New Program proposals

WNSR students:

If your production efforts are going to center on a regular program, we ask that you fill out the following form and email it to newschoolradio at gmail.com.

The form resides here.  It's a MS-Word document.

Not only is it helpful for our programming department, but it's also a really good exercise for you as you forge your plans and try to set some production goals.

Good luck!

- JB

Mercury Theatre Revisited

NAME: Jonny Betz

CONTACT INFORMATION: 718 909 9104, betzj804@newschool.edu

CLASS: WNSR Radio Lab

TITLE: MERCURY THEATRE REVISTED

HOST(S): Someone experienced

GENRE: Feature

LENGTH: 1 hour

FREQUENCY: Weekly

TOTAL NUMBER OF SHOWS: 12

PITCH:

MERCURY THEATRE REVISITED is a weekly feature that celebrates the tradition of on-air storytelling.  Members within the New School community will have their stories presented by a small cast and be followed by an interview of the author.  Amidst the popularity of television, this program would promote the potential of radio as being a source of non-music based entertainment. 

THE SHOW:

In the span of 1 hour, MERCURY THEATRE REVISITED will present one stories, written and edited by New School students and faculty.  Inspired by Orson Welle’s MERCURY THEATRE, we are dedicated to enthralling and capturing the minds of our listener through the medium of radio.  The program will bring drama, mystery, suspense, comedy, and science fiction/fantasy specifically written for the radio or student adaptations of classic stories, restructured as radio-ready narrative. A small and consistent cast of six actors plus a host will present the stories.  This simple casting arrangement allows the listener to get to become familiar with the recurrent cast and at the same time give breadth for the listener’s own imagination of the characters and their interactions within the story.  With the accompaniment of music and live sound effects, MERCURY THEATRE REVISITED will offer an authentic audio-sensory experience.  Following the story the author will be interviewed, elaborating on the writing-process and inspirations of the story, as well as further insight on the author their self.

NEW MERCURY THEATRE will invite you to the subtler worlds outside the visual realm and the deeper galaxies of the imagination.

TIME CLOCK

:00 Opening theme (written by NS student)

:30 Introduction of story and author

2:00 Story

27:00 Intermission/Introduce cast

30:00 Story

45:00 Author Interview

55:00 Closing and upcoming features

59:30 Closing theme

TARGET AUDIENCE:

NEW MERCURY THEATRE is a program aimed for students and faculty within the New School Community.  Though we hope to reach a broader fan base by affiliating with public radio programs not only to promote the program but the works of the author’s.

STAFFING REQUIREMENTS:

·      One or two Engineers to record show and prerecord music track

·      6 voice actors (three male and three female) to perform stories weekly

·      A host to introduce stories and interview author

·      A music composer to write short pieces for each show (this roster is rotational)

·      One “props” master to perform live sound effects on the set

My Show Outline.

Hosts: Dalia Vann, D.V. Caputo

Contact Information: daliavann@yahoo.com, alphacomp@nyc.rr.com (respectively)

Class: WNSR Radio Lab

Title: We're not sure yet(potential title: "D.V.D.V.?").

Duration: O2 Weekly, O1 Hour

Synopsis: An electronic and experimental music DJ set and advice column(and/or monologue set), this
show will focus on both the old and the new; the analog and the digital of electronic music. We will play everything from early Futurist noisemaker recordings to the latest in Minimal Techno and French House. Another major element of this show will be a feature on sexuality, in addition to a weekly column answering questions e-mailed by New School students from all walks of life. This may be changed into a monologue intertwined with the DJ set itself.

Hello - Proposal for "Soap Box"

I've always liked that term - I have heard the words "Oh! So you're on your soap box now, are you?" many, many times in the context of my grandparents bickering... and I'd like to put the phrase in a more positive light :)

Name - Kaitlin Sansoucie
Contact - OnSoapBox@gmail.com
Class - On Air: New School Radio
Show Title - "On Soap Box"
Host - Kaitlin
Genre - Talk show
Length - 45 minutes to 1 hour
Frequency - Weekly
# of shows - I'd like to go through summer

Pitch: Each week I'll look over submissions and get a topic and interviewees ready for a discussion. That's the basic format. The topics can vary greatly, but I will generally have people of diverse backgrounds talking about subjects closely related to them, or their area of interest/study. Example - A couple of members from the Feminist group MOXIE, who are not from the US, talking about the difference between various displays of female sexuality here in the US and in their countries - how it affects them (and the many, many layers that can be uncovered within that topic). If the response was overwhelming for that show, I might manipulate the topic, give it a new spin, by having some guys talk about the same things on the next show, and in response to that show I would twist the responses of the 3rd show to fit another area of the topic and go from there on. That is the basic idea of how I plan on building my show, and I feel as though it's a necessary approach to take in this case, because I want to really bring out opinions, and actually give people a chance to explore them, and so everything should branch off as a long, long discussion in a class room might if there were ever time (and... all the long sentences show I'm capable of this). If people are interested in the twists and turns, they'll be back, and it'll be fun.

