LO3: Production of the script

The script we have written is for a football talk show aimed at 26-40-year-old football fans who seek an intelligent debate on the footballing world. The show features sections devoted to Saturday's results, upcoming fixtures and the latest transfer rumours. The script was written by both myself and Josh. I wrote the introduction, the "today's results" section and the national news section. Josh wrote the "transfer rumours" section and the outro. 

The ordering of the show will feel familiar to the audience as it follows a similar schedule to other popular talk/sports radio shows. This gives the listeners a comfortable reassurance as it follows the codes and conventions of its genre. The sections of our programme are divided by music and advertisements that are aimed specifically at the target demographic for Onside FM. This is a crucial convention of this genre of radio broadcast that must be met as if it is not followed it may make listeners feel that Onside FM has not been created to a professional standard which may make them decide not to listen

As I previously mentioned, Onside FM is aimed at football fans between the ages of 26 and 40. They are likely to be from the C2DE categories of the NRS social scale as football is traditionally seen as a working-class sport. The audience is likely to be mostly men, as traditionally, football was seen as a sport for men. Despite this our show will cater to both genders as in a modern society such as ours, we should aim to be as inclusive as possible; especially where football is involved as the female side of the game has grown rapidly in recent years. We chose this target audience because we wanted Onside FM to feature a more refined discussion about football compared to its competitors. We felt that people younger than our assigned target demographic wouldn't be able to relate to our style of broadcasting.

The show features sections devoted to News, Sport and a large discussion section which gauges the listener's opinions on topics that are likely to be of interest to them such as global transfer rumours.  

The script was written by both myself and Josh I wrote the first half of the script (Introduction, Today's Results and National News) and Josh wrote the second half (Transfer Rumours, Outro)

The writing in the script is meant to align with the different codes and conventions of the sections for which they compare to. This means that the Transfer rumours discussion section is written in an informal manner, meaning that it gives the impression of the hosts talking to each other in a peer to peer fashion. This relatable tone makes the audience feel more included in the conversation and therefore more likely to join in the discussion online by using the Onside FM Twitter handle (@OnsideFM or #OFMTransfers to get involved with the transfer rumours discussion).