2. • Regular time checks; all radio news
stations have regular time checks for the
listeners
• Interviews with people concerned with
the stories
• Formal language, serious voices
• Name presenters
• Headlines
• Newsreader – expanded on the stories.
• Correspondents/reporters for all the
additional info
• Weather reports- most radio stations talk
about the weather
• Sports news
• Archival sound
• Sound to introduce/identify the news

3. Regular time checks- most radio news stations have regular
time checks; mostly every hour, some tell the time after a
different story, or after a couple of songs.
(Daily mail)
Interviews with people concerned with the
stories- the radio presenter calls people to see
their thoughts on a story and discuss the story.
Formal language, serious voices- depending on the radio news
stations some are formal, that talk to the audience in a polite
manner(BBC radio5) and some others (kiss FM) isn't so formal as
BBC radio5.
Name presenters- at the start of most radio
stations they state their names of the presenters

4. Headlines- every radio station has a headline for each section of their
station; to inform the listeners on what they are going to talk about
after.
• Newsreader – expanded on the stories- after the
presenter announces the headlines, the presenters
would straight away talk about a story with the
other presenter, this happens in most radio stations.
• Correspondents/reporters for all the
additional info- the presenter talks more
about the story in more detail to give the
audience a better understanding of what
is going on.
• Weather reports- most radio stations
talk about the weather to inform
people about the week
• Sports news- some radio stations talk about the latest sports news;
to update the people who watch sport.
Archival sound- radio stations use this
for previous situation to remind the
listeners to recognise a situation.

5. • Form: Radio news bulletin
• Structure: Headlines, news reports, sport,
weather
• Content: Current affairs
• Technical conventions: Codes and
conventions
• Mode of address: Formal, serious,
informative (Commercial radio news or
Radio One news a bit less formal) Tries to
be objective