Internet Radio
The internet radio station I listened to was 'North Manchester FM'. The show I listened to was Three's a crowd, on air from 7-9 PM and hosted by Ryan and Tom. They mainly cover the urban spectrum of music, covering such sub-genres as hip-hop and house. I only analysed the first hour of the show, as that is the amount of time that has been selected. The music to speech ratio is roughly 90% to 10%. This is because there were no adverts during the broadcast, only music, jingles/stations ID's and a very small amount of speech. I listened to it online, on North Manchester FM's listen again section. As it was in the form of a podcast, i could pause, rewind and fast-forward it at my leisure.
When the two presenters were speaking it was often short, limited and very informal. They would often speak between each songs but, their conversations would be short and they quickly moved on. The language used was extremely informal, using slang words such as 'tunes','bangers' and 'belter'. These sort of slang words are more familiar to Manchester and as North Manchester FM is aimed at the titular location and an urban-enjoying audience, the informal language used is justified. Commercial radio stations and Public Service radio stations reach many more listeners, such as a region or the entire nation, so their language has to be neutral and formal.
They also promoted what was coming up but, only for their show and not for other things featured on the station. This is opposed to commercial and public service radio stations which usually talk about things coming up in the next few days, regardless of whether the current presenter is involved with it. The things that they promoted were exclusives (a 'cheeky exclusive' as it was described) and songs that were coming up.
Only one kind of jingle was used and it was only simple, stating the shows ID: 'threes a crowd'. They were used at strange times such as halfway through a song or toward the end of one, rather than in between them. I though this was quite strange as it provided a distraction from the song and virtually all radio stations play jingles on their own. The jingle lasted around 3 seconds and was only played 5 times during the hour.
The presenters engaged with the listening audience a lot, encouraging them to contact them through twitter and and to have a look at their soundcloud account. At the start of some songs and sometimes during them, they encouraged listeners to dance to them saying things like 'whip out the glow-sticks'. They also give jokey, informal instructions to the listeners such as 'strap in'. They were very informal throughout but, it was humorous at times and the absence of adverts meant the show went at a fast pace with the constant flow of music.
When the two presenters were speaking it was often short, limited and very informal. They would often speak between each songs but, their conversations would be short and they quickly moved on. The language used was extremely informal, using slang words such as 'tunes','bangers' and 'belter'. These sort of slang words are more familiar to Manchester and as North Manchester FM is aimed at the titular location and an urban-enjoying audience, the informal language used is justified. Commercial radio stations and Public Service radio stations reach many more listeners, such as a region or the entire nation, so their language has to be neutral and formal.
They also promoted what was coming up but, only for their show and not for other things featured on the station. This is opposed to commercial and public service radio stations which usually talk about things coming up in the next few days, regardless of whether the current presenter is involved with it. The things that they promoted were exclusives (a 'cheeky exclusive' as it was described) and songs that were coming up.
Only one kind of jingle was used and it was only simple, stating the shows ID: 'threes a crowd'. They were used at strange times such as halfway through a song or toward the end of one, rather than in between them. I though this was quite strange as it provided a distraction from the song and virtually all radio stations play jingles on their own. The jingle lasted around 3 seconds and was only played 5 times during the hour.
The presenters engaged with the listening audience a lot, encouraging them to contact them through twitter and and to have a look at their soundcloud account. At the start of some songs and sometimes during them, they encouraged listeners to dance to them saying things like 'whip out the glow-sticks'. They also give jokey, informal instructions to the listeners such as 'strap in'. They were very informal throughout but, it was humorous at times and the absence of adverts meant the show went at a fast pace with the constant flow of music.
