Experience, Skills, and Personality Traits
Large markets for radio and television news anchors usually employ announcers who bring experience from smaller stations. Anchors must have proven ratings records to attract and maintain audiences. In addition to their news announcing tasks, anchors must be able to create and update their social media sites, make promotional appearances, and appear in commercials for the station.
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