The Kellar Radio Talent Institute Returns at ASU

RADIO ONLINE | Monday, June 5, 2017

The Kellar Radio Talent Institute, the first-ever Radio Talent Institute, now in its 11th year, is the third Institute this summer, and it began Monday. Highlights of this year's ten-day immersion of all things radio on the campus of Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, includes a live broadcast of the syndicated Ace and TJ Morning Show from iHM's WHQC-FM (Channel 96.1) in Charlotte, with the students as the live studio audience.

The only day off-campus is Wednesday, June 7th, when the students tour the Carolina Panthers facility and learn from play-by-play announcer Mick Mixon, then to Charlotte Motor Speedway with the Voice and President of Performance Racing Network Doug Rice doing a session for the students and taking them around the track at 100mph.

The RAB Radio Marketing Professional Certification course will be led by management and sales executives from Beasley Media Group, Curtis Media, Radio One, Capitol Broadcasting and Entercom. Over 40 broadcasters will be teaching the 25 students accepted into the Institute who come from five different universities.

"The Kellar Radio Talent Institute provides a unique opportunity for electronic media/broadcasting students to learn from and interact with top professionals in the industry. The Institute is the place where careers are launched and media organizations discover their next outstanding employee," said Jean DeHart, Chair of the Department of Communication, Application State University.

Former Kellar Radio Talent Institute students have started their careers with CBS, Beasley Media Group, Cumulus, Curtis Media, Entercom, iHeart Media, Alpha Media, Greater Media, Capitol Broadcasting, Blue Ridge Broadcasting, IMG College Network, NASCAR, CNN and others.

Dan Vallie founded the National Radio Talent System and stated, "We have a fun, challenging, and changing industry, we need to embrace all technology to insure we continue to thrive into the 21st century, but the thing that always has and always will make the difference is people. That is why we do this, to find those young people who have a growing passion to be in the business, to connect them to the industry and the industry to them."