Styles of Radio News

The styles of news programming can relate to a variety different factors, they can relate to the target audience of a radio station or show. Here are some examples of styles of news programming- 

 Related to audience; This is when news is related to a certain audience for example 'New A-Levels announced  by Michael Gove'  This news would be aimed at students, parents and teachers. This type of news would be played on Salford City Radio, Key 103 and BBC Radio 1 because their target audience is teens and Young adults. Also a lot of parents would listen to this radio show in the car when their son/daughter is there. 
http://www.salfordcityradio.org/
http://www.key103.co.uk/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/

Public Service; This refers to broadcasting aimed at the public and will benefit rather than for purely commerical concerns. For example if their was a 'car crash on the M60 '  or 'Trains have stopped running over the weekend' it would be related to the public services. The language used would be formal because they'd most likely be informing adults about the crash and to avoid the M60 or people who travel by train to work  by train to find a different way to travel for the weekend,. This news would  be on radios such as Salford City College, BBC Manchester and BBC Radio
http://www.salfordcityradio.org/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radiomanchester
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/

Commercial; This is when the radio is advertising a product which relates to their target audience. For example- 'Sony's new PlayStation outsells xbox' This would be aimed at teenagers and young adults, promoting Sony PlayStation's. The presenter might use some slang when announcing this news because of the target audience it is aimed at  This type of news would be aired on radios like Salford City Radio, Key 103 and BBC Radio 1.
http://www.salfordcityradio.org/
http://www.key103.co.uk/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/

Community; This is news only aimed at a specific community for example Salford. They often broadcast local news and stories and the news will be delivered in a local dialect or often a regional accent which can help it's listeners. For example 'Salford elect new mayor' This would only concern one community and it would be aired on    a radio show specifically for this community for example Salford City Radio.
http://www.salfordcityradio.org/

Small-Scale; This is when the news would only concern/ be aimed at a small audience. For example Salford City Radio is only for the Salford area and is aimed at a small- scale audience. The radio would only air news which relates to the Salford area. Although'Salford elect a new mayor' is a community piece of news it can also be a Small-Scale because it only concerns the Salford area but only a small amount of listeners would be interested in this pieces of news. This news woul be aired on Salford City Radio.
http://www.salfordcityradio.org/

Local; This is when news would only be aimed at the audience who lives locally and will include events which have happen locally. 'Probe launched ino Salford council chieg's £50l Pay off'  The language would be formal and aimed at adults and OAP's because their age group would probaly find this information interesting, because it is a local piece of news it would be played on radio stations like Salford City Radio and BBC Manchester. 
http://www.salfordcityradio.org/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radiomanchester

Regional; This is news that is related to a certain region of the country for example ' Unemployment hits record high in the  North East' This news is only aimed at the North East, it wouldn't relate to any other regional. The target audience would be adults and it'd be played on radio stations such as BBC Radio 4. 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/

National; National news would relate to the whole nation for example ' UK Credit rating down to AA'  This  would be aired for the whole of UK to listen to. The target audience would be adults/ OAP's, Teenager and young adults would most likely not understand what it means. The type of radio show this would be on would be BBC Radio 4 because it's all talk and news and is a National radio show. 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/

Internet, Satellite and Cable; What ever the news it's always related to the audience, the audience choose to listen to internet radio and radio stations on TV because it's what they enjoy. Here's some examples to some different internet radio stations- 
Talk/News Radio: http://www.shoutcast.com/radio/Talk
All Music/Hits:-  http://www.jango.com/