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RADIO PROGRAMMES
By
Janardhan
RADIO FORMATS & GENRES
 Radio is audio medium
 Its programmes can be categorized into three parts
• SPOKEN WORD
• MUSIC
• SOUND EFFECT
 Generally in Radio we can find the announcements.
 These announcements made by people called as ‘announcers’
 What is spoken in radio is written down- ‘Scripted’
SPOKEN WORD
 AIR DELHI -PROGRAMME COMPOSITION
Types of Prog. Duration per
day
Percentage
Spoken Word 15. 36 hrs 65.00
Music 08 hrs 33.34
Sound effects 24 mts 1.66
TOTAL 24 hrs 100.00
SPOKEN WORD
 Spoken word is against the written word
 But all the spoken words on Radio is written down
 Under the Spoken word there different programmes
 Announcements Documentaries/features commentaries
 Radio talk Drama
 Radio interview Running commentaries
 Radio discussions Magazine Programmes
SPOKEN WORD
 ANNOUNCEMNTS
 These are specifically written clear message to inform
 Announcements includes programme schedule
 Announcements in AIR are formal but in FM-informal
 There can be more than one presenter in some programmes-Magzines
 RADIO TALKS
 Its oldest & basic format in AIR
 Invite experts or prominent persons to speak on specific topic
 Over the years radio talks have become unpopular
 We can listen to these talks in only AIR today
SPOKEN WORD
 RADIO INTERVIEWS
 Different types of interview in terms of duration, content,
purpose etc
 Duration vary from 10 to 30 minutes
 Interviews used in various radio programmes like
documentaries
 Interview based programmes in news CA etc
 Phone- in- programmes become popular- made interactive
 Generally ‘Voxpop’ takes place in interviews.
SPOKEN WORD
 RADIO DISCUSSIONS
 Radio provides a platform to discuss various issues
 Themes are social or economic, Home & form, etc
 Two or three people will share views for 15-30 mnts
 the moderator conducts the discussion
 Introduce the topic and participants and give conclusions