Join Jim Robinson, President of CSB Media Arts Center as he interviews students of the Broadcast Media Program at the Farmington, Connecticut campus.
Founded by former broadcast professional Dick Robinson, and originally called the Connecticut School of Broadcasting, CSB Media Center has been around for 57 years. With locations in Connecticut, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Florida, we’ve graduated thousands of students who’ve joined the ranks of radio, broadcast, and digital media professionals. Our students are equipped with real-world industry experience and are supported by a team of true industry professionals.
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There are now billions of hours of footage on YouTube from millions of different creators, all of them wanting their voice to be heard and content to be seen. The question many new creators ask is “Should I start producing original content for YouTube?”.
Whenever you decide to pursue a creative career on the digital landscape, there are a few questions you need to ask yourself.
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Video conferencing has become so common that almost everyone in the country is familiar with some kind of conferencing software such as Zoom, Teams, or Facetime. It has become the new “norm” to now meet with your colleagues in a 2 dimensional world as it’s ideal for safety, and less so for communication purposes. Video conferencing cannot compete against face to face, but it does have it’s benefits, especially when the very best of the technology is used properly.
Multimedia professionals agree, video conferencing can be enhanced by better tech, and especially better technique. You don’t have to spend a fortune to create a professional looking view of your living room, kitchen, bedroom, or office space.
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You can be driving down the highway with the radio blasting, sitting at home watching your favorite TV show, checking out groceries at the self checkout station, or even watching your kids play with their new Christmas toys. In every one of these scenarios, voice actors are impacting your life in some way. You hear voices come through your speakers so often that eventually, you stop paying attention to what’s behind the voice. You become desensitized to a man or woman in a studio actually recording that commercial you’re listening to or your favorite video game character shouting during a battle scene.
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When most people think of the word “pirate” they think of bearded, dirty, rotten teeth, foul mouthed criminals. Others, especially those in radio, think of “freedom”. Pirates are notoriously associated with taking orders from no one, no government, and certainly not the FCC.
Radio is regulated by the government agency, and therefore there are rules and regulations they must follow and adhere to to ensure they are not fined, or worse, lose their license. Every terrestrial radio station on your dial must be registered and licensed. Ever since the telecommunications act of 1996, any company can purchase multiple licenses/stations in the same market, therefore removing any competition. This created oversaturation in certain markets, and media giants like iHeart, Entercom, and Cumulus began buying up stations like hoarders. Although this allowed professionals in radio to begin working at various stations simultaneously, these titans in media began implementing new “Corporate” regulations that began transforming radio from a freeing and vocal artform for truth into a corporate office where even wearing the wrong kind of tie could get you into trouble.
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The concept of podcasting was originally conceived by the former MTV video jockey Adam Curry and software developer Dave Winer. Podcasting, originally called iPodder, was a software that enabled users to download internet radio shows to Mp3 devices like iPods. The term “podcasting” came from journalist Ben Hammersly who was attempting to combine the concepts of the software like blogging, independent media, amatuer radio into one term. It’s credibility was in its infancy. In other words, non existent. That was until a year later when larger companies started to recognize it’s potential. Apple was one of the first to pick up the software, allowing users to download podcasts on the newest version of iTunes.
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