Those are among the findings in a national survey of 414 news personnel at U.S. commercial radio stations. My study was supported by a grant from the Freedom Forum. The average radio newsperson is 31, one year older than for TV news. Women in the radio news work force are typically six years younger than men and have four years less news experience. Their stay at a station is more than a year shorter than for men.
Longer tenure comes with age.
Radio newspeople in their 20s had been at their present stations a median of two years, compared to three years for those in their 30s and six years for the ones 40 and older. And the lowest turnover. From separate survey of news directors. A rough estimate comes from dividing years in news by years at the present station. Tenure and turnover are of the same mold.