Aren Apprenticeships really just Internships?
Not even close. Typically, internships are only available to currently enrolled college students. In exchange for free labor, radio stations will give college credits to student interns. Radio stations will usually assign interns where the need is greatest – which could be anything ranging from performing administrative duties, to handing out tee-shirts or bumper stickers at events, or even setting up for remote broadcasts the station is holding. You may even be sent on a coffee and doughnut run. At no point in time, however, does radio station management imply, state, or promise that interns will be trained specifically for eventual on-air broadcasting jobs. An apprenticeship is different in that you’re working one-on-one with a specific sportscaster to develop your on-air broadcasting skills.
