1. Final Script
5 secs- (Sound bite and jingle runs over the top of the whole
bulletin slowly getting quieter)
4 secs- I’m Sam Lees and this is your Oldham Community Radio
news bulletin at 7.30. (Sound bite)
7 secs-In today’s news thehorsemeat scandal rumbles on (sound
bite) Pride in Oldham Awards announced (sound bite) and are
Latic’s ever going to decide on a new manager?
2 secs-Our headline story today.
11 secs- Beef products are still being removed from shelves of
many supermarkets 3 weeks after the horse meat scandal first hit
headlines. Traces of horse meat have been found in imported beef
from Eastern Europe. Our health correspondent Ross King recently
spoke to a butcher in the Local market.
2 mins 5 secs- Ross (Health Correspondent) I spoke to
NikkiHamilton from the local butchers I asked her if the horse
meatscandal had affected her store.
Nikki- It has a lot but not in a bad way, in a good way, Aldi wherever
Asda yeah it’s made massive impact on our shop, were doing more
trade now than what we ever have.
Ross- We also asked her what actions she’s had to take.
Nikki- None to be honest we’ve not had to promote any meat,
we’ve not had to put any posters up, we’ve not had to do any
begging of customers, they’ve just realised that what you get is
Station identity, which
includes the radio channel.
Direct address to the
audience telling them
who the presenter is and
station identity.
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This introducesthe hard
news story to the
audience.
This is the
‘what’ of
the story.
The who.
We used the
first and
second
part of the
inverted
triangle in
this
introduction.
The
where.
Who.
What- using the
inverted triangle
approach.
Evidentlyuse
of the three
C’s, this is
concise and a
clear
question is
used.

2. what you pay for, all our stuff is local you see, locally sourced all
our beef is English.
Ross- We asked her if it had affected her sales.
Nikki- Only on the increase, it’s not affected in a bad way what so
ever, it’s done us a massive favour to be honest.
Ross- We also asked do you think the reputation of other
supermarkets has been affected.
Nikki- Massively, I think you find that a lot of our new customers
have said that they will never shop, the meat shopping again in
supermarkets, where they can see what they’re buying.
Ross- Do you think the government should introduce measures to
protect retailer from this?
Nikki- Definitely because if that would of been in place at the
beginning then they would veneer have found any horse meat or
whatever meat, whatever animal in their food, so yeah definitely
there should be bigger things put in place.
Ross- Should customers feel comfortable buying from butchers like
your own.
Nikki- Definitely like I said they can always ask any time where our
beefs from, we can show them where it’s from, we’ve got
certificates off our suppliers, and we’ve been dealing with them
since the place opened I mean it’s been going since 1977 and we’ve
always kept the same suppliers.
13 secs- In other news the Pride in Oldham awards has recently
taken place at the queen Elizabeth hall. The night celebrated
We used
kiss and
tell
frequently
and the
questions
were all
short and
simple.
Another
convention
we use is
quotes; we
purposely
put this
answer in
because the
butcher gives
us a direct
quote from
the angle of
the
customers.
The
convention of
facts is used
here, where
Nikki is how
long her store
has been
open.
Where.
What.
Why.
When.

3. theachievements of people around the Oldham area, highlighting
people that have gone above and beyond the call of duty to help
the community. We send our reporter Nicole Cuthbert to find out
more.
2mins 5 secs- (Nicole) We asked Dave what the pride in Oldham
Awards are about.
Dave- In the main there to give awards to people within the
community who we feel have gone the extra mile for the borough,
they’ve been running since 2002 and we’ve given an awful a lot of
awards away.
Nicole (reporter) What do you think the Pride in Oldham awards
brings to the community of Oldham?
Dave- Well it give the people who probably would even be seen,
they do an awful lot of work behind the scenes the chance have a
day on the red carpet and be Oscar style awarded and just think it’s
a great way of celebrating all that positive in Oldham.
Nicole- What are the types of things people can do to get an
award?
Dave- We have 11 categories in total we have things from
businesses to education workers, health workers, volunteers,
groups that do things within the community and then we’ve a
special schools awards and then what we call a special achievement
award which can be anything really.
Nicole- Has the awards grown in popularity since they first started?
Dave- Yes we started in 2002 with 4 awards since then it’s grown
we now have 11 and we’ve also had spin offs, we now have a
This
paragraph
includes all
of the 5
W’s, as
traditional
News
Bulletins
include this
vital
convention.
Who.
Use of
facts to
support
the Pride
in
Oldham
awards.
Presenting
the angle
we have
taken, the
view from
Dave and
why they
think the
Pride in
Oldham
awards
benefit the
community.
Facts
Factual information showing how
the community has responded
well to the awards and that it is
working in the community.

4. business awards every year which we just used to have one
business award which now there are a category of about 10-
12awards at the business awards in May, and last year for the first
time we hosted a sports awards which was a spin off from two
sports awards similarly about another 10 categories in that in July
and then the Pride of Oldham Awards normally in December.
5 secs- Here’s what the Oldham Community had to say about the
awards
Nicole (reporter) What do the Pride in Oldham awards bring to the
community?
Vox pop 1- Well they bring a lot, it’s very good about recognising
the local achievements in Oldham.
10 secs- And finally after the FA cup dream of Oldham Athletic
come to an end their main priority is to appoint a new manager.
There have been many speculations over who will take on the roll
we sent our reporter out into Oldham to ask the Latics fans who
they’d tip for the job.
5 secs Vox pop 2- It’s got to be Ian Dowey ant he, he’s been here
before, fan favourite, only man for the job.
5 secs Vox pop 3- Its’ got to be Ian Dowey, he’s got a proven track
record, fan favourite, got almost promoted one time so I can see
why he wouldn’t be.
3 secs-That was your morning News Bulletin at 7.30.
4 secs- Jingle
Detailed
scripting
compare
d to the
prelimin
ary
script.
Reinforcing
the angle of
the Soft
News Story,
about what
good it
brings to
the
community.
Station identity, people
will realise that when this
is played it represents
Oldham Community
Radio.
Reinforci
ng the
angle,
from the
point of
view of
the
communi
ty.
Facts.