This course is designed to cover a broad range of radio programming and provides a sound understanding of radio production.
This course aims to enable students to understand the characteristics of radio, including its strengths and weaknesses as a medium of communications. There's also an introduction to typical studio layouts, including a discussion of the pros and cons of using CDs, records, and tapes in the production of radio programs. It includes extremely wide range of radio programming situations, types of programs like news programs, from the issues involved with news item selection to how best to write and read news scripts. Additional subjects are talk show and phone-in radio programs, making radio commercials, music programming techniques, handling remote broadcasts and commentaries. There are also subjects on radio drama production and documentaries that discusses everything from sound effects to music and the acoustic environment.
This course aims to enable students to understand the characteristics of radio, including its strengths and weaknesses as a medium of communications. There's also an introduction to typical studio layouts, including a discussion of the pros and cons of using CDs, records, and tapes in the production of radio programs. It includes extremely wide range of radio programming situations, types of programs like news programs, from the issues involved with news item selection to how best to write and read news scripts. Additional subjects are talk show and phone-in radio programs, making radio commercials, music programming techniques, handling remote broadcasts and commentaries. There are also subjects on radio drama production and documentaries that discusses everything from sound effects to music and the acoustic environment.