Radio plays can transport listeners to far away exotic settings but the BBC’s prototype Perceptive Radio aims to give listeners a more localized experience. Shown to the public recently at the ...

Paul Ashton blogs about the latest Script Room radio drama submissions and what the readers have noticed from the scripts. So the readers made a move from comedy to radio drama. ( there’s only so much ...

So the readers made a move from comedy to radio drama. ( there’s only so much hilarity you can take in one big chunk.) And we were lucky again (twice in a week, spooky) to have a hugely experienced ...

How exciting that you're venturing into writing a radio or television commercial. Writing for broadcast media is significantly different from writing a print or digital ad. For the first time, you're ...

To script or not to script? This is a question I'm often asking myself. Depending on what my project is and who I'm working with I'll either work directly in my tape or I'll have my tape transcribed ...

Deciding which format to use will be determined by the type of script you are writing. Formats are dictated by technology, and there are good reasons for using them. A correctly formatted script makes ...

Five days a week, from dawn to dusk, U. S. radio networks carry some 60 serials. Designed to provide U. S. housewives with aural escapism, they account for about half of all radio time sales. They are ...

When you own or manage a business, advertising and marketing play a key role in your bottom line. That's why creating strategic, thoughtful copy for your radio ads is important to actually reaching ...

British radio, like a British weekend, is casual, slow-paced and elastic. If the script calls for a minute of silence or three hours of steady bagpiping, the BBC’s Third Program* (TIME, Nov. 4) is ...

Presenting your work appropriately suggests a professional approach and an understanding of the medium and format for which you are writing Deciding which format to use will be determined by the type ...