Styles of Radio News

The Styles of Radio News are:

Related to Audience
This term means when the news is relative to a particular group.

For example, 'University staff to strike over pay'. This is relevant to staff who work at Universities and the students that would be attending. The language used in this broadcast will be quite formal and political. This news would possibly be heard on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2 or Key 103.
http://www.key103.co.uk/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2

Public Service
Often called public service announcements, these are clips played to inform the general public of something.

For example, 'An incident on the railway near Salford Cresent has caused delays for passengers.' This is relevant to people travelling via train, possibly allowing them to arrange alternative travel to work for example. The language used will be formal and precise, as it is intended to inform the listeners. This could be aired on a regional radio station such as BBC North West or Key 103, or smaller local radio stations such as Salford City Radio, depending on how widespread the delays are.
http://www.key103.co.uk/
http://www.salfordcityradio.org/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/england/

Commercial
Commercial news is a privately funded news organisation, as apposed to publicly funded ones like the BBC. Sky News is an example of this, as it gains funding by showing advertisements during breaks.

 Example of this will be, 'Grand Theft Auto 5 is the largest selling entertainment product of all time, totalling $1 billion in sales in only 3 days'. This type of broadcast will be aimed at teenagers or young adults ages 15-25, which is the majority of people who would play this game. The language used will be informative but less formal than a national news programme, possibly using slang. This broadcast may appear on online radio stations such as FragRadio, as this kind of news requires an audience that is interested in games.
http://www.fragradio.co.uk/

Community
The content of community style news radio is similar to those of public and commercial news. However, it is usually aimed a specific audience that might have a communal interest in certain topics. As a result of the narrower audiences, community radio stations are rarely funded by commercial organisations.

An example, 'Cliftion train station to stay open, following protest by local residents'. This is aimed at only people in Clifton as people outside the area might not frequently use this train station. The language used may be formal, including quotes or voice clips of the protesters. This would appear on a local radio station such as Salford City Radio.
http://www.salfordcityradio.org/

Small-Scale
Small-scale news would generally be referring to news that is targeted towards a much small audience, for example, Salford City Radio is for the Salford area only, subsequently this would be seen as small scale audience. The station would focus a lot of their news coverage on events and facts that effected the Salford area only.

Example of the small-scale, 'Eccles couple guilty of trafficking servant girl'. This case has recently gone to court and will be of particular interest to the people who are local to Salford and this is where it is claimed the girl was kept. The language used will use a lot of quotes form the people involved in the trial and voice clips from lawyers involved in the case, as well as the reporters who are presiding at the case. The Radio stations covering it would be Salford City Radio and BBC Radio Manchester.
http://www.salfordcityradio.org/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radiomanchester

Local
A local news broadcast is only available to small areas, towns and villages. The content is usually only relevant to people in these areas, for example a robbery in Salford may not be talked on national news. However, if Salford has a local radio station, then it's likely it would feature on there.

For example, 'Man arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in Weaste' The target audience is the residents Salford, as people like to know when serious crimes happen in their area, so they can be more aware of possible dangers. The language used will be formal and serious due to the nature of the crime. This could be aired on local radio stations such as Salford City Radio.
http://www.salfordcityradio.org/

Regional
Regional news is related to a region for example, North West Tonight. It will cover events that have a local theme which would not normally be of interest to other localities or of a national scope.

For example, 'Great North swimmers complete River Tyne challenge'. This would only be broadcast in the North-West region. The target audience will be people interested in swimming or sport in general, that live in the North-West. The language used may be formal but with a lighthearted tone. This would be broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live or BBC North-West, probably during the sports segment of the news programmes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/5live
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/england/

National
National news is related to news that affects the whole country, that would be of interests to the whole country. It is news that generally covers major events, for example, politics, major crime or major accidents.

Example of this, 'Madeleine McCann: New leads spark Met formal inquiry'. This can broadcast in the whole UK. This is aimed at the general public as the Madeleine McCann story has been developing on national news for many years and during this time has captured national interest. Also there is no specific demographic as in a lot of reports of Madeleine McCann have contained appeals for knowledge from anyone. The language used will be formal and serious. This could aired on national radio stations such as BBC World Service Radio or BBC Radio 4.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/

Internet, Satellite and Cable
This type of news would have thousands of different sources and links from around the world and taken from the net. The audience would be wide and varied as the coverage would have to appeal to all audiences in order to satisfy the millions of people that would be listening to their news.

An example of typical headline might be 'Later we have Noel Gallagher to talk to us about his latest album and upcoming tour.' This is aimed at a wide range of people as very popular musicians tend to have large fan bases. The language used will be chatty and informal as the show is for entertainment purposes. Examples of this kind of radio station are Live365 and LA Talk Radio.
http://www.live365.com/new/index.live
http://www.latalkradio.com/