The document defines various terms related to radio news production including bulletins, headlines, news programmes, copy only, audio clips, wraps, live crosses, two ways, and different styles of radio news including related, public service, commercial, community, local, regional, national, and small scale. It provides descriptions of each term and examples of how they are used in radio news reporting and production.

1. Forms and styles
Bulletin
A brief report, especially an official statement on a matter of public interest issued for
immediate publication orbroadcast.
Headlines
The title or heading of an article, especially in a newspaper, usually set in large type.
news programme
Radio news programmes are more based on the audio aspect rather than the visual aspect.
Sound bites are captured through various reporters and played back through the radio. News
updates occur more often on the radio than on the television - usually about once or twice an
hour.
copy only
Copy only relates to just a spoken report of a news piece. Adding audio clips adds more
depth and detail to a story. Voicers is where you have some added material from another
outside source, wraps are generally just summaries of continuing news stories. Live cross is
where a news broadcaster crosses to a reporter live at the scene of a news story and give an
‘on-hand’ version of events at the scene.
audio clips
An audio file is a record of captured sound that can be played back. Sound is a sequence of
naturally analogue signals that are converted to digital signals by the audio card, using a
microchip called an analogue-to-digital converter
Wraps
A wrap is where the person doing the voice over says something at the end or the start of the
news clip. It is usually a journalist that does this.
Live cross
Live cross is where the person who is delivering the news will cross over to a person who
will deliver the news live from the places of the incident. So an example would be in sports
news you will hear how the game went but when they crossed over you will hear them tell
you exactly what went on.

2. Two way (live and ‘as-live’)
Two way is very similar to a live cross the presenter will stay in the studio and talk to the
other presenter or journalist in the field. They are mostly live when they do this. When
talking to the live audience they can react to questions that are asked.
Styles of radio news production
Related to the audience is where the news that is delivered relates to a certain type of target
audience. What I mean by this is the audience will get given news about stuff that they are
interested in. for example Gaydio will take about stuff for the gay community or radio 1 will
take about stuff to do with students or people in their 20s the reason for this is their target
audience people aged 15-29.
Public service is where the news that you hear effects the public like taxis or mostly politics
that will go on and effect the oublic depending on the station that it is played on.
Commercial news Is where the news is mainly aimed at businesses. Mostly selling thimgs
like the iphone 6 or other products like that. Other stuff would be like facebook news stories
and information like that. And stories that have come out in the Trafford centre.
Community is where the news that is told is mainly based for local communities. Its never
told on commercial or national radio. The news that is told is mainly small and local
problems and local crime that goes on in that area. An example would be if a robbery
happened in Salford you would most likely hear it on local your local radio station Salford
radio.
Local is fairly similar to community the news that you hear is mainly local news that happens
in a local area.
Regional is mainly news that you hear on regional radio stations. Radios like BBC 3, XFM,
Key 103. This is stuff that will effect that region. However you will hear some politic news
because they have a wide range of age in there target audience. However most of the news is
stuff thst the audience wants to hear.
National is stuff that you would hear on stations that cover the whole nation like BBC 1 and
BBC 5. The news that you will hear will affect these people.

3. Small scale radio is normally a really small radio station like a college radio. E.G: E6 radio is
a college radio station that only broadcasts around the college area. It isn’t big enough to do a
news show however its big enough to play a hour long show.