From separate news directors survey. Years Experience Age and experience tend to go hand in hand. About two of every five radio news personnel are in their 20s, the same as for those who have worked in news five years or less. That gets them out of college and into the job market in their early 20s. Table 3 shows that men, more often than women, have worked in news 11 years or more.
Women tend to work in radio news five years or less.
The larger the market, the more experienced the staff. Those with less than six years in news are few in major markets but many in small markets. News directors and anchors are more likely than reporters to have worked in news for 11 years or more. From separate news directors survey. Station Tenure Staying at one station for most of a career is now rare in radio, as in television news.