General Principles of Writing for Radio.
Radio Programme Format- Announcement, Talk, Interview, Discussion, Feature, Documentary, Drama & Music Programmes.
Outside Broadcast (OB), Commentary, Vox Pop, Phone In, Chat Show, News and Current Affairs Programmes.
Radio Commercial-Types, Copy Writing. Special Audience Programmes.
Broadcast Studio – Types and Acoustics.
Microphones – Types; Characteristics, Handling and Placement; Specifications.
Analogue and Digital Signals, Digital recording – Equipments used in Studio and Editing.
News Anchoring – Important Guidelines, Breathing, Quality of Speech, Quality of Speech and Diction.
Link Announcement & Continuity, Forming a Personality for the Programme/Station and Concept of Community Radio.
References:
1. Paul Chantler, Peter Stewart --Basic Radio Journalism, Focal Press 2003
2. Stuart We. Hyde-- Television & Radio Announcing, Kanishka Publishers, New Delhi, 1998
3. Janet Trewin --Presenting on TV and Radio, Focal Press, 2003
4. Jan K. Hakemulder --Radio and TV Journalism, Anmol Publications, New Delhi, 1998
5. R.K. Ravindran--Handbook of Radio, TV and Broadcast Journalism, Anmol publications, New Delhi, 1999