Evaluating my 1 hour radio show

1. LaurenAllard
Unit 44: 1 Hour RadioShowReport
Unit 44: 1 Hour Radio Show Report
This report will be evaluating my radio show research; I have created a one hour radio show,
and will be creating as survey for people of different ages, gender and ethnicity to review.
The point of this research is to find out if different types of modern rock and radio can still
connect and grab the attention of younger viewers. My one hour radio show was to
entertain young people and people of different social groups. The Rock Show would last for
one hour and would be based around different rock genres, I didn’t want the shows main
genre to be rock, because there are many other genres connected to rock like Punk and
Metal. The show would be focusing around Bring Me The Horizon’s new album ‘That’s The
Spirit’ to promote both the band and their new album. The 1 hour show would be based like
an issued magazine (mainly focusing around one thing. The show would not only include
that one band but a few others as well, it was set out this way so that the audience wouldn’t
lose interest. The playlist was very soft and calmcompared to how it would have originally
have been set out, it originally set out to play a lot of metal music by bands like Asking
Alexandria and Motionless In White. But as the college’s music library didn’t have metal
music I had to go for other options. And look at the music that the college had provided and
also music that I had already bought. I had found band like Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco
and Paramore available for our modern rock hour show. To make the playlist long enough
to last the entire hour, I had to include the entire ‘That’s The Spirit’ albuminto the mix, with
short breaks, gossip, interviews and different singles fromdifferent bands in between.
The show would include little to no adverts in between songs, but instead the two main
presenters talking about upcoming concert s and festivals, and also different bands. And
interviews with a few fans.
Before the show was recorded I listened to a hour of a Kerrang radio show, Kerrang is the
radio show that I was hoping the Rock Show to be similar to, since both shows are aiming at
a similar target audience and are broadcasting similar music. I listened to an hour of one of
their shows and focused on the presenter’s skills, and also the playlist layout. This helped a
lot when it came to setting up and organizing the playlist for the rock show.
The radio show’s playlist was well organized on the software, and was set out so that there
was roughly around 2-3 songs, then a break with a few words from the presenters then back
again to the songs, with an interview ready for towards the end of the show.
Reviews:
After the show had been recorded I had to create a survey on survey monkey that would be
sent around to the class along with a link to sound-cloud so it was available for them to
listen to. I emailed everyone in the class a link to sound cloud and a link to the Survey, I also

2. LaurenAllard
Unit 44: 1 Hour RadioShowReport
sent some other people outside of the class the same links so that they could also give some
feedback. I created a presentation describing the format, genre of the show and the target
audience for the show. It
contained everything that would
be featured in the show, the type
of music, what bands would
mainly be played so that
everyone got a good idea of the
kind of bands that would be
featured.
I got 11 responses to my survey
after it being played to the class.
The data that I collected from the
feedback, some of the data that I collected was Quantitative, in the screenshots of the
collected data, it tells me what percentage of people said what. (E.g. 73% of the people who
replied to my survey were in the age group 16-18). But some of the data that I collected
could also pass as Qualitative, some of my questions had an ‘Other’ option to select, when a
member of the audience selected other they would have to tell me in words what their
other option is. (E.g. when I asked “What is your ethnicity?” I had an option for ‘Other’ this
meant that they had to type in their option. I got two responses that told me that two
members of the audience were “British/Bangladeshi” both members of the audience had
the same ethnicity).
The main importantquestionscame first,askingthe audience theirage,genderandethnicity.These
typesof questionswere includedsothatI know whichtype of people enjoyedanddidn’tenjoymy
show.It alsohelpswhenitcomestosettingthe righttargetaudience. The mainresponsescame
frompeople whowere inbetweenthe agesof 16 and 18, settingthe targetaudience toaround
teenagersandyoungadults.
I have chosen to ask the audience what genre of music they normally listen to, I wanted to
see if the show would still be suitable for them despite their normal music taste. A lot of
people selected rock as their favourite music genre,
which is great for this radio show which means that a
lot of people should be interested in listening to it.

