C1 Radio

RADIO

1. BBC radio 1, BBC radio anthems, BBC radio 1 dance, BBC radio 1 extra, BBC radio 2, BBC radio 3, BBC radio 3 unwind, BBC radio 4, BBC radio 5 live, BBC radio 5 sports extra, BBC radio 6 music, BBC radio asian network, BBC 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 and world music, culture and drama 
   BBC radio 3 unwind - classical and meditation music
   BBC radio 4 - spoken word programming
   BBC radio 4 extra - archive programming
   BBC radio 5 - news, current affairs, discussion and sports
   BBC radio 5 sports extra - additional sports coverage
   BBC radio 6 music - alternative music
   BBC radio Asian music - station for the British Asian community
   BBC world service - international radio station for news and current affairs
3. its got music for everyone
4. classical FM
5. pirate FM
6. primarily based on the practice of airing radio advertisements and television advertisements for profit
7. to provide impartial news and information to help people understand and engage with the world around them
8. 75- 1480 pounds
9. rely on advertisement unlike the BBC
10. spoken word programming
11. 55 years and older
12. coast player
13. .
14. greatest hits radio
15. .