Unit 14 Media - Radio Production

Proposal and Treatment The radio show that I am making in my groups is mostly aimed at music artists in the area. This means that we will discuss artists from Yorkshire as a whole, but mainly focus on popular and upcoming artists in the South Yorkshire area, this means that we will review artists such as Arctic Monkeys, Pulp, and the Reytons. The target audience of this show would be teenagers and young adults, people who are more interested in the indie/rock style music that the show will mostly cover. This means that the show should be at times when these people are active, for example, it should run after school hours, so the younger audience are able to watch the show after school. The air time for this show would be past 4pm, and no later than 7pm, as this is the time after school where people are likely to listen to radio shows, maybe coming home from school or just being at home. The show would realistically start with music streaming, which will not be on the sample we create, ...

Nitro FM -   The team at Nitro FM don't use as much technology as other stations, due to being a smaller more niche station, but they still have top end microphones and soundboards that they use to broadcast radio. They have these in a small room above the start of the track. It is located here to help with the live commentating, as it means they can see everything that happens on the track, and react and talk about it live, rather than having a delay from watching over screens. Equipment -  This equipment is needed because the quality needs to be good, and passable for a live radio show. They also need to be able to queue and play good quality music, and be able to alter their audio if needed with a soundboard quickly, as they are live on air. This helps the production as it means that people are more likely to listen, and if there is a persistent or sudden problem with the radio, it is quick and easy to fix this problem with the technology they have. The equipment is also ne...