1. Radio Trails Analysis
Trail for
(station/channel)
BBc 5 live weekend schedule
Target audience  Sports fans
 Football fans
 Regular listeners to BBC five live
Tone of voice?  Sounds like someone is live talking to the public
 Has a calm voice for listeners
 Includes live public speaking from a question point of view
Sound effects?
(SFX)
 Slight noise in background to give it a upbeat type show makes a bit of
comedy to invite the audience to listen.
 Music in background to keep the trail flowing
Wildtrack/ambient
sound?
 None
Use of music?  Music in background creates an upbeat show makes the audience flow
with the trail and fills up space where there are blank spaces.
How many tracks?  There is a couple of tracks being used at once with the main
commentator and public and the music in background.
Sound levels?  The sound level is consistent all the way through and doesn’t change.
Length?  30 -35 seconds
Other notes/common
elements/conventions