The Radio Connection Scam
With so many scams out there promising miracle cures, millions of dollars, and the significant other that you have always dreamed of, it is no wonder that the Radio Connection apprentice-mentor program has been greeted with headlines that call it the Radio Connection scam.
Anything that seems too good to true will be greeted by similar skeptical responses but Radio Connection is not to good to be true. The mentor-apprentice program does not claim to make you a millionaire or get you your own morning zoo show or channel on satellite radio. The program offers “students” a chance to skip the long classes in college and follow their dreams by learning and working under the guidance of a mentor, a professional working in the film industry. Over the course of the program, students will learn the craft and technical aspects of radio broadcasting and gain access to real radio studios and pros.
The basic tenets of the Radio Connection program include learning through hands-on training in a real studio environment than in a classroom or college radio station, learning to network and making lasting professional relationships that will help you land work in the industry, and helping their students break into careers in the industry once their education is complete. And they do it all in a fraction of the time of a college education or even a technical school education. The speed of the program does not imply that there is some sort of Radio Connection scam, only the company’s determination to help apprentices launch their newfound careers as quickly as possible.
Apprentices will be paired with a working radio professional called a mentor. The apprentice will work in a real radio station alongside the mentor whose job is to provide as much valuable, real-world training as possible. Obviously, working in a radio station means that you will be working alongside the other radio pros at the station. This is not only to expose the apprentice to the real radio environment but to allow them to network.
Once the program is over, Radio Connection boasts a largely successful job placement assistance program that has helped countless students find careers in radio. Aside from the career help that you can get from your mentor and new colleagues, the company will take it upon themselves to help you land a job, so long as you did well and put in the work.
Unlike miracle cures and companies that promise that you will make millions, Radio Connection does not promise anything it does not deliver. The company does not promise that you will get your own afternoon drive show but they do offer students a unique opportunity to learn, network, and break into radio. The truth is, most people who call it the Radio Connection scam are not willing to put in the work it takes to make it in this very lucrative business.
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