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Learning how to operate the Live Studio

Not everyone is able to work live due to time or skills, but if you want a lively, engaging show, Live Radio is fun and flexible and easily achieved, once you know how. There are a handful of key functions for you to learn and practice.

How do I interview someone?

Conducting a good interview is a valuable skill for relaying stories, gaining information and enriching your show and your audience.  Learn how to get the best from your guests.

Laws I must maintain

There are laws applying to the use of all media in Aotearoa/NZ.  If you are in the hot seat you need to know what it is legal to say and play. Planet FM stands for freedom of speech but with it comes responsibility. Getting it wrong can be expensive. Learn about the rules here.

How to record someone away from the studio

Community events, guests on a tight schedule, canvassing community opinion – there are often times when you need to take the mic to the people.  Here’s how to use the remote recorders we provide.

Making a programme for the Internet Only

You can join the global conversation with studio sound and a podcast environment that’s global, local and diverse.

Using RSS to Subscribe to a Show

Clicking on this RSS icon allows you to subscribe to your favourite programmes for free. Each new edition of a programme can appear on your computer ready for download and listening each time a new show is broadcast.  Discover how and follow links to some services.

Download a Planet FM logo

For posters, flyers, events, links for your show, email signatures – you can download a Planet logo.

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Laws I must maintain

Access Community Radio Ak Inc contracts with users of the facility that they will uphold the laws of New Zealand and will abide by the rules of the Broadcasting Standards Association.  Our mantra is that you use your airtime as a tool not a weapon. 

The BSA has detailed information on their website on the Radio Code and about How to Complain.

BSA info - http://bsa.govt.nz/

Broadcasting Code - https://www.bsa.govt.nz/broadcasting-standards/broadcasting-code-book-2022  

Copies of the code are available in several languages as well as English, including te reo Māori, gagana Sāmoa, Hindi, Punjabi and Korean.

 

The laws of NZ which should be best understood by community broadcasters are those applying to defamation:

PDF - Defamation 101 

PDF  - DEFAMATION – A Lawyer’s Workshop

What is Delay?

Delay is a set of buttons used in live talkback settings and allows the host to drop the call before it becomes legally dangerous.  When you join Planet FM as a broadcaster you’ll be asked about your intentions for the use of talkback and advised on how to apply it.

          

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