NEW ERA RADIO

WANTED!

New Era Radio is looking for new talent to Broadcast to a World Wide Audience. The position would ideally suit a UK or Mainland European broadcaster who can consistently deliver a quality broadcast which would like to see grow throughout. However thanks to our new Cloud Servers, We can now support people broadcasting from all around the world. A Strong Broadband connection is Required.

New Era Radio DJ Recruitment Form

Name:

Gender:
Age + D.O.B:

Contact Number:

Full Address:

Any Radio Experience:

If Yes Please Describe what experience you have.
If not why do you think you would be suitable for radio DJ’ing?

No more than 150 Words Please

What kind of show do you plan on presenting?

Tell us your ideas, plans, gags and type of music you plan on using during your show.

About 150 Words please however not strict on the word count.

What times are you available to present your show?

Sunday:
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Saturday:

Do you have a Preferred time?

Do you have any confidence issues (Please be Honest) and if so can you say how we can help you?

Would you like some assistance for your first couple of shows?

How Many songs do you have?

What genres do you specialize in?

What is the Speed of you Internet connection?

Are you interested in journalism?

Do you have any Previous Convictions to do with racism, alcohol or substance abuse?

What equipment are you planning on using for your broadcast?

BROADCASTING RULES & REGULATIONS:

• Do not Broadcast under the influence of Alcohol or any other Substance
• Do not promote anything that is deemed to either be illegal or immoral
• Do not promote racism or hate crimes over broadcasting.
• Do not Broadcast Personal Arguments or Hate speeches on the radio. We are not liable for your own Personal Affairs.
• Unless you’re broadcasting between the hours of 9PM to 5AM, you must refrain from swearing on the air.
• Refrain from bring up religious, political, unethical or moral topics that can start debates and arguments unless you have been given the go ahead by management (IE. You host a Discussion Show or ‘Lets get things straight’ Style Show). Even so, you as a presenter must remain open minded and listen to 2 sides of the story and stop the debate if is deemed to be getting out of control.
• You must take responsibility and liability for your own radio show. This includes playing appropriate music, broadcasting appropriate content, ensuring the responsibility of your callers and ensuring you commit no illegal offence whilst on the air.
• If discussing world matters, please make sure it is not sensitive information that could cause offence. If you do accidently broadcast something that causes offence to someone, make an on-air apology and direct those who are offended to a member of management.
• In no way are you to disrespect other companies.
• If a fine is received and you are responsible, you will have full responsibility of dealing with the courts in question should you refuse the liability of your own actions.
• Further Regulations can be found on the OFCOM website (www.ofcom.org.uk) and if you have any questions, please contact a member of management

By signing this form you are declaring that you have read and accepted the following rules and regulations and if you break this rules can face immediate removal from the station and possibly be fined dependent on what offence has been committed.

Once this form has been completed please send it to
Campbell.m.logan@gmail.com
and put the subject as ‘IMPORTANT: NEW ERA RADIO APPLICATION’

You should be contacted within a week however can take up to 3 weeks to receive a response on your application.

If you have not received an email or had any other form contact within 3 weeks from sending please send another email.

I, <<INSERT NAME HERE>>, declare that I have agreed to all the terms that have been put forward to me above.

I understand that I may not be accepted and understand that New Era Radio are in no circumstances legally obliged to take me on.

PREFERRED METHOD OF CONTACT:

NAME:

DATE:

Requirements

The successful applicant would need to be able to broadcast a wide variety of  music with a conversational focus on well anything you can think off with associated content and discussion and be at least 18 years of age. Applicants would need to demonstrate that they have a reliable internet connection (No wireless, wired only connections) capable of a 256kbps upstream (New Era Radio streams at 128kbps), a library of 800+ genre specific songs and a decent quality microphone for broadcast. In addition, the applicant would be required to demonstrate a clear speaking voice and the ability to sound both confident and capable while on air.

Applicants will also be required to provide their own broadcast software/equipment and be familiar enough with it to produce a 30 minute demonstration show that will be broadcast on our test servers to the recruitment staff for evaluation.

The successful applicant will be required to follow established OFCOM broadcast rules and regulations. You may also be asked to provide information as part of our fraud prevention measures. Your Information will not be used for anything other than these measures and will be protected under the Data Protection Act.

Application

Please note, information detailed in this post is current and supercedes any contradictory information at the recruitment website. For example, the recruitment website specifies a minimum of 2500 MP3's to be considered for a DJ position whereas this particular role only requires some easy listeningl songs to be considered.

Once your application has been submitted a member of the recruitment team assigned to recruiting for this slot will get in touch with you to arrange an interview and test.

Advisory

Being an New Era Radio DJ requires that you commit yourself to the chosen slot and make every effort to be on line and in the staff channel a minimum of 30 minutes prior to the start of your show as well as thoroughly test your broadcast equipment and connection before going on air. You are also expected to at all times respect your fellow staff members and listening audience and not indulge in any activities on air or off that may bring the New Era Radio Network brand into disrepute. This includes (but is not limited to) any form of unauthorised access to our servers, websites and associated technologies or conduct any inappropriate hateful, homophobic or racist behaviour towards members of staff, listeners or partner organisations. Failure to adhere to these basic principles may result in your immediate termination from New Era Radio and (if neccesary) possible legal procedings.