Program Description A career in radio can take you from coast to coast. Get hands-on professional training at two College radio stations, and prepare for a variety of exciting opportunities on the air and behind the scenes. From the first week of classes you’ll get hands-on experience in a live, on-air environment, preparing you for actual broadcast conditions in the industry. First-year students operate Hot Hits, a radio station that streams online and is equipped with the latest automation system, production equipment and music scheduling software. Towards the end of their first year, students are ready to run 91X FM (CJLX-FM 91.3), a licensed, full-power campus-community College radio station serving the local region.
In the program, you will:
Get experience in on-air performance, creative writing, audio production, sales, marketing, promotions, programming, and social media and web content development. Hear from guest speakers representing commercial radio stations and the music industry. Get valuable work experience during a four-week field placement anywhere in the country, with the potential to graduate into a job. There are many opportunities for trained professionals who are willing to relocate. Graduates find positions as announcers, producers, copywriters, sales and promotional personnel, sportscasters and radio web managers. Recent Loyalist grads are working at radio stations across the country, at FLY FM Kingston, Jump! Ottawa, The Wolf Peterborough, CHFI and CHUM FM Toronto, JACK FM Calgary, KG Country Red Deer, Q104 Halifax, CJAD Montreal and Virgin Radio in Vancouver.
