The Broadcasting Fix Kit
Built for radio hosts, news anchors, DJs, voice-over talent and broadcast freelancers.
The reporters and stringers doing best aren't necessarily at the biggest outlets — they're the ones who diversified. This kit finds where the money leaks in your own work and gives you the steps and the words to close each one.
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The 6 leaks it covers
4 you can close it · 2 a pro decides
- Per-word / per-project rate hides a low real hourlyWhere to look first: Take your last three paid pieces. For each, add up every hour: pitching, research, travel, interviews, writing, edits, re-edits.Keep it from coming back: Track hours on every piece from the pitch on. Never accept a rate before estimating the hours it will take.You can close it
- Branded/B2B content work never priced — or priced off top-of-market figuresWhere to look first: Work out your own floor first: the lowest hourly you'd take, from your real hours on past work.Keep it from coming back: Never quote branded work without a written scope and edit limit. Start from your own floor, not a headline figure.You can close it
- Gear bought for the work never counted as a work costWhere to look first: This is your call - what you put into your gear is a choice, not a mistake. The only leak is when it isn't written down.Keep it from coming back: Snap every gear receipt the day you buy and tag what it's for.You can close it
- Not knowing where your market tier sits on the trade's real pay rangeWhere to look first: Find your job on the BLS wage tables (bls.gov/oes). Look up your occupation (reporters/journalists, or broadcast announcers) for your own metro area, not just the national number.Keep it from coming back: Before any review or new offer, pull the BLS figure for your metro and occupation and compare your real hourly. Ask for the number in writing before you accept.You can close it
- Freelance/stringer pay arrives with no tax set asideWhere to look first: First check which money this is. Staff (W-2) pay already has tax withheld. This is about freelance, stringer and branded-content pay (1099).Keep it from coming back: Move the set-aside the day each payment lands. Calendar all four estimated-tax dates in January.A pro decides
- Kill fees — full work paid at a fraction, never trackedWhere to look first: List every commissioned piece from the last year that was killed. For each, write the agreed fee, what the kill fee paid, and how far along the work was.Keep it from coming back: No assignment starts without the kill fee and the payment date in writing. Log every kill so you can see each outlet's kill rate.A pro decides
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Per-word / per-project rate hides a low real hourly
You can close it- Take your last three paid pieces. For each, add up every hour: pitching, research, travel, interviews, writing, edits, re-edits.
- Divide what you were paid by those hours. That is your real hourly.
- Decide the lowest real hourly you will work for (your floor).
- Before you accept the next assignment, estimate its hours and check: rate divided by hours must clear your floor.
- If it doesn't, ask for more money, a smaller scope (fewer words, fewer interviews), or paid expenses - or pass.
Your part: Set your floor, decide which outlets to keep, and send any reply.
COUNTER-OFFER (reply to an editor's assignment): Hi [EDITOR NAME], Thanks for thinking of me for [STORY]. Based on the reporting this needs - [NUMBER] interviews, [travel / records work] - I'd estimate about [HOURS] hours. At [OFFERED RATE] that doesn't work for me. I can do it for [YOUR RATE], or I can do a tighter version at [WORD COUNT] words with [NUMBER] interviews for the original fee. Travel and records costs would be billed separately at cost. Happy to start as soon as we agree in writing. Best, [YOUR NAME]
Track hours on every piece from the pitch on. Never accept a rate before estimating the hours it will take.
What this kit can't decide for you: Your own hours are taken as you report them.
That's 1 of 6. The other 5 come the same way in the kit: steps, words to send, a habit to keep each one closed.
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What people in this work look up
When broadcasters and on-air talent go looking for answers, they search things like “news anchor salary”, “radio host salary”, “radio dj pay” and “radio ad rates”. Those searches turn up forms, averages and other people's numbers. This kit starts from your own records instead: the 6 places money leaks in this work, where to look first and the words to send to close each one.
What you get for each leak
- Numbered steps to close each leak
- Your part, spelled out
- Words you can use: letters and scripts, ready to send (fill in the brackets)
- A habit that keeps each leak from coming back
- An honest line on what the kit can't decide for you
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Questions people ask
How do I know if my broadcasting pay is fair?
Find where your market tier sits on the trade's real pay range instead of comparing to top-market salaries. The kit shows you how.
How should I price voice-over or per-word work?
Per-word and per-project rates can hide a very low real hourly. The kit has you convert each job to what you actually earned per hour.
Should I charge for branded or B2B content work?
Yes. Branded work often goes unpriced or gets priced off top-of-market figures that don't fit. The kit shows how to set it from your own numbers.
What it can't decide for you
This kit works from your own records. It doesn't give legal, tax, licensing or financial advice, and it never tells you what to charge. Where a CPA, attorney, insurer or state board makes the call, the kit says so and gets your records ready for them.
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