After listening to different radio stations local and national, I will analyse the similarities or differences between the way that the presenters deliver the news in terms of the language that they use and the tone. I suspect that the news presenters on Capital FM will be much more chatty and informal than the news presenters on BBC Radio 4, who is likely to use more gripping language and deliver the news in a more serious tone of voice. I expect the news presenter on talkSPORT to be a male figure and deliver the news in an informal tone.
The area of representation I am going to analyse is the representation of news presenters. I've decided to listen to bulletins from 3 very different radio stations aimed at very different audiences. These stations are Capital FM, BBC Radio 4 and talkSPORT.
What I did first, was that I listened to a news bulletin on Radio 4. The presenter sounded like a middle aged man in his early 40s and he spoke clearly and slowly. He tended to use formal language regardless what the story is. An example of this is how he first addressed the listeners by saying the time and date and then 'good morning'.
I then listened to a news bulletin on Capital FM. The presenter here was both a male and female presenter, however sounded significantly younger than the presenter on Radio 4. They both spoke in a much more informal way and seemed to have friendly banter with the other presenters on the show.
I also listened to talkSPORT radio. The presenter was a male who sounded middle aged, however not as old as the presenter on Radio 4. He presented the news with a relaxed tone of voice and spoke at quite a fast pace compared to the other two radio stations.
