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.