Pulling Back the Curtain

This audio piece Pulling Back the Curtain speak on what happens behind the scenes or backstage during radio shows and radio stations like MPR. John Solomon who narrates this piece speaks on how the editing process makes host sound more articulate because you don’t hear them messing up or trying to figure out what to say. Through this editing you don’t hear the on air slip-ups and radio host seem to have perfect transition throughout the whole show. Solomon voices his opinion if the audience would be interested about the editing process. Radio is supposed to be live be what the audience don’t know is that sometimes the host aren’t even at the radio station but rather they are calling in from a different location to do an interview. Also what you hear maybe not going on live but may have been pre taped, and interviews are shorten to get rid of the useless parts. Sound effects are also a huge part editing adds effects like laugher or previously saved sound bites. Solomon explains that a lot of the listeners believe radio to be truthful because of the preconceived notion that it is live and unedited, study’s show that because of the editing process that’s why audience don’t believe television to be truthful. Ultimately you as an audience how do you feel about editing a radio and do you believe you should be told when it’s being used. Or do believe there is the capability of being too much editing going on within the radio and people are assuming that what they hear is what is really going on.