Evaluation

For our Music Based Programming assignement we were required to create two one hour long convential radio shows that contained features and appropriate music (which will be found using primary research); one being designed for morning and the other for the afternoon. We were broken up into groups of 8-10 in order to create the two radio shows. We then split the group even smaller (into 4-5 people per group) and did an hour show each.

I was in a group with Matt, Mike and Rob and we were given the morning radio slot. Knowing this we created questionnaires as to determine our target audience and get an idea of what they would like to hear on a morning radio show. We created a demographic questionnaire initially to ensure we could identify which age group listened to morning radio so we could get an idea of what age group to target our radio show at. We then created a pchycographic questionnaire to get an idea of what our target audience are into, what they like about morning radio and what genres of music they want to hear. We then compiled all of our results into graphs and then into an audience profile.

When coming up with names for our show Matt Bragg came up with the name The Morning Glory Show and each member of the group agreed upon this. We created a Youtube account and a Facebook page that can be found under that name. We created these as our target audience (16-25) year olds are main users on social networking sites and they can also attract more audiences as the intrnet is worldwide. This was also beneficial as we can use Facebook and Youtube for our cross media content such as videos, photographs and pre-recorded content. Myself and Rob created an introduction video which told listeners what they can expect from our radio show and placed that on our Facebook and Youtube. The whole of the group was also involved in creating a promotional video for the sites which just contained various pieces of footage of each team member and was edited on Final Cut Pro.

From our results it was obvious that the majority our target audience listened to The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio (which is broadcasted live from 6:30-10:00) which we expected as Chris Moyles is a very popular DJ/presenter amongst radio listeners. With this in mind we listened to features on the Chris Moyles show and immeditely recognised that they are very humerous and light hearted, for example the show has a feature entitled 'Celebrity Raspberry' in which a celebrity records a raspberry and the listeners have to guess which celebrity has made the raspberry, they are allowed only three questions.
We also identified the genre of music our audience listen to but not knowing what times they like to listen to each genre we created another questionnaire where each member of our target audience filled in specific times they listen to each genre as to determine the three most popular genres for our morning show.
For our playlist we printed off a copy off BBC Radio 1's playlist which consisted of 50 songs. Between our group we broke the playlist down to 15 songs that matched our target audiences prefered genres (those being indie, pop and rnb). We then went as a group and listened to each song and we each rated every song out of 10 and the 8 songs with the most votes would make our final playlist, we then got the 8 songs and recorded them onto Myriad ready for the day of our show.
With in the questionaires we asked for our target audiences interest this would enable us to create a news script which would relate to our target audience and include appropriate news stories. The news would contain celebrity and sports news, Chris Moyles also concentrates on these two aspects of the news so they are obviously very popular topics.

We wanted the intro for our radio show to be epic so we decided to use the intro to Micheal Buble - Cry Me A River and a deep voice introducing it. We then distorted the voice to sound more epic using Soundtrack Pro and the voice (being Robs) was recorded on a Zoom Recorder. We decided to have an epic intro as it would draw people in and many radio shows intro's are very intriguing, such as Chris Moyles who starts his show with a fun/jolly intro so listeners immediately know what kind of radio show they are listening to.


For our features we wanted to create something our audience would find entertaining and perhaps make them laugh as to brighten up their morning. Through our primary research we discovered our audience liked gameshows when listening to the radio.

We created four features. All intros to the features were recorded on Zoom Recorders and we then got appropriate soundbeds/jingles from Soundtrack pro.

With this in mind we decided we would create a gameshow called 'Wood Chuck Chilli' (we now realise this should have came with a health warning eg. 'don't try this at home') which involves two contestants (in this instance myslef and Matt Bragg) eating a chilli and saying the popular tongue twister 'how much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chop wood' after each chilli we were required to say this and the chilli's increased in heat as the game went on. We recorded this on a Zoom Recorder using a condenser microphone as to make the the audio as clear as it could possibly be. We also filmed the feature with a Handycam and that was later placed on our Youtube and Facebook accounts. We searched for appropriate soundbeds to be placed with the dialouge and appropriate sound effects (which included a clapping audience) using Soundtrack Pro and then Mike edited the audio into an appropriate feature for our radio show. I then edited the video footage of the gameshow and placed it on Youtube and Facebook. This was our only pre-recorded feature for our show; the other two features were done live.

Our second feature was a game which was named 'Barryoake'. This is where Rob will mumble/hum a popular song in a humerous fashion and the three presenters have to guess the song he is humming, the first one to guess being the winner. We decided on this feature as it is similar to Chris Moyles' 'Celebrity Raspberry' in which it contains silly/humerous sounds and can be very difficult.

Our third feature was 'Fact Of The Day' this consisted off random/funny facts that I pulled off the internet and then we would discuss each fact on air.

Our final feature was called Time To Rhyme this is where the presenter will say a word and then the next presenter has to name a word that rhymes with the previous word. Each presenter will get three seconds to name a word or he/she is eliminated until there is a winner. This feature is similar to a Chris Moyles feature in whic each presenter is required to name a celebrity, which can be very funny which is why we decided to do this feature live as it adds to the comedy. This feature also fits into a morning show as it is easy to listen to and humerous, whereas it might not fit into a programmes such as Tim Westwood on BBC Radio 1xtra as that is very much a more underground style and music orientated show therefore the audience may not appreciate this game.

During pre-production I helped film and edit the intro footage for youtube which contained myself and Rob introducing the features and what listeners can expect from the show, this was filmed on a Handycam and then edited using Final Cut.
I took part in all features we created and helped edit the audio for Wood Chuck Chilli (I cut down the audio and ensured on the highlights were in the radio show was we didn't want the feature to drag and therefore our audience loose interest.
I starred in the promotional video as a comedy figure and filmed some of the footage and collected appropriate soundtracks and sound effects from Soundtrack and then gave them to Rob so he could edit the video and audio to create the final product.
I took charge of the Fact of The Day feature and searched for appropriate facts from the internet and then deciding whether they were appropriate to discuss on a morning radio show.

Building up to our 1 hour long live show we had many practice slots in which we recorded a 45 minute show each week using Myriad and then came back to analyise what worked and what perhaps didn't work within the show, for example we tried a game simply called 'The Connection Game' which was a word game in which the presenter would say a word and the next person needed to say a word connected to that word, but we decided against this as the Time To Rhyme feature had more comedy value and that's what we were looking for.

When all the pre-recorded material we recorded it all onto the Myriad database and compiled it into a schedule on Myriad ready for the day of our show.

For our final show I was a co-presenter with Matt Bragg. I took part in all features and bossed the Facot of The Day feature and took part in general chit chat. Our final show went well other than i few minor problems that we came across after we had finished, during the Time To Rhyme game the levels were wrong leading to the sounbed overpowering the presenters voice; therefore the audience couldn't hear what each presenter was saying, we picked up on this after the show and realised it shouls have been prevented, the solution being be careful when measuring the levels. I also feel the show contained to much small talk that listeners may not have been interested in such as Mike and Matt's trip to Lincoln, this contained talk that may have offended residents from Lincoln, this could have been avoided by perhaps adding another feautre or discussing more news stories or more appropriate stories.
Other than those minor mishaps the show went swimmingly and filled our allocated time slot of 1 hour.
If i were to create another radio show i'd have got more back up content so we wouldn't struggle for content during the show which results to small talk. I would also make the soundbed alot more quiet so that the listeners can hear thr presenters more.

If i was a consumer of The Morning Glory radio show i'd have enjoyed the features as they were all in good humour and entertaining for the listeners, i would have enjoyed the music as it is the genre of music I enjoy, although some listeners may not have enjoyed it due to different tastes. Although the small talk was abit tedious some aspects of it were very funny. I enjoyed the fact of the day feature as it lead to a small debate and they were facts i didn't previoulsy know. I would loosely compare our show to Chris Moyles as it was just as light hearted and  contained music you expect to hear on BBC Radio 1. As we are not professional radio presenters the presenting wasn't as good as we were often struggling for topics to talk about whereas an experienced presenter such as Chris Moyles has had years experience and never struggles for something to say, he is also an experienced DJ so would be able to control his sound and microphone levels with ease.