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Broadcasting is an integral part of everyone's life. The average American spends over 3 hours a day listening to radio and over 4 hours a day watching television. For most people, that's over 7 hours a day that broadcasting is a part of our lives! Radio and television is everywhere - at home, at work, in your vehicle, on a camping trip - everywhere. Broadcasting keeps you in touch with the world around you wherever you are. Radio and television bring you important information. News broadcasts let you know what's happening in your town, around the country, and throughout the world. Often, broadcasting can bring you the sounds and images of news live as its happening. Nothing else offers the immediacy of broadcasting. You probably rely upon broadcasting for weather information to help you decide what clothes to wear or how the weather will affect travel and outdoor activities. Radio and television keep you advised of approaching storms and the potential for severe weather. If you're a sports fan, then you likely rely on radio and television for the latest scores and sports news. Broadcasting brings you live play-by-play coverage of your favorite teams when you can't attend the events in person or your favorite team is out of town on a road trip. Broadcasting can even be educational. You can learn how to cook exotic dishes or remodel your home by watching television. A radio talk show can bring you experts offering tips of how to invest your money or how to lower your cholesterol. Radio and television are overwhelmingly our greatest sources of entertainment. Radio brings you music, comedy, interesting personalities, and chances to win prizes. Television offers you a wide selection of sitcoms, dramas, movies, and so much more. Even the commercials on radio and television influence you. They provide useful information on products and services we're thinking about buying. Radio and television commercials have a stronger influence on our buying habits than most of us acknowledge. In fact, most of the purchases we make are to an extent influenced by the many commercials we're exposed to on radio and tv. It would be difficult to imagine a world without broadcasting. People around the world have never been in closer touch with each other than they are today. Broadcasting brings the world directly into our homes. Broadcasting is literally essential to the continued progress of mankind. Job Opportunities In Broadcasting There are over 13 thousand radio stations and over 3800 television stations in this country (and that's just terrestrial broadcast stations) and those numbers are still growing. Stations compete aggressively to hire talented broadcasters, and many of them offer entry level positions for those trained in performance, production, and marketing skills. There is never a lack of opportunities in broadcasting and its allied fields for those who are qualified for those opportunities. Radio Station Positions Broadcasting jobs are fun and rewarding, but they are also challenging and involve a great deal of work. Most people are not aware of the wide range of jobs at a radio station beyond the obvious positions of air personality and newscaster.

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