Making the Radio 1 Breakfast Show

What are the different responsibilities of presenters and producers?
Need to ensure they ask the best possible questions to the person they are interviewing to interest the audience, being entertaining. Producers need to make sure tasks or games suit the person. Guests need to be briefed, radio callers need to be spoken to so they knwo what todo. Everyone on the show needs to be told not to swear, mention certain brands etc.


What preperation goes into each programme?
The day before is usually when they decide the routine for the show, e.g. questions they'll ask the person being interviewed and timings. The timings are flexible so they are able to change what they speak about, meaning that they can speak about more recent interesting things if something new breaks. Due to the target audience and people who are being interviewed, they do not need to spend alot of time in creating long in depth questions, instead they need to ensure that the 10 questions they ask, are the best questions they can ask. Constant preperation through their Whatsapp group chat about up coming news. Every morning when the producers come in they need to check social media and news sites to check that they are going to cover everything that needs covering.


Whats most challenging and most enjoyable about working on the show?
Enjoyable- working together as a team, as a 'disfunctional family'. Also finding things that you find funny that could be spoken about on the radio. Being able to play new music, be informative creating a good show. Being able to chose who the people who come on so that they can interview them.
Challenging- meeting the stats and figures of listeners etc. Having difficult guests, e.g. boring with closed answers.


What are the team dynamics like?
The team have to work close together and communicate alot in order for everyone to create the best show for the millions of listeners. Working in a small studio working close together, so everyone has to know what eachother are like (likes and dislikes). Producers ask each other questions to learn new things and new ideas. New producers makes people want to learn new things, in order to make the show better. Music team so that the same music isn't repeated.


How can you break into radio?
Go to your local radio station to get used to how it all works, and to get used to the environment. Contacting people in the radio industry directly, asking for experience without caring about rejection. Taking part in student radio, to get used to it and it can also promote you so that you meet other people who are in the radio industry to give you chances and to allow you to get experience in a range of things.