IGNOU AWR-01 - Writing for Radio

1. What are some innovations that have taken place as far as radio is concerned? OR Writing for broadcast is actually writing for the ear. Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer. 2. What does adapting for radio involve? Give a detailed answer OR Define mass communication and explain the role of radio in mass communication. 3. Explain the process involved before scripting news for broadcast. OR Define a commentary and describe its various types. 4. State some general principles and themes of radio programmes for special groups. OR Assess the role of radio in distance education. 5. Write Public Service Announcements on all three of the following: a) Natural disaster b) Exercise your right to vote c) Steps to prevent the corona virus from spreading. 6. Write a radio script for broadcast on any one of the following: a) Importance of yoga in today’s world b) Face-to-face versus on-line teaching 7. Write a radio play based on one of the following: a) Absence makes the heart grow fonder b) A fool and his money are soon parted c) The pen is mightier than the sword Your target listeners are young adults between 16-18 years of age. 8. The following poem has to be taught to students of class 8. Write a script for broadcast over radio, inserting sound effects, music and narration. The Cold Within By James Patrick Kinney Six humans trapped by happenstance In bleak and bitter cold. Each one possessed a stick of wood Or so the story’s told. Their dying fire in need of logs The first man held his back For of the faces round the fire He noticed one was black. The next man looking ‘cross the way Saw one not of his church And couldn’t bring himself to give The fire his stick of birch. The third one sat in tattered clothes. He gave his coat a hitch. Why should his log be put to use To warm the idle rich? The rich man just sat back and thought Of the wealth he had in store And how to keep what he had earned From the lazy shiftless poor. The black man’s face bespoke revenge As the fire passed from his sight. For all he saw in his stick of wood Was a chance to spite the white. The last man of this forlorn group Did nought except for gain. Giving only to those who gave Was how he played the game. Their logs held tight in death’s still hands Was proof of human sin. They didn’t die from the cold without They died from the cold within.

1. What are some innovations that have taken place as far as radio is concerned? OR Writing for broadcast is actually writing for the ear. Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer. 2. What does adapting for radio involve? Give a detailed answer OR Define mass communication and explain the role of radio in mass communication. 3. Explain the process involved before scripting news for broadcast. OR Define a commentary and describe its various types. 4. State some general principles and themes of radio programmes for special groups. OR Assess the role of radio in distance education. 5. Write Public Service Announcements on all three of the following: a) Natural disaster b) Exercise your right to vote c) Steps to prevent the corona virus from spreading. 6. Write a radio script for broadcast on any one of the following: a) Importance of yoga in today’s world b) Face-to-face versus on-line teaching 7. Write a radio play based on one of the following: a) Absence makes the heart grow fonder b) A fool and his money are soon parted c) The pen is mightier than the sword Your target listeners are young adults between 16-18 years of age. 8. The following poem has to be taught to students of class 8. Write a script for broadcast over radio, inserting sound effects, music and narration. The Cold Within By James Patrick Kinney Six humans trapped by happenstance In bleak and bitter cold. Each one possessed a stick of wood Or so the story’s told. Their dying fire in need of logs The first man held his back For of the faces round the fire He noticed one was black. The next man looking ‘cross the way Saw one not of his church And couldn’t bring himself to give The fire his stick of birch. The third one sat in tattered clothes. He gave his coat a hitch. Why should his log be put to use To warm the idle rich? The rich man just sat back and thought Of the wealth he had in store And how to keep what he had earned From the lazy shiftless poor. The black man’s face bespoke revenge As the fire passed from his sight. For all he saw in his stick of wood Was a chance to spite the white. The last man of this forlorn group Did nought except for gain. Giving only to those who gave Was how he played the game. Their logs held tight in death’s still hands Was proof of human sin. They didn’t die from the cold without They died from the cold within.