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Basics of Radio

Programme
Production

Unit III

Radio Production
and Transmission
Process
Elements of Radio Programme

Ingredients of
Radio
Programme

Human voice
or spoken Music Sound Effects
word
Main Elements of Radio
Programme


Studio

Microphones

Sound Effects

Artificial echo
Filter or
distort
Human Voice
Studio

 A radio studio is a place to live broadcast or
record audio professionally. Often it’s a
soundproofed room which gets rid of
unwanted noises that would often get mixed
into broadcasts. However, studios vary
depending on location and use
Microphones

 For our voice to be recorded in a studio, we use
a microphone. You might have used or at least
seen microphones. They amplify or in other
words ,increase the volume of your voice. When
you speak before a microphone, you don’t have
to shout. You speak normally and it will be made
louder if you use a loudspeaker to listen to.
When we think of radio, the microphone is the
most important element using which you
present your programme.

Types of
Microphone

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Sound Effects

 Sound effects in a radio programme give
meaning and sense of location. It adds realism
to a programme and helps a listener to use
imagination.
 Think of a crowded market or temple. If you
are creating that scene in a radio programme,
you do not have to go to a crowded market or
temple to record.

 Well, you can record those sounds and use
them. But in most cases, you use sound
effects which are already recorded. Sound
effects can be used in two ways:
(a) spot effects or effects that are created as we
speak
(b) recorded sound effects.

 If you are recording a radio programme in which
someone knocks at the door, you can make a
knocking sound either on a door or a wooden
partition. Or you want to show that someone is
pouring water from a bottle into a glass; here
again you can use the actual sounds produced
on the spot. But if you want a lion roaring or a
dog barking, you probably cannot bring a lion or
a dog to the studios! Here we use recorded
sounds which are kept on tapes or discs.
Music

 Music is the soul of radio. It is used in different
ways on radio as already discussed in the
earlier lesson. Film songs and classical music
programmes are independent programmes on
radio. Music is also used as signature tunes or
theme music of various radio programmes.

 a. Music adds color and life to any spoken word
programme.
 b. Music can break monotony.
 c. Music is used to give the desired effect of
happy or unhappy situations, fear or joy.
 d. Music can suggest scenes and locations. For
example, you have to create a bright early
morning situation.
 This can be done by playing a pleasing note on
the flute along with the sound of chirping birds.
Artificial Echo

 If you enter an empty building or fort and
shout, your voice will come back to you. This
is called on echo. An echo is used in radio
programmes. This is a technical input.
Filter or Distort

 If you listen to someone speaking to you on
phone, the voice would not sound normal. This
sort of effect called distort is produced using
technology. Some times distort is used along
with echo. Think of someone speaking from a
mine 100 feet below the earth. To make it
realistic, distort and echo are used.
Human Voice

 The main stay in any radio programme is the
human voice. Think of the voice of an
announcer or newsreader on radio. You often
find them very pleasant and nice to listen to.
That is because of the quality of their voice
and the proper use of it. There are two aspects
of the use of human voice in radio production.
Firstly, there has to be a well written script to
be spoken and then someone has to speak or
read it before a microphone in a studio

RADIO
PROGRAMME
PRODUCTION

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Pre Production

 As the title suggests, this is the first stage before
the actual production.
 i) An idea is born : This phase includes how a
programme is born as an idea and its
conceptualization. The topic or subject matter is
decided.
 ii) Plan of action : After the topic is decided, a plan
of action is worked out. Here the format of the
progamme is determined i.e whether the
programme is a talk, discussion, interview,
drama, documentary

 etc. Once that is clear, the right person for
writing the script and the performers are
decided. The plan of action would also
determine the equipment for outside recordings
that are required. The time and venue of the
recording are also worked out.
 iii) The script is examined to make it suitable for
broadcast. It is examined according to the
principles of writing for radio or in other words
‘for the ear’. We will discuss this is detail in the
next section.

 iv) Paper work : If people who are not working in
the radio station are involved for writing or
providing voice for the programmes, they have
to be invited with an agreement to accept the
job or assignment. This type of agreement is
referred to as a contract. Similarly, permission is
often required to interview certain people if the
programme is based on such interviews.
Therefore, as you can see, there is a lot of
paper work at the pre-prodution stage.

 v) Rehearsing the voices of speakers is also
part of this stage.
Production

 This is the actual process of recording and
editing a radio programme. Proper studios,
microphones and computers are required to
record and edit the programme
Post production

 :Writing to inform people involved in the
production is a major activity during this
phase. The progamme has to be given
publicity both on radio and in other media.
This is done to ensure that people know about
the programmes and also listen to them. The
announcements for the presentation of the
programme are also written and provided for
the actual broadcast of the programme.

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