Radio news

• Regular time checks; all radio news stations have regular time checks for the listeners

• Interviews with people concerned with the stories

• Formal language, serious voices• Name presenters• Headlines• Newsreader – expanded on the stories. • Correspondents/reporters for all the

additional info• Weather reports- most radio stations

talk about the weather• Sports news• Archival sound• Sound to introduce/identify the news

Regular time checks- most radio news stations have regular time checks; mostly every hour, some tell the time after a different story, or after a couple of songs.

(Daily mail)

Interviews with people concerned with the stories- the radio presenter calls people to see their thoughts on a story and discuss the story.

Formal language, serious voices- depending on the radio news stations some are formal, that talk to the audience in a polite manner(BBC radio5) and some others (kiss FM) isn't so formal as BBC radio5.

Name presenters- at the start of most radio stations they state their names of the presenters

Headlines- every radio station has a headline for each section of their station; to inform the listeners on what they are going to talk about after.

• Newsreader – expanded on the stories- after the presenter announces the headlines, the presenters would straight away talk about a story with the other presenter, this happens in most radio stations.

• Correspondents/reporters for all the additional info- the presenter talks more about the story in more detail to give the audience a better understanding of what is going on.

• Weather reports- most radio stations talk about the weather to inform people about the week

• Sports news- some radio stations talk about the latest sports news; to update the people who watch sport.

Archival sound- radio stations use this for previous situation to remind the listeners to recognise a situation.

• Form: Radio news bulletin

• Structure: Headlines, news reports, sport, weather

• Content: Current affairs

• Technical conventions: Codes and conventions

• Mode of address: Formal, serious, informative (Commercial radio news or Radio One news a bit less formal) Tries to be objective