| Washington State has long been the prevailing | | | | Students participating in these mentorship |
| area when it comes to broadcast and radio in the | | | | programs learn the broadcast business with a real |
| Pacific Northwest. The area's leading radio | | | | radio station as their classroom and an actual |
| markets are cities like Seattle, Olympia, and | | | | working broadcaster as their teacher. While book |
| Tacoma. | | | | studies and classroom lectures remain essential, |
| Students in Washington broadcast schools can be | | | | mentorship programs such as these give pupils |
| in the special situation of learning about the | | | | the chance to learn, "on-the-job," as they |
| profession of broadcast and radio in an area with | | | | participate in the procedure of maintaining a live |
| such a rich cultural backdrops. Washington State | | | | radio station on the air. |
| has been home to several homegrown music | | | | In the digital age the call for information is at an |
| movements in the last one-quarter century | | | | unparalleled high. This demand is set to make a |
| including grunge-rock in Seattle and riot grill in | | | | need for talented broadcasters to fill jobs as radio |
| Olympia. Influential bands like Nirvana, | | | | and TV news announcers, sports casters, DJs, |
| Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Bikini Kill all hail from | | | | talk show hosts and more. Apart from the firm |
| Seattle. | | | | broadcast climate, the state also provides a |
| Add to this Washington State's strong tradition of | | | | wellspring of talent from which the country can |
| social and environmental activism and the result is | | | | draw from. |
| a climate for some of the most intriguing | | | | Students who go to broadcast schools in |
| airwaves in the Western United States. | | | | Washington State often find their way into jobs in |
| Radio has long been established to be a ground | | | | New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles |
| for talents that go on working on TV as | | | | and other leading broadcast hubs around the |
| sportscasters and news announcers. It is close | | | | country and around the world. Those who taken |
| that a lot of the skills one discovers in broadcast | | | | part in the mentorship programs, like the one |
| school will translate well into TV. Broadcast training | | | | from Entertainment Connection, can enter the job |
| ultimately conditions pupils for work in all aspects | | | | market and have an advantage over the rest of |
| of the broadcast industry, TV, radio and the rising | | | | the competition. |
| Internet segment of the market. | | | | Choosing to attend Washington broadcast schools |
| Washington broadcast schools extend students | | | | can be that essential first step you take to be on |
| mentorship programs that leaves them with the | | | | the road to a profitable and satisfying career, |
| opportunity to be learning the broadcasting | | | | whether on TV or radio. |
| business in the environment of a real radio station. | | | | |