Thursday, 21 November 2013

Assignment 1, Task 1: News Bulletins.


Capital FM News Broadcast

The Capital FM news broadcast is a short broadcast lasting for 2:04, this is to keep up with the fast past style of Capital FM, the radio format is aimed at teens and young adults aged between 15-30. The music played on Capital backs this up; usually playing upbeat and chart music.
The style of this broadcast was upbeat and all the stories were short and quick; each story lasting between 10 and 40 seconds.
The first story covered is about Gareth Bale’s £85,000,000 transfer from Tottenham to Real Madrid; making him the most expensive football player in the world.
The next story is about Prime Minister David Cameron having second thoughts about sending troops to Syria. This story included an interview with Mike Hancock, a lib dem for Portsmouth
The third story is about Coronation Street actors Michael Le Vell and Bill Roach charge with sex offences.
The fourth story is about news reporter David Frost’s funeral. 12 seconds
The final story is about the musical ‘Wicked’ being shown at the Mayflower in Southampton between October and November 2014.
At the end of the broadcast the Capital FM jingle is played, the weather is usually presented after this.

Heart FM News Broadcast

Heart FM is an Adult Contemporary radio station that caters to middle aged people and people that work a 9-5 day so they the morning and evening shows to listen to with the news, weather an

d traffic which is essential to their day. This is backed up by the overall style of the radio station; the music they play, the way they present the shows. The news is more breaking news instead of ‘gossip news’ like Capital FM and is more interesting to the target audience. The news bulletin opened and closed with a jingle.  The breaking news bulletins are read first and have a longer segment than the others with the stories lasting from 10 – 40 seconds each.
The first story is about the Prime Minister David Cameron wanting to send troop to Syria, there is a clip from an interview with Mike Hancock, a lib dem for Portsmouth.
The second story was about free childcare being made available to families with children under two years old, The news presenter reads a quote from Nick Clegg, a clip is then played from a parent and a teacher; this helps make the story.
The next story was about the tributes being paid to David Frost 13 seconds.
The next story was about a motorcyclist who died in hospital in Dorset. Police information.
The fourth story was about Gareth Bale’s £85,000,000 transfer from Tottenham to Real Madrid; making him the most expensive football player in the world.
The last story is about the musical ‘Wicked’ being shown at the Mayflower in Southampton between October and November 2014.
An advert is then played before the weather. 


Jack Solent News Broadcast

Jack FM is an adult contemporary radio station, its listeners are usually middle aged or a little older. This is because of the style in which they present shows.
Jingle played. This bulletin is a little longer than the other two bulletins with five stories ranging from 9 seconds to 30 seconds.
The first story is about Gareth Bale joining Real Madrid for over £85,000,000, a quote from Spurs Manager AndrĂ© Villas-Boas is used about Bale and the transfer.
The second story is about America having evidence of a deadly gas being used in Syria with Obama trying to get political backing for military strikes.
The third story is about a Portsmouth mum trying to get her children back after her husband kidnapped and took them to Oman. She hopes David Cameron and diplomatic help could bring her kids back to the UK. Portsmouth MP Penny Mordaunt then makes a statement.
The fourth story is about a motorbike rider killed after a crash in Dorset gives details where given of who, what and where.
The fifth story is about Bournemouth air festival and how this year it was more popular than ever; record breaking amount of people there with 400,000 people on the Saturday and 1.4 million over the 4-day event to see red arrow and black cat air display.
The final story is about the death of David Frost and friends paying tribute to the actor who died of a heart attack aged 74.
The investment news is then read out and the sport news.
The weather is then read out and where to go for more stories. 

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