Thinking of doing a radio show on video games for my college.
By ravensword 14 Comments
Im currently in the Broadcasting courses of college and my teacher suggested I joined our colleges internet radio station. But the thing is, im planning on filling a gap no one has done yet, targeting the video game fan part of the listenership. But im not entirely sure how to strutcture it. More then likely itll be just me, because I think I would have trouble finding someone in my college that cares enough about games as I do or knows the current news. I dont want it to be a bunch of "oh, I didnt know that" "Yeah, I pretty much only play COD 4" or some bullshit like that comign from him. I would like someone who played alot of stuff and have it be new and be up to date on stuff going on in the industry, like we I do.
Im not really sure how a one man Video Game related show would be contructed. Obviously itll be news orientated, but I was thinking maybe something like a Podcast Structure.
In the beginning, maybe have a news segment, then a what youve been playing segment, Maybe a Topic of the week, if I can think of one for each show, and I also planned on in the beginning for the intro choosing a different video game song for the intro song. I always wanted a podcast to be like that and I thought id be cool. then, if time permits, maybe single out a single song to be the closer and try to introduce everyone to some great music that way. Or do you think I shoudl jsut stick with some kind of intro song? The thing is about a single man show like this is their is a risk of sounding like a pompous douche if im just talking about what ive been palying and stuff like that.
this is of course assuming the show is a once a week thing. If its like twice a week, then things get complicated. unless I split the news between two shows during the week, im going to run into content problems. So, if they permit, if it is a 2 a week thing, maybe have one day be the news/info day and the other day be a Music day, where I play a assortment of game music to try and educate the listeners on the great music that come out of our medium. And, im going to have trouble if the show is during the middle of the week, as their is usualy a reason podcasts that are like this are on fridays because thats when the news flow usualy ends for the week.
Now, I would like your take on two variables.
If it is a Once a week show, what would YOU look for in a show like that if you were a listener? Do you think my idea for a one a week show seem good?
If it was a 2 a week show, what would YOU like to have out of that if you were a listener? Do you think my Idea might be good?
I would appreciate the feedback from gamers like you to help me make this the best it can be, even if you might not listen to it, your feeback is still much appreciated adn needed.
This is something im very excited about.