New Assignment 2

Radio Show Assignment

After several weeks of researching radio shows by logging several of our own listening diaries, we have seen how different shows use different interpretations to style, format, audience interaction and different paces or volume of content i.e. concise, expansive. We did  this in order to understand the make-up of radio broadcasting so we could in turn produce our own broadcast show. Our given assignment is to produce a show of our own in a style of our own.

My Show: ‘What’s Next? The Future of Music’

I have decided to produce a documentary style radio show on the future of music and where the music market is headed in the United Kingdom. This idea was evoked after the possible sale or liquidation of HMV, who will take over on the high street? And what do the public think the future of music is? To do this I will find relevant sources, I will interview Tom Buchart who owns the one and only brilliant Teesside independent Sound It Out! I will possibly interview two HMV employees and several members of the public and ask for their views on HMV’s retail disaster (why do they think this happened? What’s the most likely reason this happened?). I will also include the popularity of music formats i.e. mp3, CD, vinyl and is vinyl experiencing a revival? is the internet an easier option for music shopping? Who is most likely going to cater for music on the high street? And finally my conclusion and focal point of the programme... is this all due to bad karma for driving out competition in the first place?


This article from the BBC web page explains what's happened since the company announced it was going into administration in January 2013

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21517862

Radio Show Treatment

Radio Show Name:  What’s Next? The Future of Music
Running Time: 5 Minutes
Presenter: Myself, Ben Hale
Style: Community, Entertainment



Structure

I want the structure to be typically of a documentary style radio programme for example: 

‘Presenter introduction, music bed, contributor, music bed, contributor, presenter'

The desired style of the programme will be upbeat, educational and entertaining. It will be targeted
at those who are mainly interested in those who prefer alternative music to mainstream music featured on commercial radio.

Contributors

I will interview local independent record distributor Tom Buchart of SounditOut! the last record store in Teesside. Along with that I will interview local independent musician James Morrison and ask his opinions on what its like in the music industry part of an independent group his drone metal band Cromlech. I will also interview record collectors and ask their opinions of the current state of music retail in Great Britain.

Pace

I want the pace of the programme to be slow but maintain interest with the audience with an upbeat educational approach to opinions of the music industry at present day and the current state of  high street music retailers.

Music Bed

Ideas for the music bed will include ‘MF Doom - Vomitspit' 'Elliott Smith - Kiwi Maddog 20/20' 'Mogwai - The Sun Smells Too Loud'