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LB270 LIVE RADIO
PRODUCITON
Lecture 3: Selling and Pitching Your Ideas
Developing and Pitching
Programmes

You’ll be asked to work together to develop and
  pitch a running order for your programme

Key skill in creative industries

At some point you are going to have to sell
  something to someone
From this lecture you’ll learn

 How best to
  formulate your
  ideas
 How best to
  manage them
 How best to

  pitch them
Developing Ideas

   Understand the station

                     Understand its audience

      Understand the programme




          Understand the slot
Understand the Slot

Radio
Listening

BBC Radio 4
What do people want from each
time of day?
       BREAKFAST              DAYTIME
Fast                 Companionable
Punchy               Lively in morning
Lively               More relaxed in afternoon
Short                Not too distracting

         DRIVETIME     EVENING AND NIGHT
Focused              Dedicated listeners
Informative          Focused on specialisms
Driven               Gradually more relaxed into
Short Form           night
Exciteable           Informal and intimate
Managing Your Ideas
If you are serious about this


Keep a record
Even of bits of ideas
Pop them into your phone your cut
  and paste into a folder
Writing it down helps you remember
Hang out with people who have ideas
Follow the news
Watch what others are doing
Be prepared to stick ideas together,
  pop them in, alter them and then
  spit them back out.
Developing your ideas
   What will the
    audience want?
   What will the
    producers want?
   Has it been done
    before?
   What is its Unique
    Selling Point?
Remember what you are selling
   You are selling an
    idea for a programme
   Not someone else’s
    music
   Not a scene that you
    really like
   Not a political idea
   Not a culture,
    movement or
    anything else
Formulating your ideas
                   Be very clear about
                    what it is
                   Think of its structure,
                    tone style and content
                   Work out who your
                    presenter
                   Consider the
                    practicalities of the
                    idea (like can you
                    actually make it)
Pitching your ideas
      Sometimes you are asked to write a
       proposal.
      You need to be able to sell it in a
       sentence
      You’ve got to be able to make the person
       you are selling it to really here the idea.
      Explain why it works on the station and
       who it would be for.
This is the tough part
 You know I said you’ve got to be really clear
              about your idea…




 You’ve also got to be willing to change it at a
               moment’s notice.
Develop Multiple Ideas




                 Give your client a choice
The Secret Box
Feature for Breakfast
                 You areaproduction team
South Coast
Radio            We want some regular slots – something to
                  give it character – something to make people
Age 15-30         remember the programme.
                 Something to make people talk about it at work
Pop/Dance         later that day.
format
                 What is it going to be?
                 Each slot will be once per week.
                 Last 3-5 minutes
                 Can be set up the afternoon before.
                 Five groups
                 What is it going to be?

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Developing Ideas for Radio (UK)

  • 1. LB270 LIVE RADIO PRODUCITON Lecture 3: Selling and Pitching Your Ideas
  • 2. Developing and Pitching Programmes You’ll be asked to work together to develop and pitch a running order for your programme Key skill in creative industries At some point you are going to have to sell something to someone
  • 3. From this lecture you’ll learn  How best to formulate your ideas  How best to manage them  How best to pitch them
  • 4. Developing Ideas Understand the station Understand its audience Understand the programme Understand the slot
  • 6. What do people want from each time of day? BREAKFAST DAYTIME Fast Companionable Punchy Lively in morning Lively More relaxed in afternoon Short Not too distracting DRIVETIME EVENING AND NIGHT Focused Dedicated listeners Informative Focused on specialisms Driven Gradually more relaxed into Short Form night Exciteable Informal and intimate
  • 7. Managing Your Ideas If you are serious about this Keep a record Even of bits of ideas Pop them into your phone your cut and paste into a folder Writing it down helps you remember Hang out with people who have ideas Follow the news Watch what others are doing Be prepared to stick ideas together, pop them in, alter them and then spit them back out.
  • 8. Developing your ideas  What will the audience want?  What will the producers want?  Has it been done before?  What is its Unique Selling Point?
  • 9. Remember what you are selling  You are selling an idea for a programme  Not someone else’s music  Not a scene that you really like  Not a political idea  Not a culture, movement or anything else
  • 10. Formulating your ideas  Be very clear about what it is  Think of its structure, tone style and content  Work out who your presenter  Consider the practicalities of the idea (like can you actually make it)
  • 11. Pitching your ideas  Sometimes you are asked to write a proposal.  You need to be able to sell it in a sentence  You’ve got to be able to make the person you are selling it to really here the idea.  Explain why it works on the station and who it would be for.
  • 12. This is the tough part You know I said you’ve got to be really clear about your idea… You’ve also got to be willing to change it at a moment’s notice.
  • 13. Develop Multiple Ideas Give your client a choice
  • 15. Feature for Breakfast  You areaproduction team South Coast Radio  We want some regular slots – something to give it character – something to make people Age 15-30 remember the programme.  Something to make people talk about it at work Pop/Dance later that day. format  What is it going to be?  Each slot will be once per week.  Last 3-5 minutes  Can be set up the afternoon before.  Five groups  What is it going to be?