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2020 GAB Radio Talent Institute

May 11-20, 2020

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

Click on Guest Professional Faculty for interviews with broadcast professionals.

The GAB Radio Talent Institute is a talent incubator in Grady College, University of Georgia, in Athens and is one of the inaugural institute members 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 GAB 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 GAB 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.

Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication within the University of Georgia is one of the top three journalism schools in the country according to the Radio Television Digital News Association, is the home of the Peabody Awards, and is the proud affiliate of the National Radio Talent System in Georgia.

The Georgia Association of Broadcasters is the sponsor responsible for making the GAB Radio Talent Institute possible in Georgia. Bob Houghton President of the GAB stated, “Students learn from the very people in our industry that do the hiring. These young broadcasters are engaged, talented and are developing a passion for our Industry. I am thrilled we are doing this in Georgia. It’s for the overall good of our industry, and hopefully will be done all over the country.”