Thomas S Foley TOC NITOC Bid Memorial Forensics Tournament

2021 — NSDA Campus, WA/US

Radio Speaking

Abbreviation RAD
Format Speech
Entry Fee $0.00 (Plus $30/student)
Entry 1 competitors per entry

Event Description:

Time: 5:30-6:00

Time signals: not provided

A radio speech is a prepared event that includes news stories, an original commercial of no fewer than 30 seconds, and a commentary about a subject covered in the news stories. The news stories presented must have taken place 30 days or less, prior to the tournament date. The commentary, which shall be an original editorial, reflecting the opinion of the contestant, should consume 1- 2 minutes of the total speech and be presented last. A hard copy of the original news story, including source citations must be available upon request. Speakers may time themselves, but may not have another person assist with timing. (Open division only.)