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Diversity of Journalisms. Proceedings of ECREA/CICOM Conference, Pamplona, 4-5 July 2011
Papers
News Continuity in On-Air and Online Broadcasts on General-
Interest Radio Stations in Spain: Analyzing the Three Main
Midday News Stories in the 2008–2009 and 2009–2010 Seasons
Avelino Amoedo, María del Pilar Martínez-Costa, Elsa Moreno
University of Navarra, Spain
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the evolving status of the three main news
stories in the on-air and online broadcasts of general-interest radio stations in Spain
(SER, COPE, Onda Cero, Punto Radio and Radio Nacional) between 12:00 and 14:00
(the hourly new bulletins at 12:00, 13:00 and 14:00) during the 2008–2009 and 2009–
2010 broadcasting seasons. The websites were monitored in several time-periods, and
contents were analyzed in terms of news information and narrative development.
Hence, the synergies and divergences in editorial criteria across both platforms,
whereby news headlines and stories are selected, may be deduced, and the
informational role of general-interest radio redefined in the context of digital
convergence.
Keywords: radio journalism, on-air and online broadcasting, radio news, news
continuity, general-interest radio on the internet, talk-radio in Spain, radio newscasts
Introduction
Given the need to render the production and narration of daily and hourly news and
current affairs contents compatible, the informational status of both on-air and online
general-interest radio broadcasting has changed in the context of digital convergence.
As the catalyst of digital development, the internet may enable radio to ensure
information is updated, enrich news broadcasting, and facilitate the provision of more
personalized contents, as well as prompting further dialogue with specific listenerships
that have a particular interest in the distinctive way in which news is narrated and
analyzed on radio.
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