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.