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Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys
Speak or read from scripted materials, such as news reports or commercial messages, on radio, television, or other communications media. May play and queue music, announce artist or title of performance, identify station, or interview guests.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Read news flashes to inform audiences of important events.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 02Announce musical selections, station breaks, commercials, or public service information, and accept requests from listening audience.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Operate control consoles.Mostly human for now
- 04Identify stations, and introduce or close shows, ad-libbing or using memorized or read scripts.AI could speed this up a lot
- 05Study background information to prepare for programs or interviews.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Prepare and deliver news, sports, or weather reports, gathering and rewriting material so that it will convey required information and fit specific time slots.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Record commercials for later broadcast.AI could speed this up a lot
- 08Keep daily program logs to provide information on all elements aired during broadcast, such as musical selections and station promotions.AI could speed this up a lot
- 09Develop story lines for broadcasts.AI could speed this up a lot
- 10Select program content, in conjunction with producers and assistants, based on factors such as program specialties, audience tastes, or requests from the public.People already use AI for this at work
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss6%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
65%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 99% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Operate control consoles.
AI tools for your work
Official connectors that let an AI assistant work inside the apps writers and editors use. Each is made by the app’s own maker.