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 






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