They gather information from national satellite weather services, wire services, and other local and regional weather bureaus. Sportscasters select, write, and deliver the sports news. This may include interviews with sports personalities and coverage of games played. Broadcast news analysts, called commentators, present news stories and also interpret them and discuss how they may affect the Nation or listeners. Show hosts interview guests about their lives, work, or topics of current interest.
Announcers frequently participate in community activities.
Sports announcers, for example, are masters of ceremonies at touchdown club banquets or are on hand to greet customers at openings of sporting goods stores. Many announcers present early morning shows, when many people are getting ready for work or commuting, or do late night newscasts. They work within tight schedule constraints, which can be physically and mentally stressful. Employment Radio and television announcers and newscasters held about 50,000 jobs in 1994. Nearly all were staff announcers, but some were freelance announcers who sold their services for individual assignments to networks and stations, or to advertising agencies and other independent producers.