Radio News formats and reporting styles
News is constantly changing and the news output for each radio station and each format will tend to reflect the way the listeners and target audience of that station, prefer to have their news delivered. There are many different types of news and many different sources. Possible types of news sources are: news agencies and conferences, reporters, press releases and politicians, Tip offs or local, national and international News. Generally, the smaller a radio station is and the more local listeners it has, the more likely it is that more local stories will feature. One of the advantages about a smaller station is that local listeners may find more interest in it because it is able to report news that would not be covered by bigger stations. The larger radio stations will focus on news that affects a larger audience and the style of each delivery for both stations will also vary.
Broadcasting the news in short one minute news bulletins demands a different style of news broadcasting to the more rounded rolling news or in-depth news format of a talk show. The kind of station and the format it is following will determine the style of the news broadcast. Every radio stations’ listeners, get the style of news and the news reporting they want. As news reports and the bulletins themselves become quicker and shorter, especially in music driven format stations, some stations add a music bed running underneath the news. News reporters on the scene can also add colour to a news bulletin. Radio listeners get their news from a variety of sources and some turn to their radio station for more detailed coverage whilst other listeners just want the headlines.
Radio terminology is used frequently in the studio and on air. Audio is a word used referring to a sound recording in any format. Atmos is atmosphere. Either to describe the ambience of a recording place, or an effect added subsequently to a recording. Cans are headphones. Mic is microphone. VO is voice over. FX are sound effects, these can describe sounds other than featured voices both recorded ‘Live’, on CD or from any other source. OB is an outside broadcast, like if someone is on an OB they’re not inside the station. When something is on ‘Cue’ it means it is ready to play, for example, a CD track can be on ‘Cue’ when it is ready to play. A ‘Clip’ is a selected segment of audio that has been taken from something. The term ‘Wrap’ is used when something comes to an end, for example. A radio presenter might say “That’s a wrap!” at the end of a radio show. A common concept in radio is the target audience. This means the types of listeners that you are trying to reach and not just the listeners you already have as well as the listeners you should have. Age group, gender, education and occupation usually categorize target audiences. The more competitors a station has, the more specialized the programming should be. A stations target audience alters the way in which the overall show is made. Radio 1 has a target audience mainly consisting of people aged 16 to 30. Radio 1 plays popular and chart music that would appeal to a younger audience on a large scale, also most of the presenting and the news bulletins have musical beds and are presented in a more colloquial manner. Radio 2 has a different target audience to Radio 1. Radio 2’s target audience mainly consists of people aged 40+ and this greatly affects its content. Radio 2 plays older music that isn’t in today’s charts, Radio 2 also has older presenters, does not tend to have musical beds and is generally more formal than Radio 1. Target audience massively affects a radio broadcasters content and reporting style.
Wednesday, 8 December 2010
Monday, 6 September 2010
Friday, 18 December 2009
Radio live show.
Unfortunately i wasnt able to post a link to my live show recording. This is because Matt saved it on his memory stick and took it home to burn it to two CDs. Due to the weather all the buses are cancled so i cannot get my copy of the show off Matt. try ad listen to it through looking at Matts profile.
Live Radio Show
Evaluation
The first thing I had to do when I came to planning my SNC Live Radio show was come up with an entertaining and interesting topic that would appeal to a student audience. The first idea I had was to perform a ‘Starsky and Hutch’ sketch. This seemed like an amusing and realistic idea. Although, when we did a rehearsal of the sketch, it became obvious that we would need a large number of people to be involved and that the script would be quite hard for the listeners to follow over the radio.
Our second idea was much more plausible. Me and Matt decided to create a top ten countdown of what we thought were the greatest cartoon theme songs of all time. This topic is a good choice, and it was sure to meet with our target audience because students would find it amusing and exciting. We looked up candidates for the countdown on the internet, and after much deliberation, we then worked out what theme songs we were going to use in our live show. We then put the themes in an order we thought our student audience may agree with. I enjoyed doing this topic because as well as bringing back good childhood memories, we managed to paint a picture of what we were going to do on our show , and form a basic structure.
we then did some research on each of the cartoons and their theme songs. For each theme we chose we researched the cartoons plot, when it was premiered and other relevant information. With the information we gathered, I managed to produced brief scripts and a running order for which we based the show. We then produced a play list of the songs we were going to play in the show, we made sure that they were relevant to our target audience and would entertain.
