Statement of Intent:

As a group, we intended to create a one hour radio broadcast regarding the ethos of the BBC: to inform, educate and entertain. We will address the history of the BBC and the correlation of popularity it has with the younger demographic. We will also discuss some popular topics such as the Football world cup in Qatar which is taking place presently. The show will include four speakers and will also include music. This production will take place during the scheduled “TrashTalk” broadcast. This will then be recorded and then uploaded to soundcloud.

Crissel states the four main categories for Radio: words, sound, music and silence. We aim to include all however we know that sound will be difficult due to lack of experience. We will play different genres of music that audiences may be familiar with so that we may be more appealing to a wider audience than that if we only focused on a specific genre. Our conversations will have direction but will also include elements of spontaneous speech so that the intimacy of radio can be experienced. This will be shown through our informal register which creates the illusion that we are having a private conversation with the listeners. This also helps to create a more relaxed and natural environment rather than a strict schedule.

Radio is traditionally set in a chronological order, we will show this through the use of interrogatives which help to give the conversation more direction and particular purpose. Our broadcast could relate to Stuart Hall’s reception theory. This talks about the Encoding and Decoding of messages showing the interpretation from the audience in comparison to the intention of the presenters. Our broadcast is likely to be considered ‘narrowcast’ as our audience is not likely to be big as Hautlieu Radio is still growing in popularity.

Evaluation:

For our broadcast we had some negatives and positives. I liked our ease with conversations and I think this made it easier to listen to and highlighted the sense of intimacy which we intended. However, to make our broadcast better, I think we could have included archive sound which would have made the production replicate a professional radio show. We also should have started on the hour as we don’t quite have an hours recording.