You’re On Air: A Guide to Writing, Preparing and Presenting Programs for Community Radio

Are you ready for the challenge? The challenge of writing for radio ... writing your own radio drama, or radio documentary. Would you like to write local news bulletins? And would you like to present your own radio programs? On community radio, there is a whole range of programs you can contribute to. Programs of your own choosing, and prepared in your own unique way. Write original material that listeners will want to hear. Use radio as the unique art form that it is—writing for sound alone, creating vivid images with the word pictures you create. Not many art forms allow you to do that. You’re On Air shows you how it is done ... how you can compile a news bulletin that will engage your listeners ... write a radio drama that will hold your audience for a full hour. Radio is about entertaining people. It’s about educating them. It’s about amusing them. It’s a process of enriching the lives of others. Radio is about doing something that enhances your enjoyment of the arts and entertainment. Community radio can provide you with the venue to express your talents. It can be the starting point for many careers in radio, and your involvement in your community radio can be viewed as just the starting point.