Show 2 Evaluation

Our second show was a different take on the Radio 1 request show. Nathan and I presented, Marta edited the majority of the show (I edited most of the competition) and Keerah spoke in one of the jingles.

Presenting Evaluation

Nathan and I presented well together, he had a more laid back style which suited my slightly hyper all over the place one!

My best presenting I think came in the competitions. I changed my tone to sound more serious and tense, because from listening to a lot of Radio 1, which was the station we were aiming for, that is what the presenters do in competitions. I spoke clearly and succintly, and with an appropriate slightly fast pace; slow enough to be understandable but fast enough to add a sense of drama to the proceedings.

Some people have pigeonholed me as a solely serious, Radio 4 presenter, and I'm glad i proved them wrong. I got good feedback, the only bad bit was on the opening jingle where I just sound Odd, there is no other word for it.

Our presenting was suitable for the target audience of 16 - 24 (Radio 1's target audience) , because it was clear and fun, and it sounded youtful and contemporary.

Show Evaluation

As the previous week we had all been told to add features and competions, as well as the listeners voice, our show included all of them.
We had phone ins (as it was a request show), which we added authenticity too by using the effect Telephone Voice, on Audtions. Our songs had mainly had a lot airplay on Radio 1, so we knew we had made appropriate choices. In the Radio 1 Request show, although you can ask for anything you like, most of the songs end up being songs of the playlist, or that have been in the past. They are usually a few left of centre choices ( For this we had Frank Turner), and older songs (Journey), but because the target audience are quite young, most of the songs are contemporary, and the songs we chose reflected that.

For the competion we had 5 5 seconds clips from songs and our caller had to guess what they were, to win tickets to the secret Radio 1 show. These type of competitions are often heard on Radio 1, however you don't usually have to guess the song,you usually have to answer questions, so we added our own twist.
We also had a phone in were you had to ring up and answer the phone saying JAY Z! This happens all the time on Radio 1, and is appealinmg to listeners if they are a bit shy of speaking on air, all they have to do is say what they are asked to say as well as there name and where they come from.
The real sucess of the show I think came from our discovery of sound effects.Until you really listen out for them you don't notice just how many sound effects there are on the radio shows, so we added sound effects to our jingles, songs and features. It was especially effective in the Jay-Z competition, where we used Film Take sound effects, and Descent; putting them together made it sound more professional.


I think our show could easily be on Radio 1, it was jam-packed with features, we had appropriate music and lots of listener interaction. Nathan and I presented professionally, with the right tone and pace for our audience, and altogether it was a very good show.