2008 Woodie Awards
Are you Sirius about a career in satellite radio?
Rachel Wagner
Issue date: 4/24/08 Section: A & E
Have you ever thought that you had the perfect face for radio? To be the person behind the microphone, sharing your opinions with your devoted listeners? Or even just have a passion to work in the radio industry?
Sacred Heart University is offering its students the opportunity to go to Sirius Satellite Radio, in New York City's Rockefeller Center, to learn about the company and get more information about career opportunities for graduating students.
This trip will be held on Thursday, May 1, and is free for students. The van will leave campus at 1 p.m. At 3 p.m. students will take a tour and listen to a lecture about career opportunities, and return at approximately 6 p.m.
There are only 13 spaces available for students, so it will be selected by a first come first served basis. Due to the low amount of spaces available, the accepted students will be required to attend, so make sure your schedule is clear.
"I am really excited about this trip. It seems like a really great opportunity to get an inside view in a radio company, and learn about careers that they are offering," said sophomore Dana DeGeorge. "I'm a media studies major, so this is something that I am really interested in."
"I really hope we can get a good turnout for this exciting, education trip. I'm looking forward to hearing back from the students," said Lowery.
Sirius Satellite Radio also offers internship programs during the spring, summer and fall. According to its career site, "We are currently offering internships in broadcast engineering, talk programming, music programming, sports broadcasting, human resources, marketing, advertising sales, finance, talent relations, promotions, music production, interactive design, IT, accounting, public relations and web design/content production."
"I saw on the e-career page on the Sacred Heart Web site that they had internships with Sirius and I plan on applying to one of the positions," said DeGeorge.
Sirius Satellite Radio is one of the most popular radio companies. According to its Web site, Sirius Satellite Radio broadcasts over 130 digital-quality channels, including 69 channels of 100 percent commercial-free music, plus exclusive channels of sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic, weather and data. It is also the home of one of radio's most popular personalities, Howard Stern.
"I'm a fan of Sirius, a lot of my guy friends have Sirius and they love listening to Howard Stern. I like how there's such a wide variety of stations to listen to and they don't have any commercials," said DeGeorge.
Sirius has become so popular, it has expanded to more than just a car radio. It now has its own portable player that holds your music library, similar to an iPod. It has also moved to internet radio, and can now be connected to home audio systems.
Sirius recently got approved for a merger with its main competitor, XM Satellite Radio for $5 billion. While the deal is still not finalized, it is currently in talks and negotiations to figure out the conditions.
Sacred Heart University is offering its students the opportunity to go to Sirius Satellite Radio, in New York City's Rockefeller Center, to learn about the company and get more information about career opportunities for graduating students.
This trip will be held on Thursday, May 1, and is free for students. The van will leave campus at 1 p.m. At 3 p.m. students will take a tour and listen to a lecture about career opportunities, and return at approximately 6 p.m.
There are only 13 spaces available for students, so it will be selected by a first come first served basis. Due to the low amount of spaces available, the accepted students will be required to attend, so make sure your schedule is clear.
"I am really excited about this trip. It seems like a really great opportunity to get an inside view in a radio company, and learn about careers that they are offering," said sophomore Dana DeGeorge. "I'm a media studies major, so this is something that I am really interested in."
"I really hope we can get a good turnout for this exciting, education trip. I'm looking forward to hearing back from the students," said Lowery.
Sirius Satellite Radio also offers internship programs during the spring, summer and fall. According to its career site, "We are currently offering internships in broadcast engineering, talk programming, music programming, sports broadcasting, human resources, marketing, advertising sales, finance, talent relations, promotions, music production, interactive design, IT, accounting, public relations and web design/content production."
"I saw on the e-career page on the Sacred Heart Web site that they had internships with Sirius and I plan on applying to one of the positions," said DeGeorge.
Sirius Satellite Radio is one of the most popular radio companies. According to its Web site, Sirius Satellite Radio broadcasts over 130 digital-quality channels, including 69 channels of 100 percent commercial-free music, plus exclusive channels of sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic, weather and data. It is also the home of one of radio's most popular personalities, Howard Stern.
"I'm a fan of Sirius, a lot of my guy friends have Sirius and they love listening to Howard Stern. I like how there's such a wide variety of stations to listen to and they don't have any commercials," said DeGeorge.
Sirius has become so popular, it has expanded to more than just a car radio. It now has its own portable player that holds your music library, similar to an iPod. It has also moved to internet radio, and can now be connected to home audio systems.
Sirius recently got approved for a merger with its main competitor, XM Satellite Radio for $5 billion. While the deal is still not finalized, it is currently in talks and negotiations to figure out the conditions.
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