Institution

The radio station that most relates to our own radio station is 'Choice FM'. The similarities between the two radio station are that :

• Both radio stations discover new music/artists. for example , Choice FM was responsible for breaking usher , whilst our radio station discovered rastafarian artist 'iMarik' !
• They both tend to take an interest in playing urban music.
• They both have speakers that interact with young people.

Working in Garage Band.

Ethical Standards For Radio !

What you should do :
- Work hard to make sure that the information you spread is accurate and fair.
- Protect the identity of sources who supply information , in confidence and material gathered in the course of his/her work.
- Do your most to correct offensive/harmful inaccuracies.
- Make distinctions between fact and opinion.
- Obtain material by honest , straightforward and open means , that are of public interests.
What you should not do :
- Do not intrude in one's private life , unless justified by authoritative figures , taking in consideration of the public interest.
- Do not produce material likely to lead in conflict with people of other ethnic backgrounds , age , gender , legal status ,  sexual orientation , disability and marital status.
- Do not commit the offence of plagiarism.
- Do not make threats or produce statement to influence , twist or suppress information.
- Do not take advantage of information gained in the course of his/her duties before the information is publicised.

Legal Implications.

Ofcom regulates the radio industry. Ofcom is the independent regulator and competition authority and has the responsibility of making sure viewers and listeners are not offended and also to set standards for UK communications.

Defamation : A statement that claims something negative about an individual or business company and ruins their reputation.

An example of a defamation case is : Prime Minister Hun Sen had sued Mu Sochua for defamation after she accused him of making derogatory remarks about her. The former women's minister has refused to pay the $4,000 (£2,725) fine and says she is willing to go to jail.

Slander : Saying something about someone ( Gossiping )
Libel : Printing gossip about someone , usually done in newspapers/magazines .

When I am writing my articles for my radio station , I will make sure I am careful that I don't label individuals/people without evidence , as this is not fair and can result in the responsible criminals being sued.

Essay on the newscast !

I listened to Sky news at 10am. The speaker was a woman and she spoke really fluently and opened the newscast with the lead story , about children with a chromosone disorder who become obstructie and anti- social , even throughout adulthood. This lead story explores the news value of threshold , which is the latest and biggest news , which is guranteed to have some sortof effect on the listener. The speaker tended to have quite a serious voice and the language used was really formal , silence was used quite effectively to mantain the listener's interest.
The following story explored the news value of currency .Sometimes , a story is newsworthy because its about an issue in the public consciousness at that particular time .The story was about ,seven men charged with allegedly laundering money stolen from online bank accounts, police said.
They were arrested at addresses in West Sussex and Portsmouth, Hampshire, on Tuesday morning.
Detectives are now investigating possible links with the arrests of 20 people in London in connection with an alleged multimillion-pound plot to steal from British bank accounts.
There was another story about actress, Lindsey Lohan , in rehab , for about the 5th time. while the speaker was delivering this news  her voice was very upbeat and not so serious.
Overall , the only sound codes used were sound effects to introduce the news programme on the radio station and then silence , and that was only for the lead story. I think the target audience was mature adults aged between 20 and over , as the language used was quite formal and complex and most of the time , the speaker remained professional .