Broadcast "clips"/resume

Following up on the sports broadcasting thread ... as I've noted, I do broadcasting on the side as a hobby/small business that actually does make a little bit of cash.

However, if I were to consider looking for for-hire freelance/independent contractor/small college gigs or selling myself to a local radio station ... what kind of stuff should I put on my "resume tape" that would make it pop?

It's been years since I've made one -- well over a decade (when we still made them on cassette) ... I've done tons of print clips packages in the meantime. Broadcasters, help me out ... what kind of clips? How should I package it? Do it as an MP3 that's downloadable and/or fits on a CD?

Should I put 10 or so minutes of quick 25-40 second clips of good, tight calls, packaged with a short pre-produced intro identifying myself, or should I put some longer-form stuff (for example, a full quarter of both a football and basketball game)? Should I limit it to play-by-play, or should I add in pregame/coach interviews/studio work?

Just asking, and knowing there are a few broadcasters out there, hopefully a couple of you can toss me some advice. PM me or post it here .

Thanks.

 

Have anything like this?:

My friend and former co-worker Cole Weinman on the call from Las Vegas doing the 2008 MWC Women's Basketball Championship. It's a call that's always played as an intro to the sports talk show. a bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad (yes, that bad) Colorado State team with an epic upset.

 

Coming from the perspective of someone who has hired play-by-play announcers, I prefer to have an uninterrupted clip from a game. Something like 5-10 minutes of game action. Could be, for example, TV timeout to TV timeout (if we're looking at college/professional sports). Realistically, I know in the first minute if you're what I'm looking for.

On top of that, studio work (scoreboard updates), parts of a pre-game show, or an interview/feature are good to have as well.

Highlight reels tell me nothing about the broadcaster. Anyone can have a good highlight reel. Never hurts to make one, but don't make it the bread and butter of your tape.

In all, 2-3 clips should suffice.