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TDGA Membership Benefits

If You Are Joining TDGA for the first time, Please  CLICK HERE - once you've selected a Login Name and Password, we'll ask you standard prfile questions like name, e-mail address, etc. Then Test your LogIn Name & Password to gain access to the payment page.  A one time initial payment of $37.50 for your first year ($30.00 per year thereafter) can be accommodated by credit card, check or using an authorized group-member code of selected leading traffic software vendors, state broadcast associations or Broadcast Groups.  If your organization maintains a TDGA Member alliance, simple fill out or membership application and on the payment page select the Group Member Code category and enter the case-sensitive code they provide you.

If You Were Recently A Former Member of TDGA, Please CLICK HERE -  we "may" have retained your Data. but we would still ask you to verify the information on file before proceeding to the Member payment page. A one time renewal payment of $37.50 gets you re-instated during the next 12-month period ($30.00 per year thereafter) can be accommodated by credit card, check or using an authorized group-member code of selected leading traffic software vendors, state broadcast associations or Broadcast Groups.  If your organization maintains a TDGA Member alliance, simple fill out or membership application and on the payment page select the Group Member Code category and enter the case-sensitive code they provide you.

Are You Ready To Take The Next Step In Your Career?

Let's face it; you are in a completely unique Broadcast Profession. Enhancing your career, and climbing the business ladder requires a combination of assistance from your colleagues, your employer, top professionals within the Broadcast field and the self-motivation available within yourself. TDGA cannot give the impetus to your colleagues. Regrettably, your employer needs to often be convinced that a more knowledgeable you is an instant benefit to his or her business (or Department). The Traffic Director's Guild of America can help by providing the instant access to the leading, highly skilled, well-experienced professionals we mentioned; and that leaves you to fulfill enough motivation to invest $37.50 in you and your future.

That $37.50, by the way is the full amount to cover your first entire year of membership in TDGA. There are no Additional Fees of any kind for access to all of our publications, booklets, links, downloads, Etc.  (After the first 12-months, it reduces to $30.00 per year as long as you care to remain a member in our association.

We should stress even though the word "Guild" is part of our name- we are "not" a union. We frankly believe that you, your future and your climb as a professional rests fully on your own merit and achievement. We provide tools, hundreds of them, to enhance your career, but we do not act as an agent for security or compensation. Our Mission is simple and straightforward:

"To foster pride in our unique profession, and to promote the contributions we provide to the Radio and Television Broadcasting Industry. The Traffic Directors Guild seeks to enhance our member careers through information, cooperative services and education."

After joining TDGA online and indicating your payment preference, our entire member website is available upon payment, entry of your self-selected Member ID and password. It's that quick and easy to make the step to TDGA Membership. The dues are as stated, there are no added charges, no hidden nickel ' and dime charges. If you want to buy pre-printed manuals in color- we do charge for the printing to cover ink, paper and shipping. You can print them absolutely free of charge on your own printer from downloadable PDF files. Our dues cover our operating costs and 100% of our materials are available to members-only in the Resource Library online 24/7.

The following is a brief listing of what is instantly available as benefits.

1. 24/7 Access To The Members Resource Library - Archived Q&A articles. Special Reports on a diversey topic group involving our profession,  FCC Rules & Regs, Booklets, Sample Forms used by other Members for Traffic, Time Orders, Production, etc. It's literally a treasure chest- and it's all yours to download as needed or to answer concerns on a wide variety of topics. The Library also includes our many TDGA Publications - All 100% free to all current TDGA Members. Most are in PDF formats to insure a virus-free transfer to your own computers.

2. Free Classified Listings - Looking for a new position? Or seeking new employees to work in your department? TDGA Employment Classifieds are guaranteed free to all members in good standing. 

3. Q&A, Consultations & Guidance - Have a technical question, or simply in search of advice about a perplexing problem or concern? TDGA Membership gives you access to other Radio Professionals with hundreds of years of combined experience and expertise. Discussion Sites (listservs) are already being explored for the exclusive use of TDGA members only. 

4. Reduced Seminar, Meeting and Conference Fees - Whether it's a session to learn new software, certification courses, or reduced-fee participation in vendor programs, TDGA will use the sheer numbers of our association to garner you cost reductions at third-party functions.

5. Group Membership Discounts - Information, Education, Interaction, Discounts, Research Resources and more are all included in your TDGA Membership. We offer special 2-year membership discounts; as well as "Multiple Membership" Discounts. A "multiple membership" discount involves more than one member at a single Station or group location. We'll save on mailing and shipping costs -- and we pass those savings on to your staff via "multiple memberships." The "primary" membership is $37.50 per year . Each additional member at the same mailing location is $30.00 annually (another $7.50 per person savings).

6. Inclusion In All TDGA Annual Projects - These vary from year to year, but among the most popular items are the annual TDGA Traffic Personnel Salary Surveys for Radio & TV, the Annual Traffic Software Satisfaction Surveys that gathers your input and rankings of Software features, service and support for the specific product you use on a regular basis. When searching for new software, you have instant access to the opinions of the respondents that use a wide variety of other products to compare it with your current system.

If You Were Recently A Former Member of TDGA, Please CLICK HERE -  we "may" have retained your Data. but we would still ask you to verify the information on file before proceeding to the Member payment page.

If You Are Joining TDGA for the first time, Please  CLICK HERE - once you've selected a Login Name and Password, we'll ask you standard prfile questions like name, e-mail address, etc. Then Test your LogIn Name & Password to gain access to the payment page.

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