Staffing requirements - I need people: technically minded people who can work Pro Tools and any necessary equipment, or at least feel as though they can figure it out. If you've got the time, there's no steady commitment at this point, but if I had some people you could work on the stuff biweekly as you're able.

* Creative designer Ninze is working on a poster that will be sent out in a mass email advertising a need for submissions for interested guests/listeners with ideas. That is just to get things in line for upcoming weeks, the interview for next week should be done by the end of this week. More to come...

Some modest proposals

Thanks to Richard and Terik for the great template for my proposals!

NAME: Trevor Hagstrom

CONTACT INFORMATION: 347-232-7430

CLASS: WNSR Radio Lab

TITLE: The Electric Easy Chair

HOST(S): Dj Dilly Dally

GENRE: Music and Talk

LENGTH: 1 hour

FREQUENCY: Bi-weekly

TOTAL NUMBER OF SHOWS: 5-6

PITCH:

The Electric Easy Chair is tongue-in-cheek Dj set that explores "psychedelic" music, specifically rare or hard to find B-sides from 60's and 70's psychedelic rock gods ( King Crimson, 13th Floor Elevators, The Move, etc). The fictional host will provide background on the artists with an informed, but chilled-out perspective. Buddy Love, a Baba Booey esque co-host will provide occasional commentary. Every set will have a guest who will chose a song and be interviewed. Every set will have a different theme. The first two (to be recorded next week) will be a pilot show and an election special. Further shows will explore topics such as Regaee, Junk Food, Cops, Music Festivals or Lucid Dreams.

TIME CLOCK: Pilot

00: Intro (Black Sabbath's Sweet Leaf) with intro music

1:00 Breif show overview and some goofing off

2:00 Introduce first artist and play first song

7:00 DjDD (Dj Dilly Dally) and Buddy Love discuss the spirit of psychedlia and the descrepancy between dictionary definitions and public understanding of the word "psychedelic."

10:00: Next song introduced and played

15:00 DjDD discusses Cheech N Chong reuion, poses question how old is to old to be a burnout. DjDD(Dj Dilly Dally) and BL (Buddy Love) discuss.

20:00 Next Song played and introduced

27:00 DjDD's weekly Audio Collage introduces weekly feature/interview.

30:00 NSSR pychology professor helps us understand what causes a freak out or bad trip.

40:00 Guest Choice of Song

44:00 DjDD and BL discuss feature, apply it to recent experiences.

47:00 Song introduced and played.

52: Goofing off

53: Song introduced and played.

58: Outro song played under final thoughts.

Who is the audience for the show?

Ideally the show will be funny enough to entertain those not interested in psychedelic music, but for those who are... it's an our of escapism into a better time with talk relevant to today.

STAFFING REQUIREMENTS: I got this one covered.

NAME: Trevor Hagstrom

CONTACT INFORMATION: 347-232-7430; hagst431@newschool.edu

CLASS: WNSR Radio Lab

TITLE: New School Weekly News

HOST(S): Jeffery??? I dunno.

GENRE: News

LENGTH: 1 hour

FREQUENCY: Weekly (maybe bi-weekly)

TOTAL NUMBER OF SHOWS: 6-12

PITCH:

A weekly news show that broadcasts reports of events that effect New School Students. Our reporters will cover events at the school (shake-ups, construction, new staff, guest lecturers etc) and report on larger scale events that effect students (financial aid legislation, local arts and entertainment, oppourtunties to showcase work). We will work with The New School Free Press to make our lives easier and to breathe new life into their stories, giving them a wider audience as journalists.

TIME CLOCK:

Can't do this until we have our stories assigned next week, will repost.

Who is the audience for the show?

New School students, staff and alumni, who want fresh news without having to read anything.

STAFFING REQUIREMENTS: We could use some more help guys, so if you have any spare time, don't have a show idea, or just want to help email one of us and get on the thread, or jump on one of the leads I post onto the blog.

WNSR News Breifs 9/19- 9/27

I will post some news stories every week here, on this blog that the fledgling news team (Jeffery, Anthony, Angela and myself) have dug up and might ad to our program. Feel free to comment if you want to cover them, amend this, or just comment.

Next week we are going to try to cover....

1. A story on John Turturro, who has just been designated as The New School for drama's resident artist.

2. Goings on at the jazz school

3. The satirical group "the yes men" are planning something new. In case you have never heard of the Yes Men, they were the subject of a documentary. The group impersonates spokesmen for major corporations and government departments, but poke fun at these instiutions. They have appeared on national television several times posing as representatives from Dow chemical, McDonalds, the Housing and Urban Development Department and so on. I think it would be interesting to cover their latest scheme while it happens.

4. Election news. I think we can do a man on the street type of feature talking to New School Students.

5. New School U expects to present six honorary degrees at the May 2009 commencement in areas such as arts, design, journalism, public life and government. We can do a story polling students on this. Do students have any ideas on this? Who are some of the past recipients?


