Speech Acts As Evidence in Bottom Line and General Issues in Voice 89.9fm, Ado Ekiti and Newcruse 92.7fm, Ikere Ekiti, Ekiti State

Speech act or the act of speech utilization was very important in communication and day to day discussion.  This study examined the speech acts that were evidence in bottom line and general issues in the two stations of voice 89.9FM and Newcruse 92.7FM. to carry out the study, five editions of the programme in the two stations were analysed, thus, making a total of 10 editions in all.  More so, each of the edition was critically analysed in order to determine the speech acts in the edition.  The finding of the study revealed that the speech act either in the bottom and general issues could take the forms of assertives, declaratives and expressives.  The author concluded that speech act in the general issues and bottom line was more assertives. It was recommended that speech act should guide the way we communicate as well as the way we conduct communication.