Production and Distribution

What are the different responsibilities of presenters an producers?

presenters have to talk about what they are going to say and what activities or questions that they are going to be asking the guests as well as what questions to ask in terms of the interviewee, they also have to see what's songs to play at what times It might also be if we’ve got a guest coming in that they need to be briefed and so producers run through it again in the morning, and we’ll figure out where the gaps are so I can see what my job can be, where to fill, what do think about.

What preparation that goes into each programme

 Fiona nearly always is the person to do that so that’s run through what we’ve been talking through on that day’s show, It’s also simple editorial things like please don’t swear, please don’t mention these brands, please don’t talk about this thing etc. first few hours of the day will be looking through what’s happened and trying our best to reflect it really. The script itself, it’s not scripted in the sense of how you might read a book or something like that with every single sentence written out


what's most challenging an most enjoyable about Working on the show

 We brief guests and they know not to swear and things like that, if a guest were to suddenly go off and rant about something, or be offensive, in some way, then if it was in a very mild manner we might sort of gently remind them, remember that you’re on the radio and people are listening to this, but if it were to be severe then we would terminate the interview and that would be the end of it and so there might be awkward situations sometimes where a person is perhaps just a little too relaxed in that live environment and we’re broadcasting obviously to the whole nation and a lot of young people are listening.

What are the team dynamics

Initially you have to treat it like a job, and then the extra bits around that you go oh actually we all get on and there’s a natural chemistry and we all kind of fit. I’ve definitely worked on shows at Radio One before, where you think oh we don’t really get on or it’s not really working Its really important to trust each other, in the team, so quite often in live broadcast there is things which happen very quickly and sometimes unexpectedly, and so you need decisions to be made quickly

How can you break into radio

try and do it as much as you can and get as much experience, as Fiona said I think it takes a little while doing radio for it not to feel weird, not to be like oh I’m speaking in a room to nobody, so student radio is be best for gaining experience in terms of skills that was just exposing myself to how those radio stations worked. Also, picking up skills of communicating with people and how to sort of express yourself, and how to sort of be organised and all that kind of stuff.