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Radio Planning Session 10 - Timeslot And Music


The penultimate part of your planning documentation will tell me what's the ideal time-slot for your show and also what kind of music you'll be playing. Obviously the two are related - if you're broadcasting in the daytime you're not going to be able to play music with adult-content or swearing in it - if you're broadcasting at night your music choices can depart from the daytime playlist for your suggested station, and include songs that are more specialist/obscure.


Complete this part as follows. 

1. Open up a new Blogpost. Call it 'RADIO PLANNING: TIMESLOT AND MUSIC' 

2. Add the heading. 'SCHEDULING' and tell me, even if you have already - what time of the day will your show be broadcast and why? How will that timeslot reach your target audience? What will your target audience be doing at that time - will they be able to hear your show?



3. Add the heading 'PLAYLIST' and give me a list of at least 5, and anything up to 12 songs/tracks that you would consider suitable for your show. If you get stuck and can't think of enough songs, why not check out the playlist for the station you've suggested (most station's websites contain a link to what their playlists are)?

Add a line after the list telling me whether any of the tracks have swearing in them and whether that means your timeslot has to be after the 9pm watershed or whether your songs contain nothing that might offend and are therefore ideal for daytime-broadcasting. If your songs do contain swearing and you're thinking of playing them before 9pm are their 'radio'/'clean' versions you can use?

WHAT YOU SHOULD END UP WITH. 

A post explaining what time your show will air and why, as well as a list of the music you'll be playing.

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