[FFCF-PNA] Revised Evaluation Form

Stanley Poss olpossumus at yahoo.com
Fri Feb 25 12:20:50 PST 2005


                Evaluation

Program      Programmer/Host          Date/Time

ENTERTAINMENT

Interesting?
Enjoyable?
Different from commercial radio shows?
Organized, with smooth and timely identification of
show, content, people, and station?
Would you want to hear the whole show if you weren't
evaluating?

INTERVIEW

HOST

Ready with good questions?
Prvented guest from highjacking show?
Well informed?
Willing to let guest talk?
Drops everything to take a phone call?
Able to direct the discussion if it becomes tedious or
inappropriate?
Identifies guest often, identifies show and host
often?
Possesses more than adequate oratorical skills if
reading long passages?

GUEST

Well informed?
Interesting?
Enthusiastic or deeply involved?
Unlikely to be heard on commercial media?
Possess more than adequate oratorical skills if
reading long passages?
Are guests from outside the station?

CALL-INS

Handled courteously
Kept on subject?
Prevented from taking over show?
Well-timed?  Doesn't interrupt flow of show?


OPINION

Does the opoinion or point of view represent anyone
besides the speaker?
Is this opinion or point of view not readily available
through the mass media?
Is the opinion supported by any facts or evidence 
presented )or made available by clear references) or
by any special personal knowledge or experience of the
speaker? 



INFORMATION

Interesting?
Important?
Local relevance? 
Reality based?  )sources and/or followup information
provided?)
Contact and action followup information given if
appropriate?

PROBLEMS (if any)

Poor technical quality:  volume, clarity, loss of
signal, other
Dead air or silence
Appropriateness of music?
Unprofessional on-air sounds (Uh, um, "you know",
nervous laughter) (Host only, not guest)
Forgetting what just happened or what comes next
Not ready with interview questions
Not iidentifying show, speaker, and topic often enough
for late-tuned-in listeners
Failing to identify music played
Poor in-and-out transitions
Very infrequent station identification
FCC regulation violations
Disguised commercial plug (OK to promote original
creative material:  books, music, and poetry/spoken
word recording or performance or in print, art, etc.)
Failure to fund-raise during marathon
Appropriate participation of Board Op
Other


MISCELLANEOUS

Who is the show for?
What did you like?
Not like?
What changes would you recommend?
Other comments


PROGRAM SELF-CRITIQUE

As part of the evalution process for new and existing
show, programmers should be required to listen to a
recording of their own shows and to fill out an
evaluation form





		
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