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Red Dragon FM

The presenter is Tony Scott

Pauses, slang and catchphrases

• Red dragon fm- south wales number 1 hit record show
• Not many pauses, the presenter talks reasonably fast
• Lots of songs and little talking
• Live here form Cardif bay

About the record

• 'Lady gaga comming up next who will be on the x-factor next week'
• Says where songs are in the charts

About the listener

• Talks to a guy on the phone about his day
• Birthday wish
• Says to phone in to say about your day

Digresses to another subject

• The offical radio show for the X-factor
• How you can win tickets for a show
• Tells people to text in about their day

Says whats comming up

• Says whats on after the break to keep people interested
• 'Alexandrea comming up after the break'

Promotes another show

• Very little talk about other shows at this time
• Are you ready for the the morning show Kam and Sally

Radio Terminology

Here is a small list of radio terminology

ACTUALITY – The recording made of an event or speech. It can be used as background sound under a voiceover or as an insert into a WRAP.
ATMOS – The ambience of a place – used as background to a voice report or WRAP. It can be used to gloss over awkward edits later.
AUDIO – Recorded sound of any kind.
B
BACK-ANNOUNCEMENT – The Presenter will often read a short piece after the play-out of a report – this is scripted by the reporter and will appear on the CUESHEET.
BACK-TIMING – Working out how long there is to the top of the hour or any other dead set time so that reports or music tracks can be played in to the precise timing required.
BED – Music or sound used as background. Normally only refers to sound used during a live transmission such as a weather or traffic report.
C
CANS – The normal term for headphones.
CART – A small plastic cartridge containing tape on a loop on which reports or BEDS are stored.
CLOCKSTART – A precise timing for an event or occasion – such as joining up with the rest of the network.
CUE (CUE SHEET) – The script for the Presenter to read in order to introduce an item. This is written by the Producer or Journalist. The DURATION and OUTCUE will be written at the bottom so that the Presenter will have a warning of the conclusion of the piece.
F
FADER – The sliding button on a Mixing Desk – used to increase volume or tone. You can use a FADER to gradually reduce sound.
FX – The usual terms for 'Effects'.
I
IRN – The most used news provider in commercial radio. Stands for Independent Radio News.
ISDN – An enhanced digital telephone line down which quality sound can be transmitted back to a studio.
L
LEVELS – The level at which a sound is coming through a mixing desk. Indicated by the 'level' on the display meters.
LINK – The connecting piece of speech between two items.
M
MAGAZINE – A speech based programme made up of a variety of items.
MULTIPLEX – A bundle of digital radio channels on a single frequency.
O
OB – An Outside Broadcast
OFCOM (Office of Communications) – The Government body now responsible for regulating Radio, Television and Telecommunications.
ONE-LEGGED – a recording that only comes out of one side of a stereo playout.
OUT-CUE – The last words or sounds from a recording.
P
POT POINT – A place in a recording where it can be stopped without losing sense. The Pot Points are marked by time and word on the CUESHEET and the Producer and can hit the transmission stop button at this point if he/she so desires.
POPPING – Distortion caused by having the microphone too close to the mouth. Is especially prevalent on the letter 'p'.
PROMO – A promotional TRAILER for a forthcoming event, programme or report.
PACKAGE – A multi-voiced report using interview, ambient sound, vox-pops, recorded speeches and/or music.
P.S.A. (Public Service Announcement) – An advertisement used given away free for a socially useful or charitable cause.
R
RAJAR – The survey that gives listening figures for all radio.
ROT (Recording of Transmission) – All stations have to record their output 24 hours a day for legal purposes. The quality is not normally good enough for re-transmission.
RSL (Restricted Service Licence) - A short term radio licence, usually on FM, available for up to 28 days at a time on low power. Used for specific events, as trials for potential full time stations or for training purposes.
S
SEGUE – The playing of two tracks into each other without speech in between.
SKILLSET – Sector Skills Council for Creative Media, with offices in London, the Nations and Regions.
TTRAILER – A short 'teaser' for an upcoming event or programme.
TX – Abbreviation for TRANSMISSION.
V
VOICE-OVER or V.O. – Talk over a piece of music or another recording.
VOX-POP – Comes from the Latin 'vox populi' – literally 'the voice of the people'. Used by reporters to get an indication of public reaction to a piece of news. A number of people will be interviewed and their replies to the same question will be edited together.
W
WRAP – A short feature or news report where the reporter's voice will appear before and after an interview clip.

Semiotics, also called semiotic studies or semiology, is the study of sign processes (semiosis), or signification and communication, signs and symbols, into three branches:

• Semantics: Relation between signs and the things to which they refer; their denotata
• Syntactics: Relation of signs to each other in formal structures
• Pragmatics: Relation of signs to their impacts on those who use them

The school radio

What we have done in our podcast so far:

• Created a time line of events for the 20 minute show
• Made a very catchy jingle for the introduction
• Thought about what items are to go inbetween songs

On the to-do list:

• Choose some songs to put in
• Find some appropriate news
  
• Make a news jingle
• Record the show
  

In the 1860’s James clerk Maxwell predicted the existence of radio waves.
In 1895 Guglielmo Marconi sent the first radio signal
In 1904 the first transmission of music in Austria
In 1906 the first radio of voice and music was broadcast in the U.S
In 1919 shortwave radio is developed
In 1935 FM radio is introduced but only in mono
In 1954 the number of radio receivers in the world exceeds the number of newspapers printed daily.
In 1986 in Europe, FM radio stations begin to use the subcarrier signal of FM radio to transmit digital data. This RDS (radio data system) is used to transmit messages on display screens to radios.
In 1987 a student DJ is fired for broadcasting a series of racist jokes
In 1993 the US, FM radio stations begin to use the RDS already in place in Europe.