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Radio Jackie 107.8-
On the15/10/2011 I visited Radio Jackie and observed first hand the way in which a radio station is produced and broadcast. After sitting in studio with Lesley Collier during the 4-7pm show, I was taught the basics of how the system works including the playlist for music and the way in which everything said on air has an allotted time frame which must be strictly followed. I then put this into practice and picked a number of adverts and jingles to fit in-between the travel and news update. Following this I was told to pick up on the difference between the news and travel in terms in the presenters' delivery. This being that the tone of voice and structure were very stern and professional throughout the news, whereas the travel was read using relaxed and colloquial language and came across as if it were a conversation with the listener. Later I was shown how news bulletins are fed through to the office to be prepared for the next update on air. I found the pace of gathering and producing the latest information rather fast as it all had to be updated and rewritten within the hour and then it is up to the presenter to decide which story is to headline.
This led to a conversation between myself and Sarah Onions discussing issues with the order that the news is read. Recently listening to Radio 1 the week of Amy Winehouses' death and that of the mass killings in Norway, I personally heard only of Amy that day and there was very little coverage if not any on Radio 1 of the Norwegian shootings, a subject I find much more devastating and important. This drew attention to me that the order that news is put in has a large impact on what we hear and consider more important. Presenters have to be weary of what order the news goes in and how its delivered. Moreover a couple of weeks ago I overheard on LBC that a large group of Muslim peace protesters gathered for a conference at Wembley Stadium to raise awareness against terrorism. They represent the majority of the Muslim community and the values that they follow, yet this was not given any coverage by BBC, ITV or Sky news and only broadcast on radio as Nick Fararri had a friend involved. The media seems to only pick up on the negative aspects of many groups such as the Muslim community and newspapers such as the Daily Mail consistently embeds the negative value judgement that they are terrorists. This was also extremely noticeable during the student riots of summer 2011, when the media barely touched upon the majority of students who were peacefully protesting yet spread stories all over the UK on the minority of rioters. As the media continues to twist stories such as these, peoples' views gradually grow against certain groups of people and subconsciously we feed off bias news that we consider reliable and trustworthy.
As well as this I learnt and worked with the switchboard to answer and hold incoming calls from the listeners and take down information for appeals to be read live on air.
On the15/10/2011 I visited Radio Jackie and observed first hand the way in which a radio station is produced and broadcast. After sitting in studio with Lesley Collier during the 4-7pm show, I was taught the basics of how the system works including the playlist for music and the way in which everything said on air has an allotted time frame which must be strictly followed. I then put this into practice and picked a number of adverts and jingles to fit in-between the travel and news update. Following this I was told to pick up on the difference between the news and travel in terms in the presenters' delivery. This being that the tone of voice and structure were very stern and professional throughout the news, whereas the travel was read using relaxed and colloquial language and came across as if it were a conversation with the listener. Later I was shown how news bulletins are fed through to the office to be prepared for the next update on air. I found the pace of gathering and producing the latest information rather fast as it all had to be updated and rewritten within the hour and then it is up to the presenter to decide which story is to headline.
This led to a conversation between myself and Sarah Onions discussing issues with the order that the news is read. Recently listening to Radio 1 the week of Amy Winehouses' death and that of the mass killings in Norway, I personally heard only of Amy that day and there was very little coverage if not any on Radio 1 of the Norwegian shootings, a subject I find much more devastating and important. This drew attention to me that the order that news is put in has a large impact on what we hear and consider more important. Presenters have to be weary of what order the news goes in and how its delivered. Moreover a couple of weeks ago I overheard on LBC that a large group of Muslim peace protesters gathered for a conference at Wembley Stadium to raise awareness against terrorism. They represent the majority of the Muslim community and the values that they follow, yet this was not given any coverage by BBC, ITV or Sky news and only broadcast on radio as Nick Fararri had a friend involved. The media seems to only pick up on the negative aspects of many groups such as the Muslim community and newspapers such as the Daily Mail consistently embeds the negative value judgement that they are terrorists. This was also extremely noticeable during the student riots of summer 2011, when the media barely touched upon the majority of students who were peacefully protesting yet spread stories all over the UK on the minority of rioters. As the media continues to twist stories such as these, peoples' views gradually grow against certain groups of people and subconsciously we feed off bias news that we consider reliable and trustworthy.
As well as this I learnt and worked with the switchboard to answer and hold incoming calls from the listeners and take down information for appeals to be read live on air.
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