Radio Jingles Evaluation

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For this assignment, I used a computer program called 'Adobe Soundbooth', to allow myself to produce 3 different radio jingles for 'SNC Live' radio. I also used another program called 'Garage Band', to produce the "cheesy" music. The 3 different jingles were, a News jingle, a Show Promo and a Station Ident jingle.

Unfortunately I was unable to finish producing the News, and Station Ident jingles, due to being absent from illness. I also did not record my voice for any of the jingles, which was the biggest problem, as I didn't feel confident enough to speak out in front of the class in complete silence. I would of completed this part of the jingle if we were in a separate room, and this would allow me to concentrate better.

Overall, I thought the sound effects and music of the Show Promo were very appealing and appropriate. To start off, I chose a bleeping sound effect, which sounded like a countdown, to suggest that something exciting was launching on SNC Live. If this was used in any jingle, it would immediately grab the audience’s attention. The alarm clock sound effect in the Show Promo jingle, was used to represent the show would be "on air" in the morning. This was quite effective; as already I have informed what time the show would be on, without using speech. The music I also chose to use was very sensible in the jingle, as it related to the genre of music, which would be played on the radio show. Also making the jingle sound more interesting, I mixed the clips of the songs together, to make it sound like a play list of music. Lastly, to assure my Show Promo would be a success, I added in other jingle music from Garage Band, to prevent any blank sound. I chose upbeat music to use to make it more appealing and also, I talked over the music to allow more time for extra, useful information to the audience.

For the News jingle, I used the ‘Garage Band’ program to create a techno beat sound for the jingle music. I chose this type of music, as it produced a serious vibe to the jingle. I really liked the music I produced because, simply it sounded like News music, which was ideal! Again I chose to use the bleeping countdown sound effect, which would of been very effective. This highlighted the News jingle very well, because it sounded very similar to the 'BBC News' music.

Due to absence from college, I was unable to even start the Station Ident jingle.

In conclusion with all the work I was able to produce, I thought the jingles music and the sound effects presented the information of the radio show very successfully. This was very effective and interesting in a radio jingle as normally, information of a radio show is informed through speech.