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Submitted To: Mam Misha Topic: Classifications of Radio Programs Name: M Haris Saleemi Azhar Ali Roll No: BMCF15E047 BMCF15E005

This document discusses different classifications of radio programs. Radio programs can be classified based on their aims, target audiences, and formats. In terms of aims, programs fall under entertainment, information, education, or social purposes. Audiences include children, women, youth, students, and rural listeners. Common formats are dramas, talks, discussions, interviews, news bulletins, documentaries, and music. Discussions further include panel discussions, forum discussions, and audience participation discussions. Overall, radio programs are classified according to their objectives, the audiences they target, and the formats they employ to engage listeners.

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Submitted To: Mam Misha Topic: Classifications of Radio Programs Name: M Haris Saleemi Azhar Ali Roll No: BMCF15E047 BMCF15E005

This document discusses different classifications of radio programs. Radio programs can be classified based on their aims, target audiences, and formats. In terms of aims, programs fall under entertainment, information, education, or social purposes. Audiences include children, women, youth, students, and rural listeners. Common formats are dramas, talks, discussions, interviews, news bulletins, documentaries, and music. Discussions further include panel discussions, forum discussions, and audience participation discussions. Overall, radio programs are classified according to their objectives, the audiences they target, and the formats they employ to engage listeners.

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Submitted to:

Mam Misha
Topic:
Classifications of Radio Programs
Name:
M Haris Saleemi
Azhar Ali
Roll No:
BMCF15E047
BMCF15E005

Class:
BS (SS-8TH)

DEPARTMENT: COMMUNICATION STUDIES


RADIO PROGRAM CLASSIFICATION

Radio is based on major three categories programs. Radio broadcasting ever since its birth has kept
growing in terms of its programs, policies and target areas in order to meet the requirements of its
listeners and ever changing demands of the time.
Radio programs can be classified on the basis of various criteria. However, the broad classification
of programs is made on the following basis.
 Aims of program.
 Audiences of the program.
 Formats of the programs.
AIMS OF PROGRAMME:
Under this approach programs are classified in accordance with the overall aims conceived by the
planner. This classification comprises entertainment program, information program, educative
programs or social purpose programs.
AUDIENCES OF THE PROGRAMMES:
Radio programs can also be classified into various kinds in terms of the target audience they
address. Children programs, women programs, youth programs, student programs and programs
for senior citizens and rural listeners etc.
FORMATS OF THE PROGRAMME:
A common and established classification of radio programs is to categorize them in terms of
various formats such as drama, talk and discussion etc.
Radio program formats are well familiar to both the program makers and the audience, hence
names of formats are announced as such. Sometimes at a radio station separate program section
are established and production staff is assigned there e.g. Drama Section. Music Section, talk
section etc. The programs are planned, produced and presented with efforts to create a novelty in
style.
The three types of program classification are often referred to the literature and broadcast practice.
In real practice, however, all these types of programs are often studied in a natural sequence
according to the demands of target area.
Other kinds of programs are as follows:
TALKS:
Radio talk is written in simple day to day spoken language. Talks are often planned in series but
there could be some stray talks according to the need of time or emergency.
INTERVIEWS:
It is most important and widely used format of radio broadcasters, as people like listening to the
people talking with each other.
DISCUSSION:
Being an interactive form of oral communication is a suitable format for radio. To exchange our
ideas thoughts with fellow human beings, it is the most ancient the most effective natural and
spontaneous vehicle. Like talks and interview radio discussion is also an indigenous format of the
sound medium. Following are the types of discussions.
 Panel Discussion
 Forum Discussion
 Audience participation discussion
 Symposium
NEWS BULLETINS:
News bulletins are put out by AIR almost every hour of the day in English and the various regional
languages. The major bulletins are of 15 minutes’ duration, while others are of only five minutes’
duration. They present summaries of news stories in order of importance and interest-value.
National and international happenings get pride of the place, while regional and local news is read
out if time permits. Human interest stories and sports news generally round off the major bulletins.
DRAMAS:
Dramas are now days is diverting to television. Because it’s now commercialized and visualized.
To write a radio drama is very difficult because there are no visual no characters. And to attract
the listeners the tactful writing material should be available. Now days different NGOs sponsors
the informative dramas on radio, otherwise this type is now decreases in radio.
DOCUMENTARY:
It is an interprets real life situation program. It is basically a program which presents various
aspects of topic fact or subject objectively.
MUSIC:
It is the most favorite kind of radio. Now days the main aim behind the radio is to play music for
listeners, during music the broadcaster plays commercials and earn money.

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