Broadcast Center students don't spend time in the traditional classroom environment listening to lectures. Instead, Broadcast Center students learn by doing. The education is based on a foundation of hands-on training. Students work in on-air and production studios doing exactly the type of work they'll do in actual job situations.
Broadcast Center's mission...
• Accept those applicants who demonstrate talent and potential for careers in broadcasting.
• Train students in the practical skills needed to enter the broadcast industry.
• Place students completing the program into broadcasting jobs.
• Help graduates advance throughout their careers.
A practical and usable education
Broadcast Center's objective is to prepare students for a career in the broadcast industry and putting them to work upon completing the program. Our success is accomplishing this is based on taking a very practical approach to education. We don't spend time studying the history of broadcasting or abstract theory. We're not aware of anyone who has been quizzed on Marconi's life or the Communications Act of 1934 in a broadcasting job interview! There are no chemistry or math classes or football teams. We focus entirely on broadcasting.
In fact, attending Broadcast Center is almost like actually working in broadcasting. Every effort is made to create the atmosphere and environment students will encounter in the industry. This, of course, makes it easy for students to make the transition from their time as students at Broadcast Center to their time as employees in their first broadcasting job after completing the program.
You'll get one-on-one instruction
Broadcast Center students benefit from one-on-one training. Each Broadcast Center student has his or her own individual career objectives, strengths and weaknesses. We can only be effective in training students by treating each one as an individual and working to help each student achieve his or her goals by strengthening the strengths and eliminating the weaknesses. We can't accomplish this by packing a group of students into a classroom and lecturing them.
You'll learn from professional broadcasters
Broadcast Center students learn from working professionals and veteran broadcasters. At Broadcast Center, you won't find any "college professor" types who have never actually worked in the broadcast industry themselves and are teaching from outdated textbooks.
Since Broadcast Center instructors are professionals, employed by St. Louis area radio and television stations, our instructors are in touch with the constantly changing demands of the industry with it's evolving technology and programming styles. Therefore, Broadcast Center's education is always current and on the cutting edge. Broadcast Center effectively trains students for today's broadcast industry.
Since Broadcast Center students work with a variety of industry professionals representing all types of jobs and programming styles, they learn versatility - an important asset in broadcasting.
Preparing you for the real world
Broadcast Center students are fully prepared for just about everything they'll encounter in that first job (and beyond). Of course, employers appreciate the quality of a Broadcast Center education knowing that hiring a Broadcast Center graduate means they won't have to spend a lot of time acclimating their new employee to the requirements of the job. Broadcast Center graduates are ready to jump right in and contribute to the station's success as well as their own.
Perhaps this helps explain the high demand for Broadcast Center graduates. Statistically, Broadcast Center averages over five job openings per graduate. This means that we have many more job openings than graduates. It also means that upon completing the program, Broadcast Center graduates can plan on going to work right away. There won't be weeks or months waiting for a job opening to come along.
In fact, often we find ourselves putting pressure on students nearing completion of the program to finish up because we have great job openings waiting for them. It's not unusual for the job placement process to begin before the student finishes the program. If accepted into Broadcast Center, you can plan on going to work in the industry within about 12 months.
Broadcast Center's mission...
• Accept those applicants who demonstrate talent and potential for careers in broadcasting.
• Train students in the practical skills needed to enter the broadcast industry.
• Place students completing the program into broadcasting jobs.
• Help graduates advance throughout their careers.
A practical and usable education
Broadcast Center's objective is to prepare students for a career in the broadcast industry and putting them to work upon completing the program. Our success is accomplishing this is based on taking a very practical approach to education. We don't spend time studying the history of broadcasting or abstract theory. We're not aware of anyone who has been quizzed on Marconi's life or the Communications Act of 1934 in a broadcasting job interview! There are no chemistry or math classes or football teams. We focus entirely on broadcasting.
In fact, attending Broadcast Center is almost like actually working in broadcasting. Every effort is made to create the atmosphere and environment students will encounter in the industry. This, of course, makes it easy for students to make the transition from their time as students at Broadcast Center to their time as employees in their first broadcasting job after completing the program.
You'll get one-on-one instruction
Broadcast Center students benefit from one-on-one training. Each Broadcast Center student has his or her own individual career objectives, strengths and weaknesses. We can only be effective in training students by treating each one as an individual and working to help each student achieve his or her goals by strengthening the strengths and eliminating the weaknesses. We can't accomplish this by packing a group of students into a classroom and lecturing them.
You'll learn from professional broadcasters
Broadcast Center students learn from working professionals and veteran broadcasters. At Broadcast Center, you won't find any "college professor" types who have never actually worked in the broadcast industry themselves and are teaching from outdated textbooks.
Since Broadcast Center instructors are professionals, employed by St. Louis area radio and television stations, our instructors are in touch with the constantly changing demands of the industry with it's evolving technology and programming styles. Therefore, Broadcast Center's education is always current and on the cutting edge. Broadcast Center effectively trains students for today's broadcast industry.
Since Broadcast Center students work with a variety of industry professionals representing all types of jobs and programming styles, they learn versatility - an important asset in broadcasting.
Preparing you for the real world
Broadcast Center students are fully prepared for just about everything they'll encounter in that first job (and beyond). Of course, employers appreciate the quality of a Broadcast Center education knowing that hiring a Broadcast Center graduate means they won't have to spend a lot of time acclimating their new employee to the requirements of the job. Broadcast Center graduates are ready to jump right in and contribute to the station's success as well as their own.
Perhaps this helps explain the high demand for Broadcast Center graduates. Statistically, Broadcast Center averages over five job openings per graduate. This means that we have many more job openings than graduates. It also means that upon completing the program, Broadcast Center graduates can plan on going to work right away. There won't be weeks or months waiting for a job opening to come along.
In fact, often we find ourselves putting pressure on students nearing completion of the program to finish up because we have great job openings waiting for them. It's not unusual for the job placement process to begin before the student finishes the program. If accepted into Broadcast Center, you can plan on going to work in the industry within about 12 months.
