3. • Dit is de dag is a Dutch word, in English it means this is
the day.
• It is a verse from the Bible to say this is the day the Lord
has given us.
• It is three years old. The programme is broadcasted
from Monday to Thursday( 2:00 to 3:30 pm)
• Although the radio organization making the programme
is called Evangelic Omroep or Evangelic national wide, it
does not only deal with religious matters.
• According to the programme editor, they try to bring
stories behind the story. The programme manager
believes the daily news do not offer enough information
to the audience, that is why that programme was
developped to go deeper.
5. • They use radio and internet. At the time
the live discussion goes on, it is also
relayed on internet, so that someone can
listen or view the programme.
7. • They invite guests to their studio to discuss
thoroughly the topical issues related to politics,
religion, immigration, and other issues of public
interest.
• For example, a 1 hour live talk show attended by
our group on Monday afternoon was about a
terror suspect in jail, who last Saturday wrote a
letter published in one of the news papers
denouncing terrorism. The question put to the
discussion, can we believe in that man or is just
a trick to be freed from jail.
• The author of the letter, Jessen WV, a Morrocon
origin was involved four years ago in a murder of
a Dutch film producer.
8. • Three people participated to Monday’s show, two guests
were live in studio and one on phone, with two hosts. All
the three guests are in one way or another specialised in
Islamic issues.
• The main purpose of the show was to know the
perception of Islam in Netherlands particularly, and in
Europe in general.
• Preparation: They take the whole morning to come up
with the live show, and about the 10 minutes
documentary, it takes a minimum of three days.
• Role and responsibility: The chief editor monitors, the
two presenters lead and moderate the discussion, and
the producer records and reminds time respect.
12. • The format used in the programme is a
magazine: it started with news on the top of the
hour(2:00 pm), then the discussin begun five
minutes after up to 2:30 for news headlines(1
min), then the discussion goes on to 3:00(news
update, 2 min), then a 10 min documentary on
traffic rules in big cities of Holland.
• After, two guests were in the studio to talk about
teenagers’ behaviour on road while biking( 8
min dicussion). The programme ended at 3:30
with commercial breaks.
18. • We like their choice of their guests or credible source.
• In the talkshow on Islam, there was a professor on islamic issues,
experienced journalists of different experiences. For instance, one(a
lady) worked for years in Afghanistan and wrote a book about the
Talibans. The other guest is a journalist dealing with foreign affairs.
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• The presenters have defined responsibilities in the studio, everyone
knows when to intervene and put his/her questions.
• We were also impressed by the jingle (Dit is de dag) which comes
after the news headlines to remind the listeners that the show is still
going on.
• We also like the sound effects that precedes the next item, it was a
serene of the ambulance. We assume it was appropriate because
the second topic was on the danger of not respecting the traffic
rules.
20. • It was difficult for us to find from the programme chief
editor the formats used and why so. They just told us it
was debate.
• Despite the different roles of the presenters, one of them
spent a long time asking questions, and his colleague
was absent in the discussion.
• We also feel that there is one key format( i.e testimony)
which was omitted in the second topic. It could be
interesting if they had a teenager in the studio telling
about his or her experience in road accident due to
reckless riding.
• Another thing, the time chosen for that particular issue
was not appropriate, we fear that young people were not
there to listen the programme.
• About the target audience, we think they should have
specific audience.
