How To Make It In Radio w/ Kaylee Golding
Creating your own content can help you land a radio job. We speak to broadcaster Kaylee Golding about how this is pivotal to her success, as well as the changes she's witnessing in the radio industry today.
In this episode of RADIO & co, Kaylee Golding chats to us about her broadcasting journey, the radio industry changes she’s seeing, and how to really stand out as a presenter or producer.
As long as you find out what you’re good at, what you enjoy and you just master your craft, you’ll be absolutely fine.
Kaylee Golding is a multi-talented broadcaster & DJ who has worked across the dial and is quickly becoming a firm favourite on UK airwaves. A driver of her success is Kaylee’s personable presenting style and relentless work ethic for creating content.
This has earned her presenting and producing roles at BBC, commercial and community stations alike. Stations including: BBC 1Xtra, BBC WM, Hits Radio Pride, Gaydio, KISS FRESH, No Signal & Reprezent.
Kaylee's journey has not been entirely plain sailing though. When she started out, the radio industry didn't have many people who looked and sounded like her. And this limited where she thought she could work.
With this, Kaylee discusses some challenges that people starting broadcasting careers face. As well as providing tonnes of insight in to how aspiring presenters and producers can make it in radio.
Timecodes
00:00 - Intro
02:05 - Kaylee's start in radio and her career thus far
05:39 - How young people are breaking in to the radio industry
06:41 - How Kaylee’s developed herself as a broadcaster
09:55 - Finding your feet as a presenter
12:30 - What the radio industry was like when Kaylee had her first paid radio job
15:00 - How young people are changing the radio industry
18:05 - Experience of working at different radio stations
20:40 - The challenges of starting a career in radio
27:00 - Advice for taking opportunities
31.45 - The importance of video
34:35 - How community radio feeds in to bigger stations
35:25 - Who has inspired Kaylee
39:50 - The benefits of self-sufficiency
40:59 - Last three questions
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