be in a media-related subject. They
may even prefer you to have a degree in another discipline, especially if followed by a
postgraduate qualification in radio production.

16. What salary, conditions and working practices are
involved in the job?
• Radio Producers create programme content and manage the whole production process for
both live and recorded radio programmes. They must generate original ideas, identify
suitable ideas from others, and carry out thorough research. They play a key role in creating
what is heard by listeners but are not usually heard on air themselves. Salaries vary
depending on the employer and location. Within a local, commercial station you may start on
salaries of around £13,000 to £16,000. Within the BBC, salaries tend to be higher and you
could expect to start at an entry-level position, such as broadcast assistant, on a minimum
salary of around £15,700 for local stations or £20,000 within London.
Radio Producer

17. Radio Reporter
How to apply for the job?
• To apply to this job you will need to first apply to a radio station such as BBC radio or key
103.You will need to complete application form to get in but once your in you will start by
getting experience that will help boost a career in radio.

18. How do you get into the job ?
I thick the best route in are three entry routes you can take into reporting in radio:
• traineeships offered by a few of the larger employers;
• moving into radio after first working as a print journalist
• completing an accredited pre-entry degree or postgraduate qualification.
Employers will expect you to have hands-on experience. To gain this hands-on experience, you
could seek a place presenting community, student or hospital radio.
Radio Reporter

19. Radio Reporter
What essential knowledge and skills do you need?
• I There are a lot of knowledge and skills you do need to be a great reporter, its not easy just
knowing how to do everything form the start so you have to practice. To do this role, you will
need to understand and have an instinct for what makes a good news story. Have excellent
writing and storytelling skills, with the ability to tailor and adapt content for different
audiences and platforms. Be able to generate original ideas, and to think creatively about
how to communicate them to audiences. Understand how to use the voice effectively for
radio

20. What training and qualifications do you need to get
into the job?
• The training and qualifications usually you don’t need to have a degree to be a Radio
Reporter. That said, most Reporters are graduates. If you do have a degree, employers won't
necessarily expect it to be in a media-related subject. They may even prefer you to have a
degree in another discipline, especially if followed by a postgraduate qualification in radio
production.
Radio Reporter

21. What salary, conditions and working practices are
involved in the job?
• Radio Reporters identify and research news stories then present them on air to a wide range
of different audiences. They may report live from events as they unfold, or record and edit
material to create pre-recorded items for inclusion in news bulletins, or produce longer
features or documentaries. Starting salaries vary significantly between local and national
broadcasters but can range from around £16,000 to £24,000. At senior level/with several
years' experience, salaries may range from £30,000 to £60,000. The most experienced and
high-profile journalists in television may command salaries of £80,000+.
Radio Reporter