Radio Terminology

We have been looking at the need for Radio Terminology within our work. Here  are the selection of words we have studied and there given meanings :

News reader/ Presenter- The reader of the given script whose main purpose is to tell you the information.

Bulletin - The news programme itself this often consists if the main headlines for that days news.

Reporter- The person finding the stories and reporting the information they have found in the news story.

Location. This is the whereabouts of the reporter or presenter at the time. This can often mean that they are attending an event or reporting from the scene of a crime.

Interviewer - The  person asking questions to gather information.

Interviewee- The person answering the questions asked.

Script- Written information for the presenter to read.

Cross over to - A change from the main presenter to the reporter or someone with further information.

Cut To- When the audio cuts to something that has been pre- recorded e.g an interview

Audio- A recorded section that can be used within the bullitin this again is pre- recorded information.

News bed- The music that often plays underneath the news bulletin this mostly happens on contempary hit radio stations.

News intro- Intro music that tells you that the news has started.

Promo- on commercial stations- A sponcer or advert played on the station allowing them to gain profit.




After we looked into the radio terminology we did research into two radio bulletins the first being from Capital South Coast the second was from BBC Radio Solent.

The first news bulletin from Capital had one main presenter throughout who spoke fluetly at a fast pace which would hard to be understand for an older audience but appeals to younger listners who want a small flash of news. The news broadcast started with a very loud musical intro this reminded me of the type of pop music that is played capital so they might be trying to use this as an appeal to keep listening. After this into had started the first thing you can hear is the clear news bed this is at the same volume as the presenter and also runs at the same fast tempo speech this again is to appeal to the younger audience who just want a small glimpse of news and then to get back to the reason they tuned into the station. The news content of this particular broadcast was scattered between local and worldwide news the bullietin started about a party started by a teenager in Holland who invited people to his party through the social media site Facebook and how it got out of hand when thousands of people turned up.

This was very different from the bulletin shown on BBC Radio Solent. Instead of being chucked straight into the headlines like on Capital it instead has a slower intro with less loud odd noises. The main headline which was shown on the first day was about Nick Cleggs speech on that day and the changes that he plans to make in the country. This was followed by further details instead of more headlines like on Capital. This made the programme alot longer and it flowed at a slower pace which allowed them to feature longer interview and sound clips. The many headlines told were for a more intellectial audience with them mainly being focused on Politics, astronomy and local event. These headlines had  extended details and further evidence making each seem more important then any of those featured on Capital. This overall detailed longer show takes up a 4 minute stretch rather then just 2 like on Capital South Coast.

Research into Radio formats 1

We are currently learning about radio Formats and how they can specify the target audience. The radio formats are determind by the board of ofcom central they can control the type of broadcasting that is put out within  radio stations. It can control the many elements of a radio station including the target audience and where they broadcast these guidelines are set by liceses that you have to apply for to start a legal radio station.

There are many formats that a radio station can be restricted to these include:

• Contemporary Hit Radio ( CHR) - These play a mixture of songs that are most commonly popular with a younger audience e.g Capital 
• Adult Contemporary (AC)- These can be a crossover of CHR but generally will play older classics, rock and ballads, E.g BBC2 
• Hot AC- Its not always possible to put a station into a format this is a crossover of CHR and AC. E.g Heart
• Gold Radio- These stations tend to be aimed at older audiences, or in the case of sport stations, audiences that are listening for a reason. E.g Gold 
• Community Radio- These are non-profit stations aimed at serving the community. They tend to play a mixture of all songs but generally mainstream music and the presenters are very often volunteers. 
• Specialist- These stations focus on a specialist area of music most likely on one genre or a belief. E.g kerrang 

You can often define these radio stations due to the music, presenters, competitions, speech content and the production. 

To see these radio stations in real life we used some examples and did some further reasearch. 

Capital South Coast 

1. What format is the station?

Contemporary hit radio- It plays the majority of popular music. 

2. How do you know this?

I know this due to the nature of the music played such as the pop anthems that are playing on the station like the song playing now for example which is Ghost by Ella Henderson. It is also clearly stated in there catch phrase " the south coast's NO.1 Hit music station" here they claim that they play popular "No.1" Hit music. On the website they clearly show there support of pop music by using headlines about young celebrities such as Justin Bieber and Iggy Azeleas. 

3. What area does it broadcast too?

There are many versions of capital all around the nation but this particular one is aimed at the south coast region. 

BBC2

1. What format is the station? 

Adult contemporary Hit radio- it plays a cross over of modern music but mostly older hits.

2. How do you know this ?

I know this mainly sue to the presenters and music played . The most popular DJ's on radio 2 such as Terry Wogan and Chris Evans are ex presenters for a Contemporary hit radio in there day so as time got on they progressed and there ausience and music got older so they needed this more mature platform.

3. What area does it broadcast to ? 

Radio2 is a national radio station and broadcasts all over the UK but they also record there programmes and place them online for the world to see. 

Kerrang!

1. What format is the station ? 

A specialist station - Specifically in the area of rock. 

2.How do you know this ? 

I know this mainly due to the music played which is mainly all load and fastpaced rock music. This is not only shown by the song playing at this moment which is sweet child O'mine by Guns and Roses an old rock classic. You can also tell due to the dark alternative feel of the website they have created this by using dark signature colours such as Black, red and white colour scheme. 

3. What area does it broadcast to ? 

The radio station is based in Peterborough but does broadcast nationally on digital radio, online and they also have a radio app.