Nicky Campbell F***s Up
If the language in the above title is rather too fruity for you, for goodness sake don't listen to what's below:
Radio 5 Live breakfast presenter Nicky Campbell is prone to the odd slip of the tongue (no individual appears more often on radio cock-up websites). You'd think therefore he'd've been particularly mindful of his mouth this morning when discussing the Countryside Alliance. Or should that be 'Hountryside'...
119 Radio Don’ts
An American radio boss has issued his newsreaders with a massive list of banned words and phrases.
Randy Michaels (CEO of Chicago's WGN) sent a memo round the station's staff detailing 119 forbidden "Newsspeak" terms.
In it he explained: "The real goal here is to avoid using words that make you sound like you’re reading, instead of talking — that shatter the image you’re speaking knowledgeably to one person. By not using ‘newsspeak,’ you enhance your reputation as a communicator.”
The memo was leaked by media blogger Robert Feder, thanks to a tip-off from the speech station's News Director.
BBC 6 To Face The Music?
BBC 6 Music and Asian Network could be set to close
Today The Times reported that the BBC are due to close two of its national radio stations.
The newspaper says that in a report due to be made public next month, Beeb Director General Mark Thompson will outline cuts to their radio and online output.
The stations apparently set to go are BBC 6 Music and BBC Asian Network.
And Now, Here’s Chavez
The Venezuelan President deploys shock tactics to turn around dwindling listenership to his broadcasts.
Hugo Chávez (courtesy of Fox News)
Hugo Chávez hopes to sneak up on listeners with unscheduled presidential programming.
His 8-hour-long radio shows every Sunday have somehow struggled to maintain audience figures. The all new Suddenly Chávez hopes to avoid this problem by not giving people chance to make other plans.
The shows could be broadcast at any time, day or night. Each starts with a characteristic musical interlude.
"When you hear the pluck of a harp on the radio, maybe Chávez is coming," He said in his inaugural broadcast yesterday. "It's suddenly, at any time, maybe midnight, maybe early morning."
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