The radio listener is even closer. Probably in a car. One of the secrets of broadcast interviews is to keep that audience in mind. Radio and television are very intimate. The zoom lens on a camera invades your zone of privacy, moving even closer than a person would, to focus on a drop of sweat, the flared nostrils, the gritted teeth.
Radio s microphone puts the person speaking at our shoulder.
Sometimes, it whispers in our ear. In the best radio and TV interviews, the people talking seem unaware that we are eavesdropping. To prepare for a radio or TV interview, change your mind-set so you re talking to that small, intimate audience. It may help you to think of a real living room, and real people. In your mind, think of the reporter as someone else, and that may help.