6. On Thursday, Sept 25th the New School Center of New York City Affairs will host a panel discussing the immigrant vote. There will be various speakers. We can cover.

7. The newly elected Maoist leader of Nepal will be speaking at The Newschool, should be the top story it's not until the 26th, but we have to make sure one of us are there. I have contacted promotions about recording it and they said, they'd get back to me. Who ever does it will have to cut out of class a bit early.

8. Also our President will be speaking with the reporter for the Supreme Court next Tuesday, Linda Greenhouse should be a good one. Already got a go ahead from promotions to record this.

9. We still have to pin down this situation with 2 new deans and a new provost. Either try to get interviews with some of them, or some student perspectives (or both).

10. Media Studies Video show coming up on Friday the 26th as well. Perhaps interview a filmmaker before hand and then be present for some more reporting.

Sample Proposals for Shows - Due Friday

This is a skeleton of a proposal as constructed by Terkik King and myself. This should allow you to not stress about the assignment, as well as flesh out your ideas.

NAME: Richard Boggs

CONTACT INFORMATION: 573-795-2315, BOGGR010@NEWSCHOOL.EDU

CLASS: WNSR Radio Lab

TITLE: Deep Cuts

HOST(S): Richard Boggs

GENRE: Music (As opposed to News and Features)

LENGTH: 1 hour

FREQUENCY: Weekly (As opposed to Daily, Bi-weekly, or once a Semester)

TOTAL NUMBER OF SHOWS: 12 (As opposed to 30 for a full year.)

PITCH: (A short two to three sentence explanation of your show)

As a rotating weekly theme show, DEEP CUTS focuses on a new classic band each show, educating and entertaining listeners with the essential studio tracks, live recordings, rare demos, and b-sides of popular and important modern musical groups and artists. Join host Richard Boggs for a weekly musical journey though the history of THE BEETLES, NIRVANA, RADIOHEAD, and others!

THE SHOW: (A longer Explanation of the show)

DEEP CUTS is an hour long journey the history of your favorite bands. Intercutting essential tracks, news clips, interviews, facts and little known trivia, it is a show for both the less informed as well as the die-hard listeners. Each week will feature a new band, each important in their own way to modern musical history. Host Richard Boggs invites record store owners for interviews regarding their favorite band, if they happen to be the topic of the show. These guests will provide additional facts, figures, and trivia as well as entertaining anecdotes about the band, and their reception with the musical community. Dispersed throughout the hour length will be classic interviews recorded throughout time, revealing the character of band members, as well as important stopping points in history for the bands. Rare live recordings will be played as well as unique and less known cuts.

DEEP CUTS is a journey through the known and unknown; will educate and entertain; will have you listening every week.

TIME CLOCK: (Lay out in some detail, how time will be spent in the normal show with the allotted time you have described)

:00 DEEP CUTS intro

:30 Band introduction

1:00 Musical Set

7:00 Band origins

10:00 Interview

15:00 Live Musical Set

25:00 Guest Interview

35:00 Musical Set

45:00 Facts, Figures, and Impact

50:00 Musical Set

57:00 Final Words, Next Week’s Band

58:00 Last Song

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Who is the audience for the show? (Describe either in terms of “type of listener” or demographic group)

*Obviously the intended audience for the whole station is The New School, all it’s colleges and their attendant students, faculty and staff, and while every show is intended to appeal to as wide an audience (beyond The New School) as possible, it’s not a bad idea to get the show producer thinking about target audience since that seems to be a relevant question to whatever project in whatever medium we’re dealing with.

STAFFING REQUIREMENTS:

Can you produce the show entirely on your own, or do you need outside help to either engineer, host, or edit the show?

Some questions to ponder while preparing your show proposal:

1. Do you have any pertinent background/experience in (a) radio broadcasting and/or (b) public speaking/performing or (c) an area of experience or expertise that you can draw upon to enhance the show?

2. What are the priorities, purposes, and goals of this program?

3. What type(s) of music would you like to play?

4. What resources will you draw on to help you prepare for your program (artist info, interviews, music research)?

In the case of interview- or talk-driven shows:

5. What topic(s) are you intending to explore?

6. Talk radio shows require variety to be interesting. This means that you will need to include voices other than your own. How will you accomplish this with: (be specific)

Research?

Differing Opinions?

Guests and Interviews?

7. A quality radio program can require a lot of preparation time. How much time per week will you be able to spend preparing for your show?

8. From the point of view of someone in the audience you have described, please explain what they will like about your show and why they will tune in regularly?

9. When considering the time clock, consider how will you provide variety in the flow and pacing of your show?

26. If your show is modeled on, or inspired by another radio show, please describe that show and explain what you like about it.

27. For promotional purposes, describe your program in one imaginative sentence.

I hope this helps you prepare your proposal, as well as flesh out ideas you may have had or are heading toward.

tk and rb