C1 radio

27 November 2024

radio research

1.  BBC radio 1, radio anthems, BBC radio 1 dance, BBC radio 1 extra, BBC radio 2, BBC radio 3, BBC radio unwind, BBC radio 4 extra, BBC radio 5 live, BBC radio 5 sports extra, BBC radio 6 music, BBC radio Asian network, BBC radio world service                                                                       
2.  BBC radio 1- contemporary hit music, BBC radio dance- electronic dance music, BBC radio extra- black contemporary music, BBC radio 2- adult contemporary music, BBC radio 3- classical jazz/ world music/ culture/ drama, BBC radio 3 unwind- classical and meditation, BBC radio 4- spoken word programme, BBC radio 4 extra- archive programme, BBC radio 5- news/ current affairs/ discussion/ sports, BBC radio 5 extra sports- sports coverage, 
3. j
4. k
5. j
6. l
7. i
8. o
9. p
10. d
11. a
12. e
13. f
14.  classic FM and talkSPORT 
15.  f
16.  Ofcom

 

Wednesday 4 December 2024

radio industry

do now 

1) BBC radio 1 ✓

2) radio's that rely on adds х  radio station run for profit 

3) gives info on that county x diverse country interests

4)  LIAR: language, industry, audience, representation

5) context: historical, political, social and cultural 

public service broadcaster: Any broadcasting regime with the ideal of giving priority to the interests of the general public rather than commercial interests. 

Commercial radio:  stations make money by selling advertising

community radio: operated, owned, and influenced by the communities they serve. 

podcast: a digital medium consisting of audio (or video) episodes that relate to a specific theme

DAB:  Digital Audio Broadcast,

RAJAR stands for Radio Joint Audience Research

licence fee: an amount of money that you pay a company or organization to give you permission to use, do, or have something

What is a Royal Charter? A Royal Charter is an instrument of incorporation, granted by The King

remit: to transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment

Convergence: when two or more things come together to form a new whole

BBC radio: public service broadcast, funded by licence fee, made for diverse audiences

community radio: not for profit, interests of a certain small group {hospital radio} funded by ads and fundraising

commercial radio: funded by ads, focused on particular genres, popular. 

public service radio is funded by a licence fee. an example of this is BBC radio, people pay for BBC shows on television which in tow funds the radios. commercial radio is funded by many ads. an example would be classic FM as it focuses on classical music genre but has paid adverts. 

> DAB is better sound quality

> DAB lets you download podcasts

Wednesday 18th December 2024

the archers

lo: to explore the context and background of our set product

do now!

1) Any broadcasting regime with the ideal of giving priority to the interests of the general public rather than commercial interests. 

2) advertisement

3) spoken word programme

4) Ofcom

5) technology advancements 

radio in this day and age is still very popular, a reason for this is music choice, you can choose your own favourite station or podcast to listen too over and over again which attracts people of that genre. another way radio is still popular is you can listen anywhere, mainly people listen to radio in the car but now, thanks to technological advancements you can listen on phone or any other technology even tv. 

production: actors only employed for six days to recored 24 episodes, actors only get scripts a few days before recording, monthly script meetings to write a weeks worth of scripts each. 

the archers is the worlds longest-running soap opera, it began broadcast in 1951 on radio 4 in part to educate returning soldiers about farming, the show set in the fictional village of Ambleside, explores comforting tales of rural English life. some stories are more dramatic but most are about relationships or more realistic everyday events such as farming. each episode is 13 minutes long and listened to by more than 5 million people. the show is broadcast everyday at 7pm, again the next day, and in a weekly omnibus, the target audience was originally WWII generation. 

Wednesday 8th jan 2025

set episode

lo: explore a specific episode of the set text and target audience

do now

1) 1951 ✓

2) BBC radio 4 ✓

3) set in specific locations, designed for regular listeners ✓

4) 7 pm every day except Saturday, repeats 2pm following day, weekly omnibus on Sunday morning 

5) inform, educate and entertain ✓

only 13 mins long

story: play

- Christmas play (Mick)

- nerves before play

- congratulations after play 

- possibly put on a panto

Gavin- prison

- Gavin sounds ill 

- poor living conditions

- living in hostels, doss house 

- sounds repentant 

- complicit in a crime- told truth

- Kirsty- upset/ shocked he's there but not scared

main characters: Kirsty miller, Gavin moss, linda, joy, Mick 

genre conventions:

audience appeals:

'inform educate and entertain': Gavin- prison release- hard to adapt to society

- slave labour 

social and cultural contexts: Mick living in van in pub car park- cant afford living

- modern slavery 

- pantomine - community project

- the pub- community based

- vicar- religion

- rural life is community based 

Wednesday 15 January 2025

Audience 

do now!

