Radio news bulletins follow specific conventions including headlines, news reports on current affairs, sports, and weather delivered in a formal, serious, and informative tone. Regular features include identifying sounds at the start, naming presenters using formal language, repeated time checks and brief headline descriptions, and weather and sports updates delivered every couple hours. When discussing stories, archival sounds are played and newsreaders provide expanded coverage, sometimes interviewing concerned people or correspondents to further inform listeners.

1. RADIO NEWS
Identify the conventions of radio news

2. • 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

3. SOUND TO INTRODUCE/IDENTIFY THE NEWS
Every news channel has there own unique
sound/ rhythm this makes recognized by all the
listeners without having to repeat the name of
the radio station( this also sounds better to
listeners).

4. NAME THE PRESENTERS/FORMAL
LANGUAGE, SERIOUS VOICES
Name of the presenter to introduce who they
are and there show. The formal language
varies from show to show. For example a
upbeat show for younger audiences would
have more informal language. Some radio
stations have serious voices and some do not.

5. REGULAR TIME CHECKS/ HEADLINES AND BRIEF
DESCRIPTIONS
The channel host repeats the time over and
over so the people are aware of the time. This
is because the most viewers listen to the radio
I the morning or the night.

6. WEATHER NEWS/ SPORTS NEWS
Every couple of hours they state the sports
news but regularly state the sports news. They
repeat the weather updates because the
whether is constantly changing.

7. ARCHIVAL SOUND
When the presenters are talking about a
particular subject with archival sound, they play
it out loud. It is censored to get rid of any
swear words.

8. NEWSREADER EXPANDS ON THE STORIES
After the presenter reads the brief descriptions
the newsreader expands on this.
When the newsreader is expanding on the
news he sometimes asks correspondents for
more information

9. INTERVIEWS WITH PEOPLE CONCERNED WITH
THE STORIES
When radio channels interview people who
were at the place that are concerned this
influences you as a listener to be more
concerned. They also get correspondents
from the place or reporters for further
information.