1. Introduction to Project 4
PART A – Internet Radio
Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio
Find three radio stations which you can listen to their programmes live.
List them below:
1. 1
2. 2
3. 6
What sort of audience does each station appeal to?
(e.g. fans of a certain style of music, young people, middle aged people, people
interested in News/Current Affairs, sports fans etc.)
Station 1) fans of a certain style of music or young people
Station 2) people interested in news
Station 3) middle age
What are the similarities and differences between the stations?
Similarities:
Each station have different topics because one radio is news and another is music
and national news and the similarities is they all in the radio and news
Differences:
The different between the radio is the different stations each part. there are

2. music and news and lives
Homework
Part B Podcast Terminology
Watch this video http://www.commoncraft.com/video/podcasting
Here is a list of new words that you will need to use in Project 4. Complete the two missing definitions
after watching the video
Podcast terminology
Word Definition
Podcast i think some kind of thing that we can put something into our iphone or
MP3 player or ipad or ipods.
Blogcasting a diary type podcast with regular installments
Podcatcher something media so we can download things into other thing that we can
use it?
Mediacasting any distribution of podcasts using RSS
MMS Podcast podcasting to mobile phones
mp3 Blog podcasting single song downloads
Narrowcasting a podcast that is aimed at a minority audience
iTunes holds the largest podcast directory
RSS one of the software programs used to download
podcasts
Read the following list of Radio production Terms.
Word Definition
SFX Sound effects (single sounds)
Jingles Theme tune of the station or a short burst of music
Beds Music that is played quietly under chat, discussion
or a report
Loops A repeated sound or piece of music (used for comic

3. effect)
Crossfades when two separate sounds are merged together
with one fading out and one fading in
Tracks any song or single
Mic short for microphone
Vocal Effects using effects to distort the voice for comic effect
Anchor the main presenter
Support presenters people who act as foils or ‘buddies’ for the anchor
DJ Disc Jockey, name for a presenter who mainly
plays music
Voiceover used when a voice is dubbed over music
Part C
Choose one radio station from Part A and identify the different use of the above
conventions and terminology. Write notes in the table below
Convention Analysis
SFX
Jingles
Beds Classical music is played under the presenter and co-presenter’s
voice
Loops A piece of classical music is repeated several times
Crossfades
Tracks
Mic

4. Vocal Effects
Anchor
Support
Presenters
DJ The DJ Chris Moyles sounds enthusiastic and is very talkative
Voiceover