Tag: radio

City News Radio (18th Feb 2022)

Storm Eunice, Ukraine, cost of living, and more to come in the programme.

I was this programme’s outtake editor, with my responsibilities including:

  • Before the programme make sure all jingles, music and production elements are loaded correctly into Burli or the playout system 
  • Liaise with the live and beat reporters on how their pieces will work 
  • Work with the assistant/desk producer on making the openers and teasers/promos 
  • During the show operate Burli and liaise with the desk producer to make sure the show finishes on time at each junction

I did well to drive the desk, making sure the levels were consistent through the show, cuing presenters, and cutting the programme up with jingle stings. I also helped with the Fashion Week and COVID sections, editing the copies for them, and editing audio for parts of their packages.

City News Radio (11th Feb 2022)

Metropolitan Police, President Biden on Russia, Ukraine, and more in the programme!

For this weeks programme I was the production producer, which saw me create content for on-air (jingles, actuality clips, and packages), drive the 2nd production desk in the secondary studio, and provide a ‘creative moment’ to lighten the programme.

Highlights of my role can be seen at:

(1:53) (30:55) (32:40)
These are the bulletins I had to drive the desk for. The trouble is, the script did not match up with what actually happened on air – with producers and editors telling me once we’d gone live what was happening. Because of this, I had to listen out for cues that weren’t written in the script to get the right mics live

(24:15)
I helped entertainment producer/presenter Linda a lot with her stories: editing the copy, providing a number of actualities for her to choose from, and writing a segue to my later package later in the programme.

(50:10)
This package was my “creative moment”. I was a little confused as to what that was supposed to be, and after talking to the editor and the previous week’s producer, this is what I understood the creative moment to be. It was also a challenge tonally. I’m so used to the intonations and tone of a presenters voice but had to make myself sound more colloquial for this package.