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Originally Posted by getbak
How many of those flashy cars are owned by the station management and sales people? That's where the money is. Also, IIRC, you're at one of the bigger stations in Vancouver, so, I assume most of the people working there have already done their time toiling away in the horrible one-horse towns of radio.
I would have killed to make $30,000 a year at any point during my broadcasting career. Of course, that was over a decade ago, so inflation (and increases to the minimum wage) would have driven the salaries up, but the money is pretty bad, especially when you're starting out.
I took the Broadcasting course at Mount Royal back in the 90s, and left the industry in 1999, so I'm out of date at this point, but my first job was an evening shift while I was still in school and it paid $6/hour at a time when the minimum wage was $5.50. My first full-time job was in Lloydminster (where many broadcasting careers got their start) in tv, and one time someone posted a McDonald's want ad from the local paper on the staff bulletin board because the starting wage was greater than what our starting wage was.
Now, oddly enough, having the broadcasting experience on my resume played a big role in me getting the two jobs I've had since I left the industry, so it worked out well for me.
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I'm not trying to imply that the industry is giving out huge salaries, not by any stretch. I was simply commenting on the previous posters claim which I found to be a tad exaggerated. There is money to be made and you can also use radio as a stepping stone to another career.
Yes, starting out in radio can be pretty brutal money wise. But you pay your dues and eventually it pays off. You can make a very comfortable living and doing it in a job that you love. Or you can use the radio job to land you a bigger one. I currently love my job and have no regrets about getting in the radio business.
To answer your question about the cars in the garage, you're right, the really nice ones are owned by sales, management and on air folk, but these people have been in the business for awhile so it's proof if you stick with it, you can have a very nice career.