I realise that I have been out of the blogging for a while now but im here to change this! Im slowly getting back into my old routines of blogging small amounts and it’s not good! So here I am, catching up, I have a few posts to do today so enjoy :)
Radio broadcasting is far more immediate, intimate and person than broadcasts you will see on TV; this has always been the case and is why radio is usually preferred to some people. Additionally, radio journalism has many different formats:
Headlines: These, as you probably guessed, summarise the story and precede a bulletin.
Bulletins: Bulletins are usually 2 – 5 minutes, having two-way voices, snippets from interviews and press conferences; it is usually read by a journalist or a news reader.
News Programmes: These programmes have a headline / short story and they explore stories in much greater depth and include more related stories, furthermore they also feature debate and live broadcasts.
Magazine Programmes: These programmes can be narrow / wide ranging, they are less likely to include headlines / bulletins but they will bring up topical or timeless issues, focusing in more of the gossipy stuff in the news.
Documentaries: Documentaries are pretty much extended packages / features that explore a particular subject / issue in much greater depth than any magazine though it will draw on the same conventions and types of content.
Target Audiences: As per usual, this is defined by defined by age or demographic (A, B, C1, C2, D). Age is categorised into groups of 10 or 20 years, 16-24, 25 - 44 for example, the style and format will be dictated by the target audience to which the station aims its output.
That’s all for my brief introduction to Radio, hope it’s been insightful. Oh and you stay classy, Planet Earth.
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