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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Speak or read from scripted materials, such as news reports or commercial messages, on radio or television. May announce artist or title of performance, identify station, or interview guests. | Prepare and deliver news, sports, and/or weather reports, gathering and rewriting material so that it will convey required information and fit specific time slots. | |||
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Read news flashes to inform audiences of important events. | ||||
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Identify stations, and introduce or close shows, using memorized or read scripts, and/or ad-libs. | ||||
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Select program content, in conjunction with producers and assistants, based on factors such as program specialties, audience tastes, or requests from the public. | ||||
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Study background information in order to prepare for programs or interviews. | ||||
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Comment on music and other matters, such as weather or traffic conditions. | ||||
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Interview show guests about their lives, their work, or topics of current interest. | ||||
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Discuss various topics over the telephone with viewers or listeners. | ||||
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Host civic, charitable, or promotional events that are broadcast over television or radio. | ||||
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Make promotional appearances at public or private events in order to represent their employers. | ||||
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Operate control consoles. | ||||
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Announce musical selections, station breaks, commercials, or public service information, and accept requests from listening audience. | ||||
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Keep daily program logs to provide information on all elements aired during broadcast, such as musical selections and station promotions. | ||||
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Record commercials for later broadcast. | ||||
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Locate guests to appear on talk or interview shows. | ||||
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Describe or demonstrate products that viewers may purchase through specific shows or in stores. | ||||
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Coordinate games, contests, or other on-air competitions, performing such duties as asking questions and awarding prizes. | ||||
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Attend press conferences in order to gather information for broadcast. | ||||
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Provide commentary and conduct interviews during sporting events, parades, conventions, and other events. | ||||
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Give network cues permitting selected stations to receive programs. | ||||
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Moderate panels or discussion shows on topics such as current affairs, art, or education. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Radio and Television Announcers
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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- Tools and Technology
- Education and Experience
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Communications and Media | Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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Telecommunications | Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. | |||
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Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. | |||
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Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. | |||
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Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. | |||
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Negotiation | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. | |||
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Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). | |||
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Memorization | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Speed of Closure | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. | |||
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Time Sharing | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | Bachelor's Degree | |||
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On-the-Job Training | Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | Up to and including 1 month | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Anchor | |||
Announcer | |||
Broadcaster | |||
Broadcasting Specialist | |||
Commercial Announcer | |||
Community Liaison | |||
Disc Jockey | |||
FM Announcer | |||
Game Show Host | |||
Game Show Host or Hostess | |||
Host | |||
Host/Hostess | |||
Managing Editor | |||
Meteorologist | |||
Morning News Anchor | |||
Morning Show Host | |||
Music Director | |||
Music Journalist | |||
News Anchor | |||
News Broadcaster | |||
News Director | |||
News Reporter | |||
Newscaster | |||
On-Air Announcer | |||
On-Air Personality | |||
Producer | |||
Program Director | |||
Program Host | |||
Radio Announcer | |||
Radio Artist | |||
Radio Broadcaster | |||
Radio Disc Jockey | |||
Radio Disk Jockey (Radio DJ) | |||
Radio Host | |||
Radio Performer | |||
Radio Personality | |||
Radio Sportscaster | |||
Radio Talk Show Host | |||
Radio Television Announcer (Radio TV Announcer) | |||
Reporter | |||
Show Host or Hostess | |||
Sports Analyst | |||
Sports Anchor | |||
Sports Announcer | |||
Sports Broadcaster | |||
Sports Commentator | |||
Sports Director | |||
Sports Journalist | |||
Sports Reporter | |||
Sportscaster | |||
Staff Announcer | |||
Talk Show Host | |||
Television Announcer (TV Announcer) | |||
Television Host (TV Host) | |||
Television News Anchor (TV News Anchor) | |||
Television Reporter | |||
Voice Over Announcer | |||
Voice-Over Talent | |||
Weather Anchor | |||
Weather Reporter | |||
Weathercaster | |||
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