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Age IS a Factor

We work in a YOUTH DRIVEN INDUSTRY once you pass 35 you better be in management of some kind if you are not you better be DAMN good at what you do because the opportunities start to fade. I know people in their 50s still looking for announcer gigs. I don##Q##t want to discourage them and I##Q##m not saying there is not something out there but…

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