Organising your files
How do you collect, save and name files? Some hints and tips about keeping organized here in our 6th helpline video.
Post Production
Here’s our helpline video on what to do after a show in terms of post-production.
Storyboard resources
Templates for Google-docs for collaborative story-boarding Printable story-board templates
Managing Collaborative Documents
Useful links – creative commons and license free music
The Internet Archive has a huge section for community music http://archive.org/details/audio most of which is public domain or share alike by attribution. Check each file for details. They also have http://archive.org/details/netlabels which is a collection designed for streaming on internet radio or editing to make backing tracks. The public domain review has lots of useful information about finding…
Public Domain Music
There is a very good site called public domain review which explains everything you need to know about finding music which is in the public domain. “Works in the public domain are those whose intellectual property rights have expired, have been forfeited, or are inapplicable. Examples include the works of Shakespeare and Beethoven, The King James Bible, most of the early silent films, the formulae of Newtonian physics,…
Free Internet Radio Servers
You will need to pay for a server if you plan to run a high quality professional radio show with uninterrupted service and guaranteed bandwidth. We use internet-radio.com which offers both subscription and pay as you go packages for low fees. If you’re looking for a lower-specification free option there are some notes and…
Radio Jargon
Ad Lib The presence of mind by a presenter to improvise when; 1) another presenter fails to start on cue 2) the normal progress of the programme is disturbed 3) lines are forgotten anchorman /presenter / host Often used to refer to the presenter or host of a programme. Sometimes the person who does…
Being Professional
These guidelines are from a handbook about Community Radio a. Prepare for The Program A radio program must present new ideas, information and points of view. Hence, an announcer should always read, research and secure information from reliable sources. He/she must organize the program well before going on air. b. Do Research The community broadcaster should look for…
Workshop and Training Objectives
These are the session objectives that we used for the Trainer workshop. However, it is unlikely that the length and format of the training you do with young people will follow the same pattern. The following suggestions are ‘building blocks’ that can stand alone or be combined in different ways. What is internet radio? At…
Example training programme
Programme Rationale The programme is roughly divided into 4 parts. The first day will develop the skills needed to stream a live broadcast on the second morning of the programme. Following the live programme there will be an opportunity to debrief and evaluate the content of the programme and also the production process underpinning it….
Aims and Objectives for a typical training workshop
Aims: To equip youth workers with the skills they need to support and train young people to run an internet radio station To identify ways in which internet radio can be used to develop young people’s social and life skills and improve employability Overall objectives: At the end of the training participants will be able…
Video killed the radio star
Bet you thought that getting the radio on your TV was a modern idea. Here’s a combined television-radio from 1949!