When we had finished and were happy with all our planning. It was time for us to record the live show. We made sure we rehearsed our show a couple of times before our first recording to make sure that we were fully prepared for what to do and when to do it. The first recording we took was going well for about ten minutes, then we panicked and paused the recording. At the time we did not realise that doing this meant that when we started recording again, we were recording over the first ten minutes of the show. When we realised the foolish error that we had made, we had to start again. However, we learnt from our mistakes, and we managed to finish the second recording in one take.
When we were recording our show, we did not realise how quickly the time was flying by, we managed to complete the full half-hour without including a page of script. Despite this, our show ran smoothly.
I think we did well in preparing and recording our live radio show. I think that our pre-productive organisation was a key factor in making our live show successful. We conducted the research and preparation that was needed for our show, and I am pleased with our final recording.
Although I had never used or been inside a radio studio before, I learnt how to use the equipment quickly. If I was to do this assignment again, I would make sure that I did more than enough research and preparation for my show. I may also try and include a live band or interview on my show.
Evaluation
The first thing I had to do when I came to planning my SNC Live Radio show was come up with an entertaining and interesting topic that would appeal to a student audience. The first idea I had was to perform a ‘Starsky and Hutch’ sketch. This seemed like an amusing and realistic idea. Although, when we did a rehearsal of the sketch, it became obvious that we would need a large number of people to be involved and that the script would be quite hard for the listeners to follow over the radio.
Our second idea was much more plausible. Me and Matt decided to create a top ten countdown of what we thought were the greatest cartoon theme songs of all time. This topic is a good choice, and it was sure to meet with our target audience because students would find it amusing and exciting. We looked up candidates for the countdown on the internet, and after much deliberation, we then worked out what theme songs we were going to use in our live show. We then put the themes in an order we thought our student audience may agree with. I enjoyed doing this topic because as well as bringing back good childhood memories, we managed to paint a picture of what we were going to do on our show , and form a basic structure.
we then did some research on each of the cartoons and their theme songs. For each theme we chose we researched the cartoons plot, when it was premiered and other relevant information. With the information we gathered, I managed to produced brief scripts and a running order for which we based the show. We then produced a play list of the songs we were going to play in the show, we made sure that they were relevant to our target audience and would entertain.
When we had finished and were happy with all our planning. It was time for us to record the live show. We made sure we rehearsed our show a couple of times before our first recording to make sure that we were fully prepared for what to do and when to do it. The first recording we took was going well for about ten minutes, then we panicked and paused the recording. At the time we did not realise that doing this meant that when we started recording again, we were recording over the first ten minutes of the show. When we realised the foolish error that we had made, we had to start again. However, we learnt from our mistakes, and we managed to finish the second recording in one take.
When we were recording our show, we did not realise how quickly the time was flying by, we managed to complete the full half-hour without including a page of script. Despite this, our show ran smoothly.
I think we did well in preparing and recording our live radio show. I think that our pre-productive organisation was a key factor in making our live show successful. We conducted the research and preparation that was needed for our show, and I am pleased with our final recording.
Although I had never used or been inside a radio studio before, I learnt how to use the equipment quickly. If I was to do this assignment again, I would make sure that I did more than enough research and preparation for my show. I may also try and include a live band or interview on my show.
Radio live show script
Radio live show
scripts
(Song)
Gareth: Good afternoon and welcome to SNC live. My name is Gareth Gorvin.
Matt: and my name is Matthew Lay. On today’s show we are doing a countdown of the 10 ten best Cartoon theme songs of all time.
Gareth: So with no time at all to waste at all. Lets begin….
… At number 10 of our countdown is…
(play Chipmunks theme song)
Gareth: it’s the chipmunks! The chipmunks first officially opened on the scene, as a novelty record, Before the cartoon was premiered in 1958.
Matt: The Chipmunks Theme is our number 10 purely because of how annoying it is. The Long running cartoon series was about the three chipmunk brothers, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore. In the cartoon, The trio were adopted and living with ‘Dave‘. Each show finds the boys getting into trouble in new and unusual situations.
Gareth: Moving swiftly onwards, Our number 9 of our top ten theme songs of all time, has to be… (play Oakie Doke Theme)
… Its Oakie Doke! For those of you who missed out on this classic 90’s cartoon. Oakie Doke was a helpful geezer made of oak, leaves and acorns, who went around lending a helping hand to his fellow woodland creatures. Which included ‘The squirrel family’, Marica and Marcus Mole and Abel the frog. Oakie Doke was originally released in September 95
Matt: Number 8 of our countdown of the top 10 theme songs of all time is…
(play ‘Pinky and the brain’ theme)
Its Pinky and the brain. Also released in September 95, a genius mouse and his stupid sidekick try to take over the world.
Pinky and the brain were 2 laboratory mice living in a science lab. Before each night was over the mice would plan to take over the world. But there failures were epic.
