Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio
Find three radio stations which you can listen to their programmes live.
List them below:
What sort of audience does each station appeal to?
(e.g. fans of a certain style of music, young people, middle aged people, people interested in News/Current Affairs, sports fans etc.)
Station 1) ___________Young people____________________
Station 2) ___________middle-aged people_______________
Station 3) ________middle-aged people, sports fans_________
What are the similarities and differences between the stations?
Similarities:
They all have specific audiences. They all broadcast news and others.__________________________________________
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Differences:
They have different audiences. Even though all of them broadcast news, additional things that each radio station broadcast are different from each other._________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Homework
Part B Podcast Terminology
Watch this video http://www.commoncraft.com/video/podcasting
Here is a list of new words that you will need to use in Project 4. Complete the two missing definitions after watching the video
Podcast terminology
Word Definition Podcast A video or audio file or recording that can be downloaded from a website onto a computer or a media player and listened to or be watched at any time. Blogcasting a diary type podcast with regular installments Podcatcher A tool that downloaded podcasts to a suscriber’s media playeror computer once the subscriber subscribed to a podcast. Mediacasting any distribution of podcasts using RSS MMS Podcast podcasting to mobile phones mp3 Blog podcasting single song downloads Narrowcasting a podcast that is aimed at a minority audience iTunes holds the largest podcast directory RSS one of the software programs used to download podcasts |
Read the following list of Radio production Terms.
Word Definition SFX Sound effects (single sounds) Jingles Theme tune of the station or a short burst of music Beds Music that is played quietly under chat, discussion or a report Loops A repeated sound or piece of music (used for comic effect) Crossfades when two separate sounds are merged together with one fading out and one fading in Tracks any song or single Mic short for microphone Vocal Effects using effects to distort the voice for comic effect Anchor the main presenter Support presenters people who act as foils or ‘buddies’ for the anchor DJ Disc Jockey, name for a presenter who mainly plays music Voiceover used when a voice is dubbed over music
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Part C
Name of Podcast: The Chris Moyles Show (BBC Radio 1)
Choose one radio station from Part A and identify the different use of the above conventions and terminology. Write notes in the table below
Convention | Analysis |
SFX | N/A |
Jingles | Music started to be played once the presenter mentioned in the Anchor stopped presenting. |
Beds | The volume of the jingles got smaller, and another presenter starts to talk. |
Loops | N/A |
Crossfades | N/A |
Tracks | N/A |
Mic | N/A |
Vocal Effects | N/A |
Anchor | There was a presenter presenting on the Chris Moyles show. |
Support Presenters | The presenter mentioned above in the voiceover had several people talking and laughing to him. |
DJ | N/A |
Voiceover | A woman singing to the music once a presenter on the Chris Moyles show stopped presenting. |