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2020 KBA WKU Radio Talent Institute

July 20-29, 2020

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

Click on Guest Professional Faculty for interviews with broadcast professionals.

The KBA WKU Radio Talent Institute is a talent incubator at Western Kentucky University 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 KBA WKU 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 KBA WKU 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.