(song)
Gareth: Well That was….. You are listening to Gareth and Matt and the countdown of our top 10 Cartoon theme songs of all time. At number 7 we have chosen…
(play ‘Johnny Bravo’ theme)
Its Johnny Bravo! Johnny Bravo is an American animated television series which premiered on March 26th 1995 on Cartoon Network.
Johnny was constantly searching for a woman willing to go out with him. But nearly always fails. Famous quotes of johnnies include‘ I bet your name's Mickey, 'cause you're so fine. You're so fine’ And ‘Woah mamma’
Matt: Number 6 of are countdown has got to be…
(play Inspector Gadget theme)
that’s right, Inspector Gadget is at number 6.
Inspector Gadget was a cartoon about a clumsy, simple-witted detective named Inspector Gadget, who is a human being with various bionic gadgets built into his body.
The cartoon series was shown on Nikelodeon from 1996 till 2000.
In the fairly recent film. Gadget finds himself facing competiton, when he is partnered with the newest model from the Gadget program. a female who sees Gadget as "inferior", meanwhile Claw escapes from prison determined to rule the world and exact revenge on Gadget. Wow..
Gareth: You are still listening to Gareth and Matt’s top 10 theme song countdown. Now moving on to number 5.
(play I am Weasel theme)
And that was the ‘I am Weasel’ theme. Which is number 5 in our countdown. This cartoon is about a weasel and a baboon living in a world full of idiot people and whacked-out characters.
I Am Weasel was originally a part of the ‘Cow and Chicken show‘, often airing as the middle of three segments, in between two Cow and Chicken segments. The actual theme to ‘I am Weasel’ is pretty much a rip off of the Rhyme‘Pop goes the Weasel’. But I must say it works pretty well, and has made it to number 5 in our top 10.
Matt: We’re getting close to our top 3 now and things are really getting tense.
our number 4 in the countdown is…
(play Ed, Edd and Eddy theme)
Its Ed, Edd and Eddy. Ed, Edd, and Eddy is about three young boys, estimated ages 13-14, who live in a diverse stereotypical neighbourhood cul-de-sac, with other children. The three boys are constantly trying to "make tons of cash" by scamming the other kids in any way possible, which usualy leads them in to trouble and a lesson they will always ignore. Seriously, I hate Cartoon Network for not making any more Ed, Edd n Eddy shows. This was one of my favourite shows ever.
(Song)
Gareth: That was… And you are listening to SNC Live. Your hosts today are me, Gareth.
Matt: And me, Matt
Gareth: and this is our Half-Hour of power. Today on the show we have brought to you, our top 10 cartoon theme songs of all time, and now its time for our top 3.
Matt: (echoing) Top 3. =]
Matt: At Number three it has to be..
(play ‘Cow and Chicken’ theme)
Its Cow and Chicken . Cow and Chicken are sister and brother, a cow and a chicken, but who have human parents whose faces are never seen in any episode. One of the two of the main characters is Cow, Cow is Chicken's 7-year-old sister. Her weight is often stated as 600 pounds. She is usually viewed as exceedingly stupid, but she occasionally displays uncanny talents. Cow's alter ego is Supercow, which is a superhero cow with the ability to fly. Chicken is Cow's 11-year-old brother. At times, he can be quite mean to his younger sister, and to the rest of the family. Cow and Chicken episodes are shown on Cartoon Network, The theme tune basically explains Cow and chickens life story.
Gareth: At number two it is…
(play PowerRangers Mighty Morphin theme)
That’s right it’s the power rangers theme.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (abbreviated as MMPR) is an American live-action television series, created for the American market. Both the show and its related merchandise saw unpredicted overnight success, catapulting into pop culture in mere months. Under the original name Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the series ran from 1993 to 1995 and spawned a feature film, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie.
The theme tune to the original series was released as a single. It was released in 1994 on CD and cassette tape, during the first season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and at the height of the series' popularity. The single was widely publicised in the UK, and a video featuring footage from the series received considerable airtime on national television. Simon Cowell was responsible for producing the song.
Its nearly time for us to reveal our number one Cartoon theme song of all time. But first this is…. With…..
(song)
Matt: Welcome back to the show, you are listening to Gareth and Matt’s top ten cartoon theme songs of all time. Here’s a recap of what we’ve had so far.
