We also looked at interviews and editing processes.
One of the main interests I found when talking about the readings was that radio imitates natural speech to make it sound as if it is a spontaneous conversation when in fact it is scripted. When listening to the radio I still believe that it is improvised even now learning it is not. Due it being a blind medium, it is hard to imagine someone reading off a script when the conversation seems to flow naturally.
I also learnt about voices on the radio:
Accents
Statisically, the southern Irish accent is most popular when it comes to radio due to the warm tones of the voice and the least popular is the Birmingham accent.
Gender
It didn't surprise me to find out that womens voices aren't used on the radio as much as men and when radio was first coming about it was completely abnormal for a woman to be involved with radio.
This is due to womens voices supposedly coming across with this hysterical tone which people would relate to gossip. Even to this day women are encouraged to deepen their voice.
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