Book description
Radio Production is for professionals and students interested in understanding the radio industry in today’s ever-changing world. This book features up-to-date coverage of the purpose and use of radio with detailed coverage of current production techniques in the studio and on location. In addition there is exploration of technological advances, including handheld digital recording devices, the use of digital, analogue and virtual mixing desks and current methods of music storage and playback. Within a global context, the sixth edition also explores American radio by providing an overview of the rules, regulations, and purpose of the Federal Communications Commission.
The sixth edition includes:
- Updated material on new digital recording methods, and the development of outside broadcast techniques, including Smartphone use.
- The use of social media as news sources, and an expansion of the station’s presence.
- Global government regulation and journalistic codes of practice.
Comprehensive advice on interviewing, phone-ins, news, radio drama, music, and scheduling.
This edition is further enhanced by a companion website, featuring examples, exercises, and resources: www.focalpress.com/cw/mcleish.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Radio Production
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
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1 Characteristics of the Medium
- Radio Makes Pictures
- Radio Speaks to Millions
- Radio Speaks to the Individual
- Radio is Private and Personal
- The Speed of Radio
- Radio has No Boundaries
- The Transient Nature of Radio
- Radio on Demand
- Radio as Background
- Radio is Selective
- Radio Lacks Space
- The Personality of Radio
- The Simplicity of Radio
- Radio is Low Cost
- Radio for the Disadvantaged
- Radio Teaches
- Radio has Music
- Radio can Surprise
- Radio can Suffer from Interference
- Radio for the Individual
- Radio for Society
- The Public Servant
- Personal Motivations
- 2 Structure and Regulation
- 3 The Radio Studio
- 4 Using the Internet and Social Media
- 5 Ethics
- 6 Writing for the Ear
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7 News – Policy and Practice
- ‘Interesting’
- Codes of Practice
- Objectivity
- Legality
- News Values
- Investigative Reporting
- Campaigning Journalism
- The News Reporting Function
- Accuracy, Realism, and Truth
- Intelligibility in the Writing
- Being Fair
- Giving Offence
- Causing Distress
- Civil Disturbance and War Reporting
- The Newsroom Operation
- Smartphone
- Style Book
- Radio Car
- Equipment in the Field
- The News Conference and Press Release
- A Summary
-
8 Interviewing
- The Basic Approach
- Types of Interview
- Securing the Interviewee
- What the Interviewee Should Know
- Preparation Before the Interview
- The Pre-interview Discussion
- Question Technique
- Question ‘Width’
- Devil’s Advocate
- Multiple Questions
- Leading Questions
- Non-questions
- Non-answers
- Non-verbal Communication
- During the Interview
- Winding Up
- After the Interview
- Style
- Interviewing ‘Cold’
- Interviewing Through a Translator
- Location Interviews
- The Triangle of Trust
- 9 Vox Pop
- 10 Cues and Links
- 11 Newsreading and Presentation
- 12 The Discussion
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13 Phone-Ins
- Technical Facilities
- Programme Classification
- The Open Line
- Support Staff
- Choosing the Calls
- The Role of the Host
- Host Style
- Reference Material
- Studio Operation
- Additional Telephone Facilities
- Use of ‘Delay’
- The Specific Subject
- ‘Early Lines’
- Consumer Affairs
- The Need to be Fair
- Linking Programmes Together
- Personal Counselling
- The Presenter as Listener
- Non-broadcasting Effort
- Anonymity
- Phone-in Checklist
- 14 Listener Participation
- 15 Music Programming
- 16 Sequences and Magazines
- 17 Making Commercials
- 18 Outside Broadcasts (Remotes)
- 19 Commentary
- 20 Music ‘Live’
- 21 Drama – Principles
- 22 Documentary and Feature Programmes
- 23 The Work of the Producer
- 24 The Executive Producer
- 25 Programme Evaluation
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26 Training
- Triggers for Training
- Learning Objectives
- Course Organisation
- Stretching Imagination
- Editorial Selection
- News Priorities
- News Exercise
- Voicework
- Personal Motivation
- Vox pop
- Commentary
- Drama
- Exercises and Questions for Media Students
- New Challenges for Old Producers
- Maintaining Output
- Assessing Quality
- Training Evaluation
- 27 Back-Announcement
- Websites
- Glossary
- Further Reading
- Index
Product information
- Title: Radio Production, 6th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2015
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781317590934
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