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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
How much is a push in broadcasting, and how much is it that formal training of broadcasters as a career has completely cratered? It isn’t just sports broadcasting where standards have changed. Listen to CBC radio; half the new broadcasters on the air today wouldn’t have been allowed near a microphone 20 or 30 years ago.
In the early 90s, when I was in journalism school, broadcasting students learned very quickly who had a potential career path on-air and who was destined for production. The elocution classes (or whatever they were called) could improve someone’s delivery, but only marginally. They were mainly a sorting mechanism.
But that’s when journalism programs were popular and led to a decent middle-class career. Now that the profession has cratered, and enrolment in broadcasting fallen off a cliff as a consequence, I don’t imagine employers can be choosy about the vocal qualities of on-air talent the way they used to.
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A factor for sure. Both I guess is the answer.