Radio Pronunciation.

 

The standard of pronunciation, enunciation, and articulation required of radio announcers, radio news commentators, and masters of ceremony of radio programs does not tolerate inaccurate, careless, or slovenly diction. Good radio speech must be clear, precise, and correct and must be devoid of provincial and even colloquial pronunciation. The student who aspires to a career in radio cannot begin too early to mend his pronunciation. The first requirement in improving one's pronunciation is an ability to hear the slight variations in enunciation which distinguish the correct from the incorrect pronunciation. The ear must be trained to detect the difference between the correct pronunciation of "catch," which rhymes with "patch," and the incorrect pronunciation, which rhymes with "fetch." The second requirement is an ability to make the same distinction in one's own speech. The organs of speech must be trained to enunciate the difference between the correct pronunciation of "any," which rhymes with "penny," and the incorrect pronunciation, which rhymes with " skinny." Last, the student must acquire the habit of using discriminatingly correct pronunciations in his everyday conversation.