Radio Jockey Courses(RJ)

Radio jockeying, though a non-conventional career, is fast catching up with other traditional jobs. With the advent of FM channels, Radio Jockeying has become a popular career option for many youngsters. A radio jockey is a person whose job is to communicate with people through the radio and play either their favorite songs or other hit numbers. You can get into this field by enrolling for Radio Jockey Courses offered at a few institutions in India.

Radio, as a medium of mass communication provides the opportunity of reaching out to people from almost all walks of life. While other professions provide you with the opportunity of being recognized by your name this particular profession makes you known by your voice. Names like Amin Sayani and Rajeev Tyagi have become household names because of this profession.

Qualifications: Formal educational qualifications do not hold much value in radio jockeying. Though graduation is considered to be the benchmark, students who have passed 10+2 are also hired by private channels. Usually people under 35 years are preferred for this profession. The personal qualities that are required to become a successful RJ are:

• Good command over language
• Extremely good communicative powers
• Proper voice modulation
• Good sense of sound and music
• Good sense of humor
• Good diction
Few Institutes offer crash courses on radio jockeying. Few others provide courses on the art of talking. The names of the courses and the institutions that provide them are -
• Diploma in Radio Jockeying (DRJ) offered by the EMDI Encompass Institute of Radio Management A course in Announcement, Compeering and Dubbing, provided by Xavier's Institute of Communication and Film and Television Institute (FTII), Pune.
• Short-term courses in public speaking, provided by The British council, the National School of Drama
• Young Men's Christian Association
Benefits: For people with good voices Radio Jockey Courses are of immense help. They give proper training on voice modulation, pronunciation and building an image with the use of words. Even for people who are not naturally gifted these courses provide opportunities of developing their speaking powers which in turn would help them to become successful Radio Jockeys.