1. CODES AND CONVENTIONS OF RADIO
NEWS
In this document of research, I will be presenting conventions of radio
news broadcast that I have researched picked up from listening to
some radio news broadcasts and have researched.
2. 1: THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE RADIO
STATION:
It is conventional of Radio stations in general to identify the Radio
station at the beginning of the broadcast, which may be used to help
the listeners recognize where the news is coming from, so that in the
future they can use the name of the radio station as reference for
news. Hear the example:
3. 2: ANCHOR (NEWS READER’S NAME) IS
MENTIONED:
Along with the identification of the Radio station, the anchor
also presents their name at the beginning of the broadcast and
this happens along with the mention of the time of broadcast.
Hear the example:
4. 3: HEADLINES ARE INTRODUCED:
In radio news, headlines of the news that will be
broadcasted are also introduced at the beginning of the
broadcast and this is conventionally done as it cultivates
the interest of the public.
5. 4: THE USE OF CORRESPONDENTS
(REPORTERS):
Radio news broadcast also use correspondents conventionally, so
that they can show that thorough research has been conducted by
the news team to gather as much factual information as possible.
6. 6: THE USE OF AN OUTSIDE BROADCAST:
These are conventionally used in radio broadcasts to possibly present to
the listeners the idea that news being broadcast is constantly being
updated with new information and thus an outside broadcast is used to
present the latest information of a story.
7. 7: THE PRESENTATION OF WEATHER
AFTER THE NEWS IS PRESENTED:
This conventionally occurs in radio news broadcasts and is done to
possibly wrap up the radio news broadcast and give news that can
be useful to everyone, as weather is something that affects most
people.
8. 8: THE ORDER OF NEWS IN RELEVANCE
AND IMPORTANCE:
Conventionally radio news broadcast will present news in order of
importance or relevance, with the most relevant or important being
presented first. This is possibly done, because the most relevant or
important news is what listeners would most likely want to hear about.
9. 9: THE USER OF BACKGROUND MUSIC:
Background music is conventionally used at the beginning and end of a
news broadcast. Secondly the background music used is conventionally the
same for all broadcast from the radio station and this has used to possibly
allow listeners to identify with the radio station using the background
music used.
10. SOURCES:
Radio news broadcasts that I have listened to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9uHWfAiv-I
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b069rpxf
https://soundcloud.com/zappawit/local-radio-news-lancashire
https://soundcloud.com/ahmed-al-haddad-9/radio-local-news-london-949-news-
codes-and-conventions
http://asmedia14.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/codes-and-conventions-of-local-
radio.html