1) 1951 ✓

2) Gavin getting out of prison and the play ✓

3) stories focused on family, multi strand narrative ✓

4) 7 pm every day except Saturday, repeats 2pm following day, weekly omnibus on Sunday morning ✓

5) inform, educate and entertain ✓

i believe that the demographic for the archers is: 

age: 55+

gender: any, female mainly

location: rural England

income: £15,000 - £30,000

class: d, c2 

sexuality: straight mainly but can be any

religion: christian mainly 

audience and U&G

• reading the blog
• listening to podcast
• following on different platforms
• clips
• stories and features
• behind the scenes videos
• discussions 
• character pages

the archers controversial themes: 

• 1955- grace archer died in stable fire
• 1969- polly Perks suffers miscarriage from robber at post office attack
• 1992- Elizabeth archer has an abortion after being abandoned
• 1993- two thugs with a shotgun burst into village shop and kidnap betty, Debbie, jack and Kate 
• 1995- Asian lawyer Usha Gupta suffers prolonged racially motivated attacks 
• 1996- first female vicar Janet fisher
• 1998- tony archers eldest son john dies in tractor accident
• 2000- ruth archer has mastectomy after finding out she has breast cancer 
• 2000- married republican cheats with country singer 
• 2004- Emma carter married Will grundy after sleeping with his brother Ed
• 2005- Owen king rapes Kathy perks 
• 2006- Adam and Ian were joined in civil partnership 

audience and industry research

Wednesday 22nd January 2025

do now: 

1) family issues, homelessness, life after prison

2) BBC 4

3) licensing fee 

4) can make it better or worse quality 

5) older white farming women 

soap opera conventions:

using a cyclical narrative structure, common soap themes like romance and betrayal, focusing on social issues like domestic abuse, and including character archetypes

characters: 

ben archer- youngest brookfield archer, in 2022 his mental health deteriorated and he had a psychotic episode, this appeals to audiences who could relate to his struggle, its showing real life issues and topics, it links to educating 

helen archer- 

alan franks-

josh archer- 

Wednesday 29th January 2025 

audience + uses & gratification 

do now

1. 6 million ✓

2. older white, working-class women ✓

3. 7 pm every day except Saturday, repeats 2pm following day, weekly omnibus on Sunday morning ✓

4. demographics ✓

5. educate, entertain, inform ✓

explain how the BBC uses different platforms to distribute radio programmes

refer to the archers to support your points [10] 

• Spotify
• social meia 
• website- characters, blogs, podcasts
• radio- DAB- better quality
• omnibus- played twice a day
• discussions- funding 

the BBC uses platforms like Spotify and X to promote their campaigns in episodes, for example when Helen was at trial for attempted manslaughter against her husband the hashtag #FREE HELEN was trending on X and Facebook. Both platforms are accessible by both younger and older generations to spread the story and message to the point it got onto national news. Every Sunday the omnibus is played twice a day on the radio and can be found on the website which provides the different platform of DAB radio which is better quality and can be distributed to every radio with that station, the website has every episode and omnibus so if a person wished to catch up they could by going onto the website and finding it. Also on the website are podcasts, blogs and character info to help younger and newer viewers to catch up and offer a new platform to watch and get updates.  

personal identity- relate to topics- DV #FREE HELEN, characters of many ages 

information- get help on topics like- DV, modern slavery, life after prison. rural life

entertainment-  gripping storyline, escape from normal world

social interaction- through fan pages, websites, blogs, comments, discussions 

why might audiences listen to the archers 

refer to U&G theory [10]

Audiences relate to topics because through episodes they can relate to to topics in the show, such as the domestic violence storyline of Helen archer and her experience finding personal identity with it or identify with living in a rural setting. It appeals to audiences as it offers support to those in situations like the show such as modern day slavery, domestic violence and after prison life in so offering information on where to get help and how you can be supported. The audiences are kept engaged by the gripping story's in the show such as Ben archers struggle with mental health or Gavin release from prison offering the audience an escape from normal life by entertaining storylines. Audiences also listen to be able to interact with the fan pages and discussions about the shows topics giving them social interactions, this links to the uses and gratification theory by keeping the audience interacting through what the industry offers.  

 

Wednesday 5th February 2025 

Exam questions and responses

do now!

1) DAB, X community, commercial, PSB

2) BBC X PSB

3) commercial

4) local radio X commercial

5) BBC 4

media industries

a) ofcom regulates radio

b) PSB, commercial

c) PBS- funded by the governments licence fee, commercial is advertisement funded

d) DEL- structure 

 

 The archers is a radio show started in 1951 which aimed to educate army men on rationing and rural farming. It is a public service broadcaster now used to educate younger generations on farming or rural cultures of England, Through the years however the storylines have changed and warped so now its become more of a radio drama, touching on subjects like domestic abuse or life after prison. When Helen archer was brought to trial for attempted manslaughter of her abusive partner Rob, a lot of home listeners started a hashtag on twitter of #FREE HELEN which started trending fast showing how the drama informed people on how bad abuse could get and where you can get help if in that situation providing a safe and close knit environment of people who could be a massive help to struggling people. This links to the remit by educating younger people or army men on rationing or farming, entertains city folk who enjoy watching or listening to rural town dramas and informs struggling people on where to get help by showing impactful storylines. 

media audiences

a) BBC 4 

b)  middle class women

c) strong female leads, storylines following women, mature subjects, serious subjects, gradual and realistic storylines 

d) DEL- structure

The archers audience listen to the drama because they feel a bond or connection with the characters or storyline, in the case of helens abuse and trial many people were able to find help in these episodes so they could escape from situations that they may be in just like Helen was, even creating a hashtag on twitter to support Helen in the show and raise money towards a charity supporting domestic abuse victims this shows how the drama can help people who have a personal identity in the storyline. 

do now!

1) 2 

2) 1 hour 30 minutes

3) bbc 4 

4) licensing fee

5) entertain, inform, educate