More importantly, it will allow you to practice your craft, and you can get feedback from the pros who read advertising copy for a living. The markets you are interested in are advertising agencies and advertisers. When writing radio copy for an advertiser, they will have a definite idea about what they want in their ad. Unfortunately, what they want and what they need are sometimes two different things. You must be comfortable enough with your ability as a radio copywriter to explain to an advertiser why something will or will not work, and then tell them why.
Advertising agencies are a much better source of work.
Almost all ad agencies use outside copywriters to fill in the gaps that their staffs don't have the time to cover, and that's where you come in. Prepare a resum , and two or three samples of your copywriting work. If you've written some ads that have been produced and played on a radio station, include those first. David Hughes David Hughes has worked in the radio business for over 14 years, and currently hosts a morning drive show on WAPF-980 AM in McComb, MS, along with his freelance copywriting business, Hughes Enterprises. David has won over 14 awards over the last three years for copywriting, including having one of his commercials chosen as a top-five finalist in the National Radio And Production Awards in 1997.