Essentials of

Radio
Broadcasting
RSPC TRAINING 2023
What is
News?
North, East, West, South
newsworthy happenings
Radio Broadcasting
is the transmission by radio waves
of entertainment, information, and
other materials intended for
general reception by an unlimited
number of receivers, or listeners.
(New Standard Encyclopedia)
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News treatment:

1. Hard news – deals with important matter

- objective, direct, and factual

2. Soft news - deals with interesting matters

- featurized and subjective
Phases /Stages in the Radio
Production
1. Pre-production
2. Production
3. Post-production
Lead- is the opening
sentence of a news
story.
 THE LEAD
Lead-in - in radio news, the lead-
in is for the anchor/s to read
e.g.
Anchor: Campus Journalism: A
key to transformational
leadership.
 5 Ws and 1 H + 1A or S
Who
O The event happened to?
O Acted on whom? Or what?

What
O Happened? Will happen?
O Did not happen? Will not happen?
O Is it all about?
 Where
the event happened?

O When? Why? How?

O the event happened?

Authority/Source
What can the authority /source say about
what happened or about the idea?
Training of Trainers
Department of
Education
January 12-15, 2015 Davao City

Melba S. Estonilo University of the

Philippines Diliman, Quezon city
HOW TO WRITE FOR THE EAR

Why write for the

“ear”?
 Major considerations
O A. Print versus broadcast writing
O B. How to write conversationally
1. How to KISS (keep it short and simple)
2. How to make stories sharper and
stronger
 PRINT VS. BROADCAST

Similarities
• Both print and broadcast journalists are
expected to:
Report events.
Observe the same journalistic process.
Adhere to the tenets of journalism
PRINT VS. BROADCAST
O Differences
• Structure
print - start from the most important to the least
important details (inverted pyramid)
- language is formal
- length: several paragraphs/pages
broadcast – every detail counts
-language is conversational
-length: 5 to 7 sentences only
 CHALLENGES
O How to make the story
clear to the audience in
20 to 30 seconds
O How to write simply,
conversationally.
 How to Write Conversationally

O Write short, simple sentences.

O 1 sentence. 1 idea
O Don’t start with a dependent
clause.
O Include only the most
important details.
Use active voice
 Example
O 1. PRINT: Sen. Richard Gordon, Senate
electoral reforms chair , yesterday said the
Commission on Elections itself is the major
stumbling-block to the country’s leap from
manual voting to automated elections.

O BROADCAST: Senator Richard Gordon

says it’s the Comelec itself that’s stopping
the country’s bid for automated elections.
Example 2
O PRINT: Sen. Richard Gordon, Senate
electoral reforms chair , yesterday said the
Commission on Elections itself is the major
stumbling-block to the country’s leap from
manual voting to automated elections.
O FILIPINO:
O Sinabi ni Senador Richard Gordon na ang
Comelec ang pangunahing hadlang sa
pagsusulong ng automated elections.
O Example 3
O PRINT: In the affidavit that she submitted to the
Senate blue ribbon committee on Monday,
Napoles also claimed that she gave campaign
funds to Senators Allan Peter Cayetano at Francis
Escudero, which both also denied.

O BROADCAST: • Sinabi rin ni Napoles sa

affidavit na kaniyang isinumite sa Senado…na
nagbigay siya ng pera para sa kampanya nina
Senador Allan Peter Cayetano at Francis
Escudero.
O Put attribution before the statement

PRINT: Dapat na maparusahan ang mga sangkot

sa pork barrel scam, ayon kay Senador Juan
Santos.

BROADCAST: Ayon kay Senador Juan Santos,

dapat na maparusahan ang mga sangkot sa pork
barrel scam.
O Put titles before names.

PRINT: General Pedro dela Cruz, chief

of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
says…

BROADCAST: Armed Forces Chief

General Pedro de la Cruz says…
 Use phonetic spelling
O Any uncommon word or name
should be spelled the way it sounds:
Minister Xeally (SE-li) declined the
invitation.
O A tsunami (tsu-NA-mi) has
devastated Phuket, Thailand.
 Avoid abbreviations.
O President Marcos - not Pres.
Marcos
O Senator Joker Arroyo - not Sen.
Joker Arroyo
O Lieutenant Sison – not Lt. Sison
Be careful with acronyms.
O Acceptable on first reference: N-B-I, M-M-D-
A, PAGASA, PHIVOLCS

O For unfamiliar entities, give the full name first

then go to the acronym. The Department of
Environment and Natural Resources or D-E-
N-R says…
O Make numbers easy to read.
Spell out numbers up to and including eleven,
then use numerals.
Filipino: Spell out numbers. ( NOT: 18 taon)
Spell out even the POINT in P1.5 M: one-
POINT-five million pesos.
Better: One and a half million pesos
Filipino: Isa’t kalahating milyong piso
Round off numbers except when the number
count is important to the story (e.g. the death toll
in a plane crash or in a sea tragedy)
 MORE TIPS
O Don’t substitute kasado na for handa na (hal:
Handa na ang lahat para sa pagdiriwang ng…

O Don’t use verbs other than sinabi just to have

“variety”. Words like inamin, kinumpirma
tend to color stories.
O
Proper Practice
makes Perfect.
 I love Radio Broadcasting!
Good Luck!

Resource Speaker: Dr. Marissa M. German