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Minotaur Invitational

Abbreviation RadJr

Format Speech

Entry Fee $7.00

Entry Limit Per School 6

Entry 2 competitors per entry

Radio Broadcasting for Middle School. Duo event by request

RADIO BROADCASTING JUDGE INSTRUCTIONS

ï‚· Contestants will prep a half-hour before the event – just like Extemp.

ï‚· They will come into the room one at a time – again, like Extemp.

ï‚· Contestants are allowed to use all the notes and papers they wish. This is not a

memorized event.

ï‚· When the contestant team enters the room, hand them the stopwatch provided by the

ballot table. They will time themselves. You also need to time them.

ï‚· The judge must sit with their back to the contestant.

ï‚· You both start your timers.

ï‚· The contestant team will present a five minute radio broadcast. It should be judged as if

you were listening to the radio news. They will have been given instructions on the

contents of the broadcast such as types of news to use, sports, weather, etc.

ï‚· The broadcast must finish at five minutes: no more, no less. That is the skill of

the radio broadcaster!

ï‚· The contestant team is responsible for reformatting newswire, internet and newspaper stories

into broadcast ready copy. There is a skill to this.

(Hat tip: Tracy Weaver)