New School of Radio and Television

1990s an A+. 2012 a B-​. Radio is a dying industry but advanced video will live a long time… Teachers are just now figuring this out and the school will likely be A+ again in 2015 or so…

I graduated in 1991 and have been steadily employed in radio ever since and I’m making a very decent living at it. It’s a great trade school to learn broadcasting. You will throw your money out the window if you go to college for broadcasting. You may read bitter reviews from some saying they wish they went to college for four years but the fact is… you’ll be making the same amount of money starting in radio regardless if you have a degree or not.
You’ll also read reviews from people upset that the can’t find a job but that’s not the schools fault. If you’re a good talent willing to work hard and present yourself well, you will eventually find on air work depending on the market you’re searching. They don’t promise you employment.
There road to being successful in radio isn’t easy and the pay sucks for 90% of people starting in radio and it doesn’t get much better ten years later. If you’re not willing to sacrafice, work hard long hours (even weekends), accept that there’s a good chance you’ll never make over 100,000 a year or you can’t accept that you’ll be let go (FIRED) every 5 years, then find a different path. Oh, looks matter in radio too. If you’re overweight (worse for women) and don’t have a marketable look, you’ll have a hard time finding work. I know, I know… reality sucks! :-(
From the stand point of a 23 year veteran in radio broadcasting, they teach you EVERYTHING you need to know about the business with state of the art equipment. It’s the best school in that area. They also have the best track record of people finding employment after graduating than any school in that area. At one time while working in NC, I was working with five people who went through that school. NC is 13 – 15 hours and many states away.

Please don’t waste your money. I graduated three years ago and haven’t been able to find a job and never get the supposed updates that they send about jobs in the area. I would recommend attending four year college over this place. Not recognizable as they say they are. I do know some people who got jobs but most of them were getting paid basically minimum wage and less then when they started here. Just wouldn’t recommend sorry. A lot of the class is spent using a camera and editing but a lot of it is just sitting there working on projects for weeks & weeks. No real interaction. Also some of the staff can be very snippy if you try to stand up for yourself and disagree with them.
Not impressed. Plus a minus star because Albany sucks. ***Just updating this review because I’ve noticed that NSRT has told some people from the nineties to add some reviews. Please note in the nineties the internet wasn’t even around. These people lie about the industry and Chris Familette even once told me he hopes to get as many students into to the school and make money off of them. I think he was kind of drunk but he did say that. The teachers are getting a profit off of every student, thats probably why the reputable ones left. PLEASE AVOID THE DEBT. its not worth it. television is a dieing industry. people don’t tune into the 5 o’clock news now like they did 25 years ago. This school will not help you.. well you may be able to get a $ 11 hour job doing master control or cameraman at local Albany newsstation but you’re not going to be Diane Sawyer lets put it that way. My 1^st exercise at this school was videotaping cars running over potholes. With iPhones nowadays people are teaching themselves. DON’T FALL FOR IT, I AM FINALLY PAYING OFF THE DEBT now. And don’t fall for Cathy when she gives you the tour she’s like a used car salesman selling Dodge Neons. I AM WARNING YOU GUYS, one girl in our class was very well off and she paid twice to go to this school once to study the technical aspect and then a 2^nd time to study the journalism aspect… do you think they gave her a break… NO… $$$$$$