I'm the brand-new news director at a college/community radio station, and I'm looking for input from anyone who listens to radio...what should I focus on, what kind of stories should I be looking for, who should I be keeping in close communication with, and more of the same?
2007-08-10 12:20:09 · 6 answers · asked by scarletcub11 3 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
About the only good news usually reported is when the stock market is doing well or the local sports team is doing well. The point is: make sure you put enough of the good news out. People get tired of negative news real quick. I can't say my opinion is backed up by ratings of news shows that get watched the most. But I think that's what people want to watch. I'm sure your college has sports teams. You'd have to evaluate for your self if stock market news is of interest to a very large portion of your listening audience. There is other types of good news, don't forget. The challenge is to find positive news that's not boring.
2007-08-10 13:38:35 · answer #1 · answered by Piguy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get the listeners involved emailing suggestions, news, volunteering, different email address for different topics or a different pages on a website for different issues. You see what stations are doing online. Comments like your doing from the Yahoo community, as here you can get suggestions from around the world. Of course a news source, accept newsreleases, RSS feeds, you need a staff. They know how they want to run their area. Look up Emotional Intelligence on trans4mind .com for working with people, negotiating, smooth relations, people working together get far, against each other not far.
2007-08-17 15:18:42 · answer #2 · answered by hb12 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep it local.
Cover local school sports
Stupid local politicians at city hall
Taxes, Taxes, Taxes
Major Fires and deadly car accidents are hot
Saftey related news for the paranoid
Crime of the worst kind
Police Blotter
Outstanding young people
Crazy oddball news in the community
Farm prices (depends on location)
http://www.chinatattler.com
2007-08-12 08:33:01 · answer #3 · answered by Itstheendoftheworldifeelfinehru 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would recommend staying up on current events. Seek out the interesting stories that the rest of the media seems to be ignoring. Check out www.reuters.com
www.truthout.org
www.salon.com
Find out what is going on at college. What are students doing? What events are being planned? What are students listening to? What are the popular classes? How are the sports teams doing?
2007-08-14 09:28:59 · answer #4 · answered by Unsub29 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would probably emphasize local news. Go to events, get local people's reaction, etc. You can only do a few minutes an hour (standard format, anyway), so I'd lean that way.
If you can do longer shows, great. It's always nice to hear newsmakers at length.
2007-08-10 14:43:09 · answer #5 · answered by wdx2bb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep it upbeat. Keep the stories at 15 seconds. College radio, be funny and always, always, always have your weird news tailing your wx.
And don't use a fart machine as your news intro. Its sounds like crap.
2007-08-17 16:08:49 · answer #6 · answered by Joey Michaels 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