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Due to the Coronavirus/COVID-19 the Confer Radio Talent Institute has been postponed from 2020 to 2021.

• Frequently wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth with unwashed hands.
• Avoid large gatherings.
• Practice social distancing (6 feet).
• Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
• Be smart and stay safe.

When the Coronavirus concerns subside we will begin taking applications for the 2021 Confer Radio Talent Institute scheduled for July 5th-14th, 2021.

Click on Radio Talent Farm System to hear and see talent.

Click on Guest Professional Faculty for interviews with broadcast professionals.

The Confer Radio Talent Institute is a talent incubator Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania and is proud affiliate of the National Radio Talent System. The Institute brings in broadcast professionals from around the state and country to be the Guest Professional Faculty and to teach all the sessions during this intensive 10-day summer program.

Participating professionals praise the Confer Radio Talent Institute and embrace the Institute as a “go to” place to find bright, talented young broadcasters entering the industry.

College students from universities throughout the state and region apply to be accepted into the Confer Radio Talent Institute. Once they complete the Institute they become part of, and are highlighted to the industry in the Radio Talent Farm System.

The National Radio Talent System and the Radio Talent Institute is the campus-to-career connection most students need to begin their broadcast career, and the connection for broadcasters to discover and hire entry level talent today that can be the leaders in the broadcast industry tomorrow.

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania is a comprehensive public university, and a proud affiliate of the National Radio Talent System affiliate in the Keystone State.

Broadcaster Kerby Confer is the sponsor responsible for making the Confer Radio Talent Institute possible in Pennsylvania. Mr Confer is a well-known and highly respected broadcaster, having owned and operated over 200 radio stations, and is an inductee into the Pennsylvania Radio Hall of Fame. Confer states, “The quality of the broadcasters assembled to teach in this 10 day 'radio immersion' is amazing. This is just what our industry needs, and as the digital age is upon us, it couldn’t come at a more opportune time. I’m excited to be able to extend the National Radio Talent System to Pennsylvania and the Northeast United States at Bloomsburg University.”