The Audio Newsletter or News Show combines several or all of the previously discussed styles and makes for a powerful and interesting product.
The audio newsletter is an interesting high power format, but probably requires the most work of all of them. It is produced like a news show with a musical logo intro, and would combine comments from the host of the show, interviews and live recordings. Listen to Internet radio for some ideas.
This could be a good product if you have a market that would support a subscription type service. You could produce a CD or podcast and send it out on a quarterly or bi-monthly basis.
As your subscription list builds, users could send in recordings to be included in the newsletter, or you could do telephone interviews with people, making your job easier and the program more interesting.
A few years ago, the California Historical Radio Society produced a few issues of their newsletter as an audio cassette . It was interesting and well received and often included interviews with some of the pioneers of radio.
Other programs I have produced are newsletters for several corporations which were used to communicate with their sales or field service force. I think that this is an excellent format, and very much underused.
This type of program would require developing a consistent format with a standardized open and close and a somewhat regular format. This style works best with shows that will happen on a regular basis. The standardization of format helps you establish a brand.
