I strongly believe that radio is the most intimate form of media.

It allows us to see the pictures in our mind.

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I love being creative.

I love connecting with our audience.

I love working with people.

My name is Jim Hunt.

I am an audio engineer, an audio producer, and a voice artist.

It's wonderful working with people.

Hearing from people that we've done a great job, that we've made a positive impact on our community.

I work at CC Broadcasting, a cluster of three radio stations here in northeast Pennsylvania in Nesquihoning.

And I voice and produce many of the commercials that are heard on all three of the radio stations.

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I actually went to college for a year.

I did learn a lot from college, and I did a shift at a college radio station.

And I have also had experience at a small radio station for the blind in Harrisburg.

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Working in the production studio, I have a combination of hardware and software that takes what's displayed on the computer screen and translates it, converts it into spoken word and or braille for me.

It's what's called a refreshable braille display.

This is a little braille box I was telling you about that takes what's on the screen and converts it into braille for me.

And that's how I read my commercial copy and promo copy and other things that I need to read from day to day.

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The audio engineering aspect is having an ear to listen to what you're working with and making sure that it sounds its absolute best that it can be.

All right, so all that's recorded.

Now comes the editing part.

So I get to edit everything I've recorded down into 60 seconds.

There's nothing like actual hands-on experience to jump in, to be involved, to do it.

I would also look into getting an internship or getting involved in a radio station where you can have some hands-on experience.

A typical day for me, I would first I would check my to-do list and then I would check my email for any new tasks that have come in and I would go according to priority.

If we have a major snowstorm that's coming, sometimes I would need to stop what I was doing and track the closings and delays.

Radio is still here.

It's not going away.

There's a lot of turnover, but don't be discouraged.

If being an audio producer or audio engineer or voice artist is something you really want to pursue, go for it.

Yeah, what do you think?

I think it's pretty great.