Overview
""One of the few books we'd recommend"" BBC Training ""The perfect guide for anyone who wants to get on in this ever-changing and challenging media"" Controller BBC Radio 5 Live ""A rich repository of real, practical experience"" Director - BBC Nations & Regions ""An invaluable guide"" Director - The Radio Academy This is a practical, how-to guide to producing and presenting radio to a professional standard. Packed with day-to-day advice that captures the essence and buzz of live broadcasting; from preparing your show before it goes out, last minute changes to running orders, deciding what to drop in over a track, how to sell a feature or promote a programme, setting up competitions, thinking fast in a phone in - this book will help you do all that and more. It covers network and commercial, music and talk radio skills and is particularly suited to the independent local or community radio. It features advice from professionals, covers industry-wide best practice with enough 'need-to-know' technical information to get you up and running. This edition has been updated throughout and has more than 500 weblinks to downloads and audio and video examples, as well as cross-references to the official National Occupational Standards for Radio Content.
Full Product Details
Author: Peter Stewart
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Methuen Drama
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.90cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 1.068kg
ISBN: 9781408121795
ISBN 10: 1408121794
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 29 May 2010
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
The perfect guide for anyone who wants to get on in this ever-changing and challenging media — Controller BBC Radio 5 Live A rich repository of real, practical experience —Director - BBC Nations & Regions An invaluable guide —Director - The Radio Academy
The perfect guide for anyone who wants to get on in this ever-changing and challenging media --Controller BBC Radio 5 Live A rich repository of real, practical experience --Director - BBC Nations & Regions An invaluable guide --Director - The Radio Academy
The perfect guide for anyone who wants to get on in this ever-changing and challenging media <i>Controller BBC Radio 5 Live</i></p> A rich repository of real, practical experience <i>Director - BBC Nations & Regions</i></p> An invaluable guide <i>Director - The Radio Academy</i></p>
Author Information
Peter Stewart is an award-winning broadcaster who has for many years been a trainer at BBC Training and Development, acts as a judge for the New York International Radio Awards and the Sony Radio Academy Awards is co-author of Essential Radio Journalism, columnist for The Radio Magazine and has over 15 years of practical experience in radio broadcasting.
