It is not journalistic or investigative in the approach of current affairs, but uses the tools and techniques of contemporary cultural criticism. These programs are generally production-intensive and make use of elements which include actuality, music, sound environments, performance and script. Radio-eye also collaborates with composers, performers, artists and institutions in a variety of projects including sound installations and multimedia. It is a major user of freelance program-makers who work through a commissioning process. The Radio-eye program consists of a feature or documentary of at least 30 minutes.
Some items extend to the full duration of the program.
In addition Radio-eye generates a range of other material which may extend or contrast with the themes of the 'main' feature. These items include interviews, fictions, small features, audio 'postcards', monologues and performance. These may be as short as two minutes in length. This is currently the 'flagship' timeslot for the program reaching an average of some 40,000 listeners. The program has a separate Sunday night slot from 8.30 - 9pm, a time for more experimental pieces and acoustic art.