I have to admit i was hanging out for a lecture like this. At home in Lennox Head on the Far North Coast of NSW, my family listens to ABC statewide local radio almost 24/7. My parents are even in the habit of often falling asleep listening to the radio in their bedroom. Dinner conversations was often interrupted by someone answering a question from Norman the Quiz on the Evenings program. Needless to say my childhood was characterised by growing up listening to James O'loughlin quick wit and interesting/topical banter. i was ecstatic to find out Richard Fiedler was speaking in this lecture as my mothers favourite segment is 'Conversations'. hearing this lecture prompted me to go and listen to the most recent broadcast. Fiedler is talking to Benjamin Law a gay-Asian writer who travels through asia exploring how he would of struggled if he hadn't come to Australia.
All presenters where thoroughly engaging and the lecture left me feeling positive about the future of radio, something i was very undecided and worried about. A unique medium still largely unchanged and untouched until recently by technology, radio i believe, still has a more to give to the media and larger community. Points addressed such are the fact radio is avery different medium and being known transferable made me appreciate more this form of broadcasting.
Radio seems to me to be more humble and more intimate. Listeners feel more included, in fact often we are engaged and transfixed to a conversations that is retrospectively about nothing or dull. This is due to this intimate effect i think. I was interested also by the conversation about talk back and its ability to transpose the boundary that other mediums struggle with.
The more dreary element of the lecture revolved around speech patterns, tone and structure. The most important point i noted was importance of these elements as voice is the only tool that can be manipulated on radio. Audience must be constantly engaged so as to prevent a change of station. People tend to stick more with and be more loyal to a particular broadcaster in radio, by comparison to other mediums such as television. Therefore loss of an audience is more detrimental.
The most thought provoking element I took away from the lecture was the definitely the idea that ' the most interesting people you interview are the ones you have never heard of'. This is encouraging for me not essentially in terms of radio media, but generally as motivation for the future.
The more dreary element of the lecture revolved around speech patterns, tone and structure. The most important point i noted was importance of these elements as voice is the only tool that can be manipulated on radio. Audience must be constantly engaged so as to prevent a change of station. People tend to stick more with and be more loyal to a particular broadcaster in radio, by comparison to other mediums such as television. Therefore loss of an audience is more detrimental.
The most thought provoking element I took away from the lecture was the definitely the idea that ' the most interesting people you interview are the ones you have never heard of'. This is encouraging for me not essentially in terms of radio media, but generally as motivation for the future.
I am not quite sure i whether i want to pursue this form of journalism but that is not to say that i am not in awe and appreciate create radio journalism such as the pop culture hit and phenomenon that is Triple J and it's various segments such as Like a Version. That is a genius example of how radio can transform itself.
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