Sports Broadcasting Center
Citizens at Sports Broadcasting keep the energy high by blasting top tunes and sharing the latest sports highlights throughout the day. Businesses get to promote their goods and services through custom radio ads, and citizens can even request shout-outs or shop for cool sports-themed merch. Sports Broadcasting employees build skills in public speaking, communication, and creativity. It’s a fast-paced, high-energy job that keeps JA Biztown informed, entertained, and connected!
You may enjoy working here if you like:
- Sales
- Public speaking
- Advertising
- Music
- Computers
- Sports
- Statistics
- Obtains bank loan
- Supervises employees and oversees business operations
- Signs paychecks
- Meets with other businesses to purchase insurance, renewable energy, and health insurance
- Helps other employees with their work, and stands in for them on their breaks
- Inputs and submits business loan to the bank
- Creates and prints paychecks
- Signs paychecks if CEO is not available
- Pays online bills sent to business
- Monitors money coming into the business
- Deposits money from sales to bank
- Collects the broadcast advertisements from each business
- Reviews and edits the ads, then gives them to the Broadcaster/DJ to be read on-air
- Sends online invoices to businesses
- Helps sell requests, shout outs, and retail items to JA BizTown citizens
- Creates a hands-on fan experience with games and activities
- Promotes MN sports teams
- Sets prices for products
- Sets up Point-of-Sale (cash register) and display area
- Helps sell requests, shout outs, and retail items to JA BizTown citizens
- Research scores, highlights, and schedules of the MN Sports Teams
- Shares sports information with the Broadcaster/DJ to read on-air
- Review game footage and make performance recommendations about a professional Minnesota athlete
- Learns to operate the sound equipment and selects music for airtime
- Completes scheduling of on-air play list and advertisements
- Clearly reads sports news items, advertisements, and announcements over the JA BizTown airwaves
Students in Action
