Typical news programs use very different language than WTNV. The language is extremely concise and professional as so to convey the important events quickly and clearly; the difference is because the shortened professional diction is inconvenient for storytelling, and loses the moods and emotions that the podcast relies on. The following is an excerpt from a transcript from 1010 WINS, a New York based radio news station:
The small plane that carried New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle to his death flew one of the city 's most popular routes for sightseeing pilots, a largely unmonitored corridor that some lawmakers have tried to close for years because of safety and security concerns. Many of those officials expressed shock Thursday that small aircraft are still allowed to fly so close to the skyline in a post-Sept. 11 era. (Maloney)
What is given is a summary of the event, and while it is very informative, it is also very dull. No emotional content is given, and the audience has a significant distance from the person speaking; the narrator could be anyone at all, and the report would change very little, or not change at all. Although the transcripts do not show this as obviously, the voice of the speaker is very monotonous, without accompanying music. In contrast, an except from WTNV episode 38 “Orange Grove” is much different.
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– said his winter orange crop is outstanding this year. He said there are oranges everywhere! Delicious clementines, juicy Valencias, rich navels, and bold blood oranges. John said there are so many oranges, “a real bumper crop,” he said. “A real orange-tacular,” he did not say. “A real orange-a-thon,” he never would have said. “A real orange-ocalypse,” he may have thought, but kept to himself. John, speaking to a pack of local reporters, and backed by a group of farmers wearing black double-breasted suits and red silk ties, said this is the dawning of a new citrus economy in Night