TRT RADIO PRODUCERS EVALUATIONS ON PUBLIC RADIO BROADCASTING AND COMMERCIAL RADIO BROADCASTING IN TURKEY

This study evaluated trt radio producers’ point of view about today’s popular radio broadcasting and classical radio broadcasting as a trt tradition. to reach this aim a questionnaire which contained 22 questions, was applied in january – may 2007 to 66 trt culture and education program producers who are appointed at trt istanbul, ankara, izmir and abroad broadcasting. in according to this aim questions about how much public radio producers adopt to public responsibility senses, how they were evaluate entrance examination and education aimed course programs which are discriminative characteristics of public communication organizations and their thoughts about actual-popular and classical radio broadcasting asked them. their thoughts about how much current public radio broadcasting can reach its audience in this intensive communication environment were also investigated. it’s tried to understand if public radio producers are living a motivation lack or not. it is obviously understood that radio producers of our countries public radio and television organization trt, are not compromise public responsibility apprehension. according to 60 % of producers are given education is sufficient, and expert – apprentice relationship is useful. another finding shows that the decreases in listening ratings are creating motivation lack. producers mentioned that, they are not optimistic about how much trt can perform its functions and how much trt can take most important advantages of radio.