LO1 - Task 2 - Analysing and Talk and Music radio show

A.)   Running Order

The introduction goes for around 30 seconds at the start of the episodes which is followed by around 4 minutes and 30 seconds of promotion. These promotions include productions, services and music. This is most likely from the local community and having promotional content in the episode not only help the local community but it also means that those services and production could also promote the radio station and its radio programmes. After the promotional section of the radio show, it is followed by 3 presenters introducing the main content of the programme and in this particular episode, the 3 presenter’s debate and talk about their favourite games in chronological order. After 10 or so minutes, they play a song which is most likely a local production which usually last 3 minutes or more and at this point, this is most likely the break time for the presenters and to just plan/prepare the next section of content. This is done in the same order: promotions, episode content, music, episode content. This is most likely done through the other episodes to keep the show consistent.

B.)    DJs/Presenters

There are 3 presenters and they seem to be between the age ranges of 30-40, which means that they have been playing games since the 20^th century. They have however delved into the new generation consoles and sometimes mention about a new game or something similar, however, their main content of talking however seems to be the retro games and games made before the third generation consoles (i.e. Xbox 360 and PS3). They have a very informal way of presenting their content and it allows people to relate to the presenters in a way. They don’t necessarily speak directly to the audience in a way (apart from introducing the content being talked about) but they talk about their content in a way that the audience will understand i.e. discussing about a game mechanic to another presenter. So in a way, each of the presenters is the audiences’ point of view.

C.)    Content

They have a certain pattern for their content. It begins with promotional content which promote local services and productions. This is followed by the main content of the episode which in this particular one, they talk and have a debate about their favourite games. In the one episode I listened to, they didn’t have any form of interviews, phone-ins or other external input from outside their studio. In seems that they play music after around 10 minutes of content to act as a break between debates and talks. It also seems that it’s only for promotional purposes.

D.)   Audience

The audience seems to be targeted at a rather wide age range due to the content being presented (Games). The target age seems to 18-30+ and because of the apparent ages of the presenters, the older generations who may have been from their generation may also be part of the targeted audience. Gender doesn’t seem to be a factor in their target audience although games that they do talk about seem to be more for the stereotypical male type of games.