3. LaurenAllard
Unit 44: 1 Hour RadioShowReport
I didwant to know whetherthe
audience wouldremaininterestedinthe
radioshow,basedon how muchthey
listentothe radioin general. Around
35% saidthat theyoftenlistentothe
radiowhenanother35% neverlistento
the radio andpreferothermethodsof
listeningtotheirfavourite music.
I askedthe audience toafterthey
listenedtothe 10 minute editorthe full
1 hourversionof the radioshow,if they
couldrate the entire show from1-10, one beinghorrible andtenbeing
amazing.All of the responseswere higherthanfive.10% voted6,35%
voted7 another35% voted8 and around18% voted9.
I wantedtoknow if the
audience likedthe
chosenmusicgenre for
the radio show.From
lookingatthe results
0% saidno. 18% said‘a
little’and82% said
‘yes’,showingthatthe
musicfor thisradioshowworkedperfectlyand
the audience enjoyedit,despite some of the
people thatrepsondedpreferedadifferenttype
of genre of music.
The final quesitonbeingthe mostimportant,
was askingif theycould rate the radio show on
AesethicQuality.Meaningthe sound,lengthof
the show,musicand presentationstyle.This
ratingthe overall show outof ten.
 9% said4
 Another9% said6
 45% said8
 18% said9
 Andfinallyanother18% said10.
The responseswere overallpossitive replies,the
radioshow got some goodreviews.Especially
whenitcame to ratingthe entire show outof
ten.

4. LaurenAllard
Unit 44: 1 Hour RadioShowReport
Improvements
The showwhenrecordingwentwell but,whenlisteningbackthere wasa few thingsthatcouldhave
beenimproved, especiallyduringediting.Inoticedduringthe recordingandalsowhenIwasediting
the showthat duringthe showthere wasmomentswhenwe couldn’tkeepontopic,andwe
sometimesranoutof thingsto say,so before editingthere wassome momentswhen everything
was veryquietandawkward.Some of the awkwardmomentswere includedinthe editwhichnow
lookingbackI couldhave editedout.If Iwas to recordthe show againI wouldhave come upwitha
betterscriptthat wouldavoidthe quietmomentsand alsothe akwardmoments.If Icouldre do the
editagainI wouldhave made sure to editpartswhenyoucouldhere the volume controlsbeing
changedinthe studio,there wastimesinthe editwhere before the songbeganyoucouldstill hear
the volume controlsbeingchanged. Iwouldhave made sure that duringthe recordingstage to
speaka lotmore clearlyintothe microphone,because there wassome momentswhenitsounded
like Iwas speakingwaytooclose tothe mic.
I feltlike the presentationwentwell,butIdofeel like itcouldhave beenimproved.Icouldhave not
lookedatthe screenshowingthe presentationasmanytimesasI did.Andalsoaftermy
presentationIdidn’tplaymyradioeditbutinsteadsentthe linktoeveryoneinthe classforthem to
listentointheirowntime thenfill outmysurvey.LookingbackI couldhave playedthe editwhich
wouldhave made everythingaloteasier,andmore organisedandwiththatI couldhave startedand
finishedmyreportquicker.
My radioedit,consistedof twodifferentversions.One thathada tenminute edit,andanotherhad
the entire 1 hour show. Inthe editthere wasmomentswhenthe dialogue wasn’tthatclear,or loud
enough.Andthere wasmomentswhenyoucouldhearthe volume controlsbeingchanged. If Iwas
to re dothe radioeditthose are the thingsthat I wouldhave changed.
But my favourite partaboutthe radioeditthat I wouldn’tchange wouldbe the ending,whereall of
the guestscame back to endthe showas well.AndithadBlink182- Rock Show,playinginthe
background,andthe volume increasedwhenthe presenterswere finishedtalkingandthe musicwas
clear.It was a goodendingespeciallywiththe songinthe backgroundsingingthe words“Rock
Show”whenthe showended.