Gareth: at number 10 we had ‘The Chipmunks theme’
Matt: at number 9 it was the ‘Oakie Doke theme’
Gareth: at number 8 it was ‘Pinky and the brain’
Matt: Number seven was the ‘Johnny Bravo theme’
Gareth: ‘Inspector Gadget’ was our number 6
Matt: ‘I am Weasel’ at number 5
Gareth: Number 4 was Ed, Edd and Eddy
Matt: Cow and Chicken made it to our number 3
Gareth: and our number 2 in our top 10 cartoon theme song countdown was the Mighty
Morphin Power Rangers theme.
Matt: which leads us to reveal our number 1 cartoon theme song of all time. Which is…After this song.
(play song)
(play Teenage mutant ninja turtles original theme)
Gareth: that’s right our number one cartoon theme song of all time is the teenage mutant ninja turtles theme.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles originated in an American comic book published by Mirage Studios in 1984 Dover, New Hampshire. The concept arose from a humorous drawing by Kevin Eastman during a casual evening of brainstorming with his friend Peter Laird. Using money from a tax refund together and with a loan from Eastman's uncle, the young artists self-published a single issue comic intended to parody four of the most popular comics of the early 1980s.
Matt: After it became an instant hit, the cartoon show was expanded to five days a week and aired weekday afternoons, The show helped launch the characters into mainstream popularity and became one of the most popular animated series in television history. There was a ‘teenage mutant ninja turtle’ Breakfast cereal, action figures, and all sorts of products featuring the characters appeared on the market during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Gareth: They're the world's most fearsome fighting team. They're heroes in a half-shell and they're green When the evil Shredder attacks These Turtle boys don't cut him no slack. The Teenage mutant ninja turtle theme is our number 1 cartoon theme song of all time.
(Play the theme again)
(song)
scripts
(Song)
Gareth: Good afternoon and welcome to SNC live. My name is Gareth Gorvin.
Matt: and my name is Matthew Lay. On today’s show we are doing a countdown of the 10 ten best Cartoon theme songs of all time.
Gareth: So with no time at all to waste at all. Lets begin….
… At number 10 of our countdown is…
(play Chipmunks theme song)
Gareth: it’s the chipmunks! The chipmunks first officially opened on the scene, as a novelty record, Before the cartoon was premiered in 1958.
Matt: The Chipmunks Theme is our number 10 purely because of how annoying it is. The Long running cartoon series was about the three chipmunk brothers, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore. In the cartoon, The trio were adopted and living with ‘Dave‘. Each show finds the boys getting into trouble in new and unusual situations.
Gareth: Moving swiftly onwards, Our number 9 of our top ten theme songs of all time, has to be… (play Oakie Doke Theme)
… Its Oakie Doke! For those of you who missed out on this classic 90’s cartoon. Oakie Doke was a helpful geezer made of oak, leaves and acorns, who went around lending a helping hand to his fellow woodland creatures. Which included ‘The squirrel family’, Marica and Marcus Mole and Abel the frog. Oakie Doke was originally released in September 95
Matt: Number 8 of our countdown of the top 10 theme songs of all time is…
(play ‘Pinky and the brain’ theme)
Its Pinky and the brain. Also released in September 95, a genius mouse and his stupid sidekick try to take over the world.
Pinky and the brain were 2 laboratory mice living in a science lab. Before each night was over the mice would plan to take over the world. But there failures were epic.
(song)
Gareth: Well That was….. You are listening to Gareth and Matt and the countdown of our top 10 Cartoon theme songs of all time. At number 7 we have chosen…
(play ‘Johnny Bravo’ theme)
Its Johnny Bravo! Johnny Bravo is an American animated television series which premiered on March 26th 1995 on Cartoon Network.
Johnny was constantly searching for a woman willing to go out with him. But nearly always fails. Famous quotes of johnnies include‘ I bet your name's Mickey, 'cause you're so fine. You're so fine’ And ‘Woah mamma’
Matt: Number 6 of are countdown has got to be…
(play Inspector Gadget theme)
that’s right, Inspector Gadget is at number 6.
Inspector Gadget was a cartoon about a clumsy, simple-witted detective named Inspector Gadget, who is a human being with various bionic gadgets built into his body.
The cartoon series was shown on Nikelodeon from 1996 till 2000.
In the fairly recent film. Gadget finds himself facing competiton, when he is partnered with the newest model from the Gadget program. a female who sees Gadget as "inferior", meanwhile Claw escapes from prison determined to rule the world and exact revenge on Gadget. Wow..
Gareth: You are still listening to Gareth and Matt’s top 10 theme song countdown. Now moving on to number 5.
(play I am Weasel theme)
And that was the ‘I am Weasel’ theme. Which is number 5 in our countdown. This cartoon is about a weasel and a baboon living in a world full of idiot people and whacked-out characters.
I Am Weasel was originally a part of the ‘Cow and Chicken show‘, often airing as the middle of three segments, in between two Cow and Chicken segments. The actual theme to ‘I am Weasel’ is pretty much a rip off of the Rhyme‘Pop goes the Weasel’. But I must say it works pretty well, and has made it to number 5 in our top 10.
Matt: We’re getting close to our top 3 now and things are really getting tense.
our number 4 in the countdown is…
(play Ed, Edd and Eddy theme)
Its Ed, Edd and Eddy. Ed, Edd, and Eddy is about three young boys, estimated ages 13-14, who live in a diverse stereotypical neighbourhood cul-de-sac, with other children. The three boys are constantly trying to "make tons of cash" by scamming the other kids in any way possible, which usualy leads them in to trouble and a lesson they will always ignore. Seriously, I hate Cartoon Network for not making any more Ed, Edd n Eddy shows. This was one of my favourite shows ever.
(Song)
Gareth: That was… And you are listening to SNC Live. Your hosts today are me, Gareth.
Matt: And me, Matt
Gareth: and this is our Half-Hour of power. Today on the show we have brought to you, our top 10 cartoon theme songs of all time, and now its time for our top 3.
Matt: (echoing) Top 3. =]
Matt: At Number three it has to be..
(play ‘Cow and Chicken’ theme)
Its Cow and Chicken . Cow and Chicken are sister and brother, a cow and a chicken, but who have human parents whose faces are never seen in any episode. One of the two of the main characters is Cow, Cow is Chicken's 7-year-old sister. Her weight is often stated as 600 pounds. She is usually viewed as exceedingly stupid, but she occasionally displays uncanny talents. Cow's alter ego is Supercow, which is a superhero cow with the ability to fly. Chicken is Cow's 11-year-old brother. At times, he can be quite mean to his younger sister, and to the rest of the family. Cow and Chicken episodes are shown on Cartoon Network, The theme tune basically explains Cow and chickens life story.
Gareth: At number two it is…
(play PowerRangers Mighty Morphin theme)
That’s right it’s the power rangers theme.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (abbreviated as MMPR) is an American live-action television series, created for the American market. Both the show and its related merchandise saw unpredicted overnight success, catapulting into pop culture in mere months. Under the original name Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the series ran from 1993 to 1995 and spawned a feature film, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie.
The theme tune to the original series was released as a single. It was released in 1994 on CD and cassette tape, during the first season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and at the height of the series' popularity. The single was widely publicised in the UK, and a video featuring footage from the series received considerable airtime on national television. Simon Cowell was responsible for producing the song.
Its nearly time for us to reveal our number one Cartoon theme song of all time. But first this is…. With…..
(song)
Matt: Welcome back to the show, you are listening to Gareth and Matt’s top ten cartoon theme songs of all time. Here’s a recap of what we’ve had so far.
Gareth: at number 10 we had ‘The Chipmunks theme’
Matt: at number 9 it was the ‘Oakie Doke theme’
Gareth: at number 8 it was ‘Pinky and the brain’
Matt: Number seven was the ‘Johnny Bravo theme’
Gareth: ‘Inspector Gadget’ was our number 6
Matt: ‘I am Weasel’ at number 5
Gareth: Number 4 was Ed, Edd and Eddy
Matt: Cow and Chicken made it to our number 3
Gareth: and our number 2 in our top 10 cartoon theme song countdown was the Mighty
Morphin Power Rangers theme.
Matt: which leads us to reveal our number 1 cartoon theme song of all time. Which is…After this song.
(play song)
(play Teenage mutant ninja turtles original theme)
Gareth: that’s right our number one cartoon theme song of all time is the teenage mutant ninja turtles theme.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles originated in an American comic book published by Mirage Studios in 1984 Dover, New Hampshire. The concept arose from a humorous drawing by Kevin Eastman during a casual evening of brainstorming with his friend Peter Laird. Using money from a tax refund together and with a loan from Eastman's uncle, the young artists self-published a single issue comic intended to parody four of the most popular comics of the early 1980s.
Matt: After it became an instant hit, the cartoon show was expanded to five days a week and aired weekday afternoons, The show helped launch the characters into mainstream popularity and became one of the most popular animated series in television history. There was a ‘teenage mutant ninja turtle’ Breakfast cereal, action figures, and all sorts of products featuring the characters appeared on the market during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Gareth: They're the world's most fearsome fighting team. They're heroes in a half-shell and they're green When the evil Shredder attacks These Turtle boys don't cut him no slack. The Teenage mutant ninja turtle theme is our number 1 cartoon theme song of all time.
(Play the theme again)
(song)
Monday, 9 November 2009
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