Scripts

Ending of song…
Presenter 1: Good morning, you’ve joined us on ‘Wake up Live’ this morning; that was Cee Lo Green with ‘Forget You,' a great start to the morning don’t you think?

Presenter 2: I certainly think so ….! A new favourite of mine.

Presenter 1: …We have the latest on those headlining news stories as well as an exclusive interview with the sister of Katie Price with the latest on her shocking break up with Alex Reid, and that's all coming up on todays show!

Presenter 2: Yes not forgetting the all important weather and travel update, helping your morning to run as smoothly as possible.

Presenter 1: Talking of celebs, have you heard about the latest X factor rumours?

Presenter 2: I did see something in the paper this morning regarding Cheryl Cole, I didn't get a chance to read it though...

Presenter 1: Well from what I read, its rumoured that she and possibly Simon as well are ditching the British X factor and will just be focusing on the American one...and its rumoured that Nicole Sherzinger and Adele are potential replacements? Not sure it would be the same without Simon's honesty though?

Presenter 1: Wow, I guess we'll have to wait and see! But as always we’d love to hear from you with your views and song requests, a lucky one of you will be chosen at random to choose the tune of the morning.

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Presenter 1: So we’ll throw you straight into today’s news with …..

Sound affects with a serious tone to introduce the news and set the scene (it is a serious matter)

Presenter 2: Good morning. It was announced late last night that the body of seventeen year old Christina Nodes was found, police discovered her body outside St Sebastian’s church in Crawford. They are asking that anybody with any information, however relevant they believe it to be to come forward and help with the investigation. Her family released a statement early this morning that stated 'anyone that knew Christina would know what a loving girl she was and the incredible motivation she had for everything in life, we know that her death will have impacted an incredibly large amount of peoples lives and we can speak for them as well as ourselves in asking that everything possible is done to find her killer.'

The destructive Earthquake that took place in Christchurch, New Zealand on Monday 21st February has caused devastation to the country. With the death toll rising to 98. The Prime Minister, John Key has warned that this number could end up exceeding at least 200. The Canterbury Television building sadly came tumbling down during the quake, it is likely that there are still up to 120 bodies trapped inside. Hundreds of families remain in devastation.

Just down the road in Arborfield there has been a devastating fire at moores stables, the cause of the fire remains unknown. No deaths occurred however three people were seriously injured while trying to rescue the horses, the stables is estimated to have gone up in flames at approximately 4:13am on Wednesday morning. The Fire and police force have reason to suggest the cause of the fire could have been intentional however this is not yet confirmed. They have asked that anybody with any information to come forward.

The mayor of Crowthorne's 25 year anniversary of being mayor will take place on Tuesday 1st March; there will be celebrations in Crowthorne high street to celebrate! The high street will be closed to vehicles however diversions will be clearly marked. Residents of Crowthorne and local Volunteers will be holding stalls with games and tombola's to add to the celebrations! The mayor's speech will take place at 1pm.

Bracknells crime rates were reviewed by the police and council earlier this week; although the rates have improved dramatically since last year they are still a cause for concern. Compared with other local areas such as Wokingham, Bracknell has almost double the amount of car thefts, break ins and drink driving. The council and police will be working together to put together projects and plans to try and improve these problems.

Controversy has been caused in the Crowthorne and Sandhurst area over application for almost 6,000 new houses to be built. Residents argue that it is a small area, and the facilities needed for this amount of potential residents are just not available. Concerned parents question if schooling is going to be fairly considered, Crowthorne currently only has one secondary school as does Sandhurst, both of which are already over subscribed every year. Others argue that it is already 'impossible' to get appointments at the local doctors surgery and they demand that this is also taken into consideration. The council will be making their final decision next week on 3rd March.
That's it for now, you've had your news update read to you by....

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Presenter 1: We now have *insert presenters name* coming at you live from the streets of Crowthorne getting your opinions on the new build!

Presenter 3: Hey guys I'm standing outside the place where developers have proposed to build the 6000 new houses, with a group of local residents. Sorry, could I have a minute (talking to member of public) to get your views on the new builds and how it will effect you as a resident and the town?

Member of Public: I for one am disgusted at their plans to build up our area with 6000 new homes after all the new flats they've recently built. Crowthorne has always been a small, quaint town where everyone knows each other and this development will bring thousands of new residents to Crowthorne and it will destroy what this town is all about.

Presenter 3: So you feel strongly opposed to the new plans?

Member of Public: Yes, very much so.

Presenter 3: Thank you for your thoughts, and how do you think this development will effect your town if it goes through? (To another member of public)


Member of public 2: It will just destroy us as a community! Their is simply not enough space for us all to move around! The traffic will become unbearable on our small roads, and yes it'd help local businesses which is always good, but the cons outweigh the pros on this one! They simply can't go through with it!

Presenter 3: Well that seems to be the general feel here in Crowthorne, thank you for your time! Back to you Live in the studio.

Transition music...


Presenter 1: Here's your weather update with.... The rest of the morning is looking to stay cold and dry with clouds forming during the afternoon, top temperatures today of 13 degrees. Expect strong wind and rainfalls over night with the rain continuing throughout tomorrow morning. Do be prepared for wet weather and gale-like winds. Over the next few days we are expecting some heavy downpours, we will be keeping you up to date with official met office weather warnings.

Presenter 2: Now over to ... for the showbiz news...

Presenter 4: Good morning Live listeners! Late yesterday afternoon Victoria Beckham released her official statement announcing her and David's fourth child will be a much anticipated girl. I'll keep you updated on her pregnancy as it develops.

Another top story we're hearing about this morning is Lady GaGa's new raunchy music video for her new number 1 hit Born This Way from her upcoming album. The video lasts for over 7 minutes and consists of GaGa prancing around in her underwear. However her new toned physique has raised a few eyebrows as she must have been working harder than we all thought to achieve the perfect body!

Colin Firth won four awards at last nights Oscars. When accepting one of his awards he joked about needing the loo, which is ironic as at the after party, the loo attendant ran out after him holding his Best Actor award for Kings Speech after he left it by the sink! Poor Colin must be overwhelmed with all his awards and I can easily understand how he's misplacing them!
I caught up with Katie Price's sister Sophie yesterday to talk about the recent rumours circling Katie and Alex Reids recent split. Here's what was said:

Presenter: Hi Sophie! So you're going to give us the inside scoop on the latest between your sister Katie and Alex Reid. Before rumours start spreading Sophie would like to make it clear that she is here on Katie’s consent. So Sophie, tell us, how did this all start?

Sophie: Well, Katie wants to make it clear that this did not start off as a messy break up, things just weren’t the same as they were at the start of the relationship. I think they both realised that this, was perhaps a marriage that was rushed into.

Presenter: So the couple are no longer living together?

Sophie: No, I believe that Alex is back living with his parents. They did attempt to make things work, I think Katie saw another side to Alex as things started to get tough.

Presenter: Can you expand on that for us Sophie?

Sophie: I can tell you that, as many of you may have noticed; Alex was loving the showbiz life, it was an opening for him and a way to further his career. Obviously Katie knew she was giving Alex opportunities when she first got together with him, but she didn’t expect him to be as self indulged in the media as he ended up being.

Presenter: Are you referring to the story that has been in the media recently to do with him and Juniors shoot?

Sophie: Yes, that’s a good example and is a true report. Katie had no idea of this shoot until it was released in ‘Hello’ last week, it was very much seen as a way for Alex to get the public and press on his side – he knows very well how Katie feels about the kids being exposed, she no longer wants it for them due to them growing up and it effecting their lives.

Presenter: Is that not a bit hypocritical of her though, they’ve all been exposed up until now?

Sophie: No, Katie and Peter made a decision with their management team that now is the time to pull the kids away – up until now it hasn’t affected them but with the split and now Katie and Alex’s split its not right for it to link to them.

Presenter: Okay Sophie, thank you for your time and all the best to Katie and Alex with their futures.

Presenter 1: And that was ... with the ShowBiz News! We're now gunna hit you with the live travel updates!

Presenter 2: There are slight delays on the M25 towards London, adding approximately 20 minutes to your journey, so watch out for that. We've also had a few callers ringing in and reporting an accident on the Sandhurst-Crowthorne bypass, we've been told there are emergency services on the scene. So we advice you not to take this route, as it is quite disruptive. That's all for now, but we'll keep you updated!

Presenter 1: You've been calling in with your song requests and we're going to answer your calls in just a second, stay with us on Wake Up Live!

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Presenter 1: Okay so you've been ringing in with your song requests and now we've got a caller on the line. Hello Sammie from Aldershot, you're with us live!

Caller: Hi guys! How are you this morning?

Presenter 2: We're good thanks Sammie, and how are you? You sound bubbly this morning!

Caller: I am bubbly this morning! Just found out I only have to work half a day today! So I am loving it!

Presenter 1: Wish I was that lucky! We're gunna make your morning just that bit better! What can we play for you Sammie?

Caller: Oh I'd love to hear Price Tags by Jessie J, such a feel good song!

Presenter 1: Okay, we'll play that for you in a just a minute then Sammie, thanks for calling and have a good morning!

Presenter 2: Ah I still can't believe that Colin Firth left his Oscar on the loo!

Presenter 1: If I had found it I'd've put it straight up on eBay! Sure it must be a collectors item!

Presenter 2: I'm sure it is! Anyway this week we're giving a way an all inclusive trip for 2 to Rome where you'll stay in a luxury 4 Star hotel and we'll be giving you £1000 spending money! Definitely the trip of a lifetime! All you've got to do is answer 10 questions correctly! But if you fail to answer all 10 questions correctly you win our constellation prize which is 2 tickets to see The Beauty Manifesto curtesy of South Hill Park.

Presenter 1: Wonderful, wonderful prizes we're giving away this week. To get involved just ring our number and we'll choose a contestant just after 8 this morning! Now it's time to play the fantastic Jessie J- Price Tags, which is this weeks number 1 in the Top 40. You're listening to Wake up Live! We'll be back after this!

Jingle followed by song fading out...

Structure

‘Wake up live’

End of a song
Something upbeat and well known from the current charts
approx 30 seconds

Small discussion - Will talk about what is coming up on the show as well as general welcome
News, interview with..., weather, travel update, song requests
approx 40 seconds

Jingle
approx 5 seconds

News– Main headlines followed by local headlines
2 main headlines followed by 4 local headlines
approx one minute

Vox pop – Relating to a main headline
will take place in a high street, appropriate sound effects needed
approx 40 seconds

Weather – The local area (short summary)
will summarise the weather for the day in the local areas
approx 25 seconds

Showbiz news - (specialist reporter) needs to have sound affects to represent location
will talk about celebrity stories and latest information such as Katie Price's split with Alex Reid
approx 50seconds

Interview – Relating to showbiz news
interview with 'friend' of celebrity relating to a story told
approx 30 seconds

Travel update – Highlighting main roads affected as well as local congestion etc
will be introduced with sound affect then into travel news informing listeners of traffic
approx 25 seconds

Phone in – (we will request calls for song requests)
a phone in from listener requesting a song, we will ask how they are etc at the beginning to make it more personal
approx 25 seconds

Discussion – Between presenters about relevant topic
general discussion, should be entertaining and engage listeners
approx 30 seconds

Draw to an end
using sound affects and voice from presenters we will close the show
approx 20 seconds

Dolby

Consider what news stories you are going to feature linked back to audience and your research. I would also think carefully about the structure of your show- the order of events and timing.

Audience Feedback

These are some of the opinions people expressed as to which name we should use...

"I think you should use Transmission because it sounds technological and smooth. I also think you should use 'Radio' after Transmission making it 'Transmission Radio'"

"I think you should use Beam because the radio 'beams' information to listeners, it is also a catchy word as it is short and easy to remember"

"I think you should use beam because it is short and snappy and sticks in the listeners mind; it also sounds chirpy"

"I think you should use Live because it links to the fact that the radio is live and it seems appropriate for radio. I also think it should be 'Radio Live' rather than 'Live Radio' or 'Live Berkshire' "

We also carried out a vote amongst 20 randomly selected people and it was decided that we would use 'Radio Live' as our station name.

Due to the name of the radio station we have decided that we will call our show 'Wake up Live'.

Radio Name

Any of these names would be used with either 'Radio' or the area name such as 'Berkshire' on the beginning or end of them to relate them to what we are achieving which is a local radio station.

Ideas that we have come up with are...

Live
This name suggests an upbeat radio station through 'live' giving the sense of an atmosphere. It is short and to the point therefore making it a memorable name for the audience.

Airwaves
This name links in with the theme of radio however it does also bring the idea of aeroplanes and flying to mind therefore perhaps not the best name to use as people could be unsure of what it represents if they haven't heard of the station before. It is also a chewing gum brand which therefore adds another element of confusion for this name and takes away individuality.

Transmission
This links to the radio theme and gives the idea of tunes being played, it is an effective name and would be remembered by the audience. However it is quite a long name and with either the area name or 'radio' being added onto the beginning or end it would make it even longer therefore not so effective.

Play
Play is short and effective, it is relevant to music due to the idea of having to press 'play' when wanting to listen to music. It would also be easily remembered by an audience.

Beam
This name suggests a constant flow and a bright element, it is also short and effective. Another aspect of the name is a thought of happiness through 'beam' being another word for smile; it therefore has to ways to view the name making it more creative and individual.

We will now use audience feedback to help us decide which is the most suitable name for our radio station; audience feedback is the most useful information due to them being unbiased and having the best idea of what is suitable for the market due to them being our consumer.

Morning Show

Looking through all our ideas and the information we've collected we decided to create a morning show for our radio station. This gives us more of an opportunity to offer a variety of features on our show and will allow us to use our skills and sound effects to the fullest with the upbeat tempo of the show. It will also allow us to have a large viewing audience as we discovered through questionnaires that Morning is one of the most popular times to listen to the radio.

Mrs D

There is some good detail here. Well done. To improve, be a little more specific as to what you have learnt from your research. Keep going.

Ideas

Morning
Research showed that a morning breakfast show would be a good time to place our news bulletin, this is because it is a peak travel time with a vast amount of people tuning in. The content would need to be of a more ‘cheery’ atmosphere to prepare people for the day ahead of them, within a travel update they would want to know any problems on major roads that will concern them.
Travel
Within our morning bulletin we would include a travel update; this would be something necessary to most listeners as many tuning in at this time would be travelling on the local and major roads and would therefore benefit from a traffic update informing them of which roads to be avoiding. Being the peak travelling time roads are garunteed to be conjested in areas therefore from a local radio station this would be expected by listeners.
Jingles
As other local radio stations do, we would also include a jingle within oour news bulletin that includes the name of our radio station to inform listeners of the radio station. The jingle would be of an upbeat theme and we would aim for it to set a good mood for listeners ready for their day ahead. As well as informing listeners and setting a mood, the jingle would also be a good way for us to move from one part of the bulletin to the next in a smooth manner.
News
Travel fits into the news section as mentioned before; the news will also feature national and local headlines with a brief summary of the major information for the big stories. This will inform locals of incidents in their home area as well as larger incidents nationally.
Presenters
As found in my research from listening to other radio stations, male and female presenters are often used to create a contrast for the listeners. For example, within our news bulletin we could use a female presenter to do an interview/voxpot followed by the news with a male presenter, allowing the audience to feel the contrast in atmosphere through voice as well as background sound.
Voxpop
Depedning on where the voxpop takes place, possibly a town centre, a school, countryside etc we can use different sound effects to ensure the location is emphasised. For example, if it were to be in a town centre we could use traffic sound effects with beeping horns and the sound of lots of voices creating a bustle type feeling for the audience. It will need to quick direct quesions with on the spot answers giving the impression that's its been random with a member of the public, we would ask things such as opinions on perhaps a headlining or local news story.

Feautures

Within the news bulletin it is important to have a small selection of activity, we could include features such as; questions to the audience and request calls and texts with their views, clips of current music in the charts, competitions and games.

Sound

Being the morning sound should be an important part of the news bulletin, it is important to keep the show upbeat as everyone still has the day ahead of them. We could use jingles and backing music to do this, through using backing music behind the presenting it adds to the atmosphere and gives a consistantancy of up beat feeling.

Evening
Research showed that evening could be a potential time to place our news bulletin; being a peak time there are a vast amount of people travelling and tuning into the radio for entertainment on their journeys. The content of an evening news bulletin and radio show needs to be of a more calm atmosphere, people tend to have had a long day and therefore don’t want music of a too up beat content.
Travel
Being another travelling peak time, a radio update would be necessary in our news bulltein for afternoon. However it would perhaps not be so much of a detailed update as a morning traffic update would be, due to people travelling at more varied times, major roads in the local area would still be highlighted however.
Jingles
A jingle is necessary to inform the listener of the radio station as well as setting an appropriate mood for the show and for the listener. Therefore, with the news bulletin taking place in the afternoon/evening show, we would make the jingle to be of a more calm atmosphere than a morning one, it would still include the radio stations name and have backing music like a jingle should however to a more relaxed tempo.
News
Travel is again included in this section; listeners will also be interested in events that have occured during the day so we would list headlines of national and local news as well as breifly summarising the bigger headlines.
Presenters
As found in my research from listening to other radio stations, male and female presenters are often used to create a contrast for the listeners. However, being in the evening it is not usually expected for there to be so much of a chatty atmosphere therefore we wouldn't necessarily have to have any more than one presenter for our news bulletin.
Voxpop
Depedning on where the voxpop takes place, possibly a town centre, a school, countryside etc we can use different sound effects to ensure the location is emphasised. For example, if it were to be in a town centre we could use traffic sound effects with beeping horns and the sound of lots of voices creating a bustle type feeling for the audience. It will need to quick direct quesions with on the spot answers giving the impression that's its been random with a member of the public, we would ask things such as opinions on perhaps a headlining or local news story.

Feautures

Within the news bulletin it is important to have a small selection of activity, we could include features such as; questions to the audience and request calls and texts with their views, clips of current music in the charts, competitions and games.
Sound

In an evening show it is not so much of a benefit to have continuous sound, being the end of the day and with a lot of travelling people want to be in more of a calm mood therefore it is not so necessary to have backing music to presenting etc, however jingles are still appropriate.

Research Informing Planning

Questionnaires
- Showed who was listening to the radio and when, this therefore allowed us to decide the most appropriate timing to place our news bulletin at.

- Showed what people are interested in listening to, showing us the best way to attract listeners.

- We learnt that during commuting times was the most popular time that people listened to the radio, therefore the time we would want to play our bulletin at as it would reach the most people.

Artefacts
- This allowed me to analyse and listen to how other radio stations present their news bulletins.

- I learnt that it is a common factor for male and female presenters to be used to create a contrast and this is something I need to take into consideration.

- It also showed me that there is often backing music in news bulletins, this creates the correct mood for the news, usually slightly dramatic.

- The beat and tempo of the jingles before news bulletins create a mood for the time of day, for example in the morning cheery to prepare people for their day.

Product placement
- Travel times are the best time to place our news bulletin due to the amount of people tuning in from cars, this showed us that either morning or evening would be when we want to place our news bulletin mainly.

- We learnt that it will reach a vast amount of people during peak hours, therefore a very appealing time to have any radio show broadcast.

Mrs D

There is some good detail in your Product Placement and you explore some Instistuional practises and time of day effectively. To improve, find more data on Local Radio. I look forward to seeing more detailed RMAs that cover the skills that you will need to produce for your construction.