Talk Radio

I listened to two different programs, Neil Mitchell on 3AW and Jon Faine on 774. The two were comparatively similar where they had interesting people who contributed to the purpose of talk back, well selected topic ideas in order for the talk back to last a long time along with the good questions that they had to ask. The topic that Neil Mitchell had seemed more interesting because he was talking to a man who had a near death experience when he was buried in layers of a snow avalanche. Whereas Jon Faine was talking to a professional about when the Swine Flu immunisation will be ready for the public, but it is still in trial for human testing. The two presenters conduct their program very well, where not one bit of the show seems like its dragging on, but feels as though theres always more to know just around the corner. Overall these two hosts along with their shows are great competitors for the morning timeslot.

The AM breakfast shows

I had taken the opportunity to listen to Red Symons on 774 along with Ross Stephenson on 3AW and compared them to Redio National's topic of Microsoft and Yahoo fighting over Google.

First off, i would like to start with Red Symons who was talking about the age limit for people who want to walk around the streets dressed up as Jesus Christ. Red Symons has a habit of talking with very large gaps in between his speech, and this hindered my connection with what he was trying to say. Along with these annoying delays, the issue he was talking about was hardly interesting enough to pull of the amount of time he was talking about it for. The impression that i got from listening to this one segment of his show really did not interest me, and i wanted to stop listening after he gave the listeners his opinion on the issue for the FIRST time. I think the trouble with Red Symons is that his show is based on just him alone, if he was given a trained radio announcer as a partner it would change the shows appearance dramatically.

Ross Stephenson had his partner John and i think that this worked well for the type of breakfast program. In comparison to Red Symons, if i was not a morning person and i had to drive early to work, i would not tune into Red Symons but rather Ross and John. These two have the ability to wake people up with their voices and topic interests.

Radio National however seemed alot more news-fashioned, where the presenters would not have a positioning stance in their voices but rather a neutral one when they were talking about the microsoft and yahoo issue over google. This gives the listeners the ability to decide for themselves the outcome of the issue, sure the presenters can discuss the topic but it is rather seldom or never seen where the presenters set their opinions as right.