Research Portfolio

When deciding what to do in my show I Looked at my besk links throughout the year that audiences interacted with and followed a lot of the station’s format. The show is 3 hours long and on air 5 days a week, it should include a range of content and features that I know that the listeners engage with and also be local as per our key commitments.

From Further research I conducted myself I found out that I should keep my links to 1-3 minutes to not bore the audience and keep them engaged.

AUDIENCE
For this project, the target audience is AIR Listeners so the content is aimed at 16-40 year olds who live in Weymouth & Portland and listen to AIR 107.2!
I Sent out a questionnaire to get people’s opinions on radio and breakfast radio in particular and to help me get a better understanding of the audience and the content they want to consume.s

I sent out a survey across my Social media and used AIR’S Online accounts to help share it to gain as many responses as possible to help me! (7)

A full copy of the results can be found HERE

This Shows Some Of The MANT Comments made about The Mood it puts them in

This Research gave me a better understanding of my target audience who my project should be aimed and how I Can get them to interact.

STYLISTIC/STORY RESEARCH

I Had a listen to other people’s shows including national and local to give me a better idea of how to structure mine and what to include in terms of content, features, link types and production.

I also looked into Breakfast radio and its history, and how it got to where it is today. Examples of this include:

The Chris Moyles Show – The show is a Zoo-style show where Chris has his team on the show to help add to it and the overall vibe of the show. It’s a 3-hour show originally on Radio 1 And now on Globals Radio X The show has little music and lots of chat between the team as per most radio shows that follow the zoo format. It has lots of features that helps break up the show for the audience to engage with. Seeing these features work well is what gave me the idea to do more on my show.

Greg James on Radio 1 –  This show is a CHR-style radio show on a CHR Station! The show is similar to what i would like to have mine like eventually. The show has a range of features that Greg uses to engage with the listeners with things like when listers “takeover” the airwaves and also unpopular opinions where they get callers on with celebs to give unpopular opinions.

Heart Breakfast Show – The UKS Biggest commercial radio show. This show mainly features celeb news and gossip and promoting other big things happening across the UK, They occasionally get people to text however apart from competitions they do not have much interaction like with features that the others do.

Technical Research

HARDWARE:

– AT 2020 MIC – A good industry standard mic that has a good pickup range – FIND OUT MORE HERE

– AT 2035 MIC – This mic is the next step up from the  2020 with a better pickup range and better  – MORE HERE 

– YellowTek MIKA Mic Arm – Used in studios all across the world these are high quality mic arms that look good and professional – VIDEO REVIEW HERE

– Sonifex S2 Desk – Not only used by Global Academy but also used my AIR & Many other community stations across the world! A Big industry standard desk that despite its age works really well and are really flexible and customisable – MORE INFO HERE

– Comrex ACCESS CLASSIC  & Field Tap – A Rather technical bit of OB (Outside Broadcast) Kit that allows me to broadcast from anywhere using just 4G And WiFi, It uses the OPUS Codec to connect to a decoder at the studio end providing a high quality link between OB Site & Studio– ANOTHER DESCRIPTION OF A STATION USING IT

– Beyerdynamic DT770 Headphones – These are high-quality headphones used all across the industry. They are durable and provide a super high sound quality – A REVIEW ON THIS

SOFTWARE:

Myriad V5 – Used at the studio end to play all of the station’s audio and logs. – LINK HERE – shows that the software is widely used and covers everything we need it to as a station

Myriad 5 Anywhere – Used by me as an add-on to Myriad 5 To remotely record my show and control the playout without logging into the On-Air Playout PC At the studio. – MORE ON THE PRODUCT HERE

TeamViewer – Allows me to Remote into the On-Air PC to upload content and items for playout such as the weather. – THIS – Details the fact that the software is easy to use and deploy across a network, allows file transfer and does remote access all key things that I need it to do.

Adobe Audition – Used for editing the Weather, Creating production elements and editing odd bits of audio. Its industry standard for audio editing for small and community stations – MORE USES HERE

Refrences

The chris moyles show . Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chris_Moyles_Show (Accessed: 01 April 2024).

Russell, M. (2023). Why Adobe Audition is Still the BEST After 20 Years! [online] Music Radio Creative. Available at: https://producer.musicradiocreative.com/why-adobe-audition-is-still-the-best-after-20-years/ [Accessed 01 April 2024].

Staff, R.W. (2022). They Get Stations on the Air From Anywhere. [online] Radio World. Available at: https://www.radioworld.com/tech-and-gear/they-get-stations-on-the-air-from-anywhere [Accessed 01 April 2024].

VaughnJogVlog (2023). Yellowtec M!ka Unboxing & Review – Rolls Royce of Mic Arms. [online] YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvIwyE9HQ50 [Accessed 01 April 2024].

Home Brew Audio. (2012). Review of the Audio-Technica AT2035 Microphone. [online] Available at: https://www.homebrewaudio.com/9525/review-of-the-audio-technica-at2035-microphone/ [Accessed 01 April 2024].

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