LECTURE FOUR

A PODCAST interviewing 2 ABC radio presenters, Richard Fidler and Steve Austin asking them about radio production.

Richard Fidler – Conversations

Fidlers program focuses on biographies and ‘conversation of ideas’.

Fidler stated that ‘you must be generally interested in the story for it to sustain the whole hour’.

Fidler - Afternoons

An entertaining program aimed at creating amusement through that ews reports of the day.

Fidler stated that Radio is very different to other media such that:
- intimate
- people can multitask when listening
- listeners feel included and radio must facilitate this.

Steve Austin - Radio Host of Evenings - consisting of three shifts:
1. Talk Back: encourages audience participation
2. Panel: encourages and engages a specific audience to participate
3. Intimate: personal stories expressed to convey emotion and human experience.
Challenge - keeping people talking, must establish a repour - emphasize vocally and speak tenderly.

Components of a good radio
-Exploring human experience and emotional responses
- Talk less and Listen More
-  People are Time Poor and radio uses this tho their advantage e.g. in the car
- Annunciation is important
-  Need a diverse vocab
-  Need to break down the barrier between you and the listener through creating pictures with words.