Writing for Radio

Even with the advances of technology, radio is still considered as an important means of mass communication.

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Advantage or disadvantage of radio?

It is the fastest means of transmitting news and other information materials.

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Advantage or disadvantage of radio?

Live broadcasting at the site of a news story is easy.

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Advantage or disadvantage of radio?

It relies mainly on sound.

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Advantage or disadvantage of radio?

It is s subject to atmospheric and other interferences.

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Advantage or disadvantage of radio?

Illiteracy is not a barrier to radio usage.

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Advantage or disadvantage of radio?

The message transmitted through is highly perishable.

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Writing for radio is primarily writing for the ears and not for the eyes as in the case of newspapers and news articles on the internet.

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In the principles that a radio scriptwriter should remember:

A radio program is not written literature. Everyday speech or spoken words should be used.

• It is immediate

• It is spoken

• It is person to person

• It is heard only once

• It is sound only

In the principles that a radio scriptwriter should remember:

Writing for radio is not oratory. It is informal. It is between the newscaster and the audience.

• It is immediate

• It is spoken

• It is person to person

• It is heard only once

• It is sound only