Programming

  • Music (explaining and working with Genres, Decades and Styles)
  • News (collation and presentation)
  • Shows (types of shows, including chat shows, music based shows, debates etc)
  • Weather
  • Playlists
  • Awareness of appropriate legal requirements

Presenting –How to put together your own show, including the following:

  • How to use a microphone Properly
  • How to Record and present links
  • How to plan, promote, record and produce a radio show
  • How to conduct an Interview
  • How to do all the above so that it fits with the Stations style guide.

Production –How to write and produce and edit the following:

  • Commercials
  • ‘Promos’
  • Interviews
  • Jingles
  • Producing a Show

Promotion and Podcasting

  • Commercials
  • News
  • Top 5’s
  • ‘Promos’
  • Interviews
  • Website
  • The 4Ps course typically runs for 12 sessions however this can be spaced over different time frames to suit the individual needs of the student.
  • 12-Session Tailor-Made Radio Course for All Abilities and Challenges**
  • The course begins with an introduction to radio and the development of a podcast, which students will maintain and improve weekly from sessions 1 to 5. Starting from session 6, students will focus on enhancing recording and sound quality, with their work uploaded to the Vectis Radio and 4PS websites. As confidence and skills grow, students will begin planning segments of live shows by session 10. The course concludes with a review of the best moments, where students create either a promo or a mini-show featuring their highlights and some fun bloopers.

Session 1: Introduction to Radio

  • Overview of radio on and off air
  • How to use a microphone ….Properly
  • On-air interview, edited and podcasted
  • Discuss and put in place a weekly podcast

Session 2: Podcast, Live Show and Production

  • Discussion of Topics for Podcast and The Show
  • Write, Voice and produce Your Podcast (each week we make it longer and fine tune)
  • On-air Section, edited produced and podcasted
  • Extras
  • Plan Write and record news bulletin
  • Plan Create a Top 5
  • Create Jingles

Session 3: Podcast, Live Show and Production

  • Discussion of Topics for Podcast and The Show
  • Write, Voice and produce Your Podcast (each week we make it longer and fine tune)
  • On-air Section, edited produced and podcasted
  • Extras
  • Plan Write and record news bulletin
  • Plan Create a Top 5
  • Create Jingles

Session 4:Podcast, Live Show and Production

  • Discussion of Topics for Podcast and The Show
  • Write, Voice and produce Your Podcast (each week we make it longer and fine tune)
  • On-air Section, edited and podcasted
  • Extras
  • Plan Write and record news bulletin
  • Produce a Top 5
  • Create Jingles
  • Produce a Promo

Session 5: Podcast, Live Show and Production

  • Discussion of Topics for Podcast and The Show
  • Write, Voice and produce Your Podcast (each week we make it longer and fine tune)
  • On-air Section, edited and podcasted
  • Extras
  • Plan Write and record news bulletin
  • Create Jingles

Session 6: Podcast, Live Show and Production and Uploading

  • Discussion of Topics for Podcast and The Show
  • Write, Voice and produce Your Podcast (Week 6 Shown where/how to Upload?
  • On-air Section topic chosen by Student, edited and podcasted
  • Extras
  • Plan Write and record news bulletin
  • Create Jingles

Session 7: Podcast, Live Show and Production and Uploading

  • Discussion of Topics for Podcast and The Show
  • Write, Voice, produce and Upload Your Podcast to 4Ps Website
  • On-air Section topic chosen by Student, edited and podcasted
  • Working on
  • Producing a promo about your time on the 4Ps course
  • Extras
  • Plan Write and record news bulletin
  • Create Jingles

Session 8: Podcast, Live Show and Production and Uploading

  • Discussion of Topics for Podcast and The Show
  • Write, Voice, produce and Upload Your Podcast to 4Ps Website
  • On-air Section topic chosen by Student, edited and podcasted
  • Extras
  • Produce promo about your time on the 4Ps course
  • Start compiling a “best bits” show reel
  • Continue documentary work and live news participation

Session 9: Podcast, Live Show and Production and Uploading

  • Discussion of Topics for Podcast and The Show
  • Write, Voice, produce and Upload Your Podcast to 4Ps Website
  • On-air Section topic chosen by Student, edited and podcasted
  • Working on
  • Edit and podcast the show, create a final “best bits” show reel

Session 10, 11 and 12: Podcast, Live Show and Production and Uploading

  • Discussion of Topics for Podcast and The Show
  • Write, Voice, produce and Upload Your Podcast to 4Ps Website
  • On-air Section topic chosen by Student, edited and podcasted
  • Present your completed projects in a showcase
  • Receive feedback and discuss future opportunities in radio

Tutor Details

  • The sessions will be primarily delivered by the Director of Vectis Radio, Ian Mac.
  • Ian has been in the entertainment industry since 1981 working both in the UK and abroad. Ian has worked specifically in the Radio industry since 1992 as a broadcaster/presenter, producer, and newsreader etc. He previously worked with Radio Victory, Cowes Week Radio, Isle of Wight Radio and Wight FM before setting up Vectis Radio in 2009.
  • Ian will be supported in delivering the course by other members of the Vectis Radio team. Ian has developed the idea of the 4Ps course as a means of passing on his extensive knowledge and experience to young people and hopes that the course will not just enable those who undertake it to develop specific broadcasting industry skills but also help more widely in enabling participants to develop their confidence and self esteem as they move into their working careers.

Contact and Booking Details
Telephone 07817165617
Email Address ian.mac@vectisradio.fm