What makes a good radio show?
Discussion
I tend to listen to mostly CD's or if I'm in a big city a reggae pirate radio show. If it's the weekends then its the Big Dawg Westood *EXPLOSION*. But today on the way to work I was jamming along to the sounds of BBC Radio Berkshire and it was a pleasant enough experience. I tend to either like new music in the genres that I like or chat shows where it sounds like you're listening into some half amusing conversations at the office.
What makes a good radio show/presenter for you guys?
What makes a good radio show/presenter for you guys?
t.First and foremost, switch off the microphones. I really don't care to hear the DJ's opinion of what he had for dinner the night before. A playlist of songs can be posted on the station website for those who need to know what songs they are listening to.
Stick to one genre, I don't want to hear Led Zeppelin followed by Eminem followed by Girls Aloud. "The best hits of the 80s,90s and today" is fine, just keep it within the genre.
No news/weather/sports headlines on the hour. Whatever they have to tell me, I already know from the various dedicated media outlets and if I don't already know, it is because I am not interested.
Oh, and that "Fairytale of New York" would be permanently banned from the station airwaves.
Stick to one genre, I don't want to hear Led Zeppelin followed by Eminem followed by Girls Aloud. "The best hits of the 80s,90s and today" is fine, just keep it within the genre.
No news/weather/sports headlines on the hour. Whatever they have to tell me, I already know from the various dedicated media outlets and if I don't already know, it is because I am not interested.
Oh, and that "Fairytale of New York" would be permanently banned from the station airwaves.
davepoth said:
Smiler. said:
ooooh noooooo
Radio 4 including The Archers? OK then, I guess it's a broad church. 
If not, then never mind
If I hadn't listened in, then the original series of Dead Ringers would have not made as much sense.
To be fair though, it is a million miles away from what EastEnders is to BBC1.
I do like it when characters from one show appear in others. Usually only with the comedy though, which occurred this week with GWH.
redtwin said:
First and foremost, switch off the microphones. I really don't care to hear the DJ's opinion of what he had for dinner the night before. A playlist of songs can be posted on the station website for those who need to know what songs they are listening to.
Stick to one genre, I don't want to hear Led Zeppelin followed by Eminem followed by Girls Aloud. "The best hits of the 80s,90s and today" is fine, just keep it within the genre.
No news/weather/sports headlines on the hour. Whatever they have to tell me, I already know from the various dedicated media outlets and if I don't already know, it is because I am not interested.
Oh, and that "Fairytale of New York" would be permanently banned from the station airwaves.
I'm going to throw this one out there. I don't think radio shows are for you. Stick to one genre, I don't want to hear Led Zeppelin followed by Eminem followed by Girls Aloud. "The best hits of the 80s,90s and today" is fine, just keep it within the genre.
No news/weather/sports headlines on the hour. Whatever they have to tell me, I already know from the various dedicated media outlets and if I don't already know, it is because I am not interested.
Oh, and that "Fairytale of New York" would be permanently banned from the station airwaves.
Would like to think I know a little about this having been co-host on a Monday DriveTime show on a little Community Station for the past couple of months and done a bit of broadcasting in the past with BBC Local Radio.
What makes a good show depends very much on the target audience.
For our show, we have the advantage of almost total editorial control and take the view that if we were having a good time, playing songs that we like, then this would show through and it seems to be working.
When I say - "play the songs we like" - there are limits. It's not about "Steve and Ade play their record collection" but of the songs we have access to, we only play the ones that we like and that they are all up-beat.
As our station is a not-for-profit community station, perhaps I can give it a plug: Saint FM. If you are in the Dengie area of Essex, you can get it on 94.7 FM or elsewhere via listen live at www.saintfm.org.uk
On this evening 4.30pm - 7.00pm May even mention this thread! :-)
What makes a good show depends very much on the target audience.
For our show, we have the advantage of almost total editorial control and take the view that if we were having a good time, playing songs that we like, then this would show through and it seems to be working.
When I say - "play the songs we like" - there are limits. It's not about "Steve and Ade play their record collection" but of the songs we have access to, we only play the ones that we like and that they are all up-beat.
As our station is a not-for-profit community station, perhaps I can give it a plug: Saint FM. If you are in the Dengie area of Essex, you can get it on 94.7 FM or elsewhere via listen live at www.saintfm.org.uk
On this evening 4.30pm - 7.00pm May even mention this thread! :-)
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