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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA is the 4th largest ADI Market in the country. The San Francisco Bay Area is host to two NFL teams (Raiders and 49ers), two MLB teams (Giants and A’s) and an NBA team (Warriors). San Francisco will forever be linked with the Summer of Love which spawned a revolution in the music business with acts such as the Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Country Joe and the Fish, and the Greatful Dead. San Francisco provides a diverse media market with numerous TV and Radio stations across the airwaves. IMBD credits San Francisco as the location of over 1800 feature films, TV series and specials.
San Francisco has a reputation for being an intellectual city, a liberal city, a cultural city, which allows for great diversity in the media and performing arts. It is also a great city for careers in the media. San Francisco is a major market (14th by population) that is prolific in its media (5th in TV, 4th in Radio and Music and 3rd in Film Production. Among the many fine radio stations in San Francisco, we like: KPOO 89.5FM,KALW 91.7 FM, KQED 88.5 FM, KNBR 680/1050 sports talk, 1050 ESPN, 740 KCBS and Pirate Cat Radio 87.9FM. RADIO CONNECTION’s Mentor Apprentice School of Radio of San Francisco is the perfect choice for the student seeking career opportunities in Radio.
The RADIO CONNECTION curriculum for its Radio School students revolves around the mentor/apprentice relationship. The student works two to three days a week, over a six month period, under the direct supervision of their mentor. The mentor provides both on-the-job training and introductions to industry professional. Basically, the RADIO CONNECTION student gets to hang at a radio station two or three times a week, observe how a radio station operates, see DJ's in action, live on the air, watch how commercial voiceover announcers work the mic, and get to understand the programming side of the business. And this is not just any radio station, it will be one of the student's favorite radio stations in the San Francisco area.
By the time the RADIO CONNECTION student has finished their course, they have both the necessary job experience and a list of “Who You Know” industry contacts. A majority of RADIO CONNECTION students also have a job offer, usually from their mentor, before they even graduate. No other radio broadcasting school can match this RADIO CONNECTION Edge
So, if you want to break into radio and you live in San Francisco, apply for your RADIO CONNECTION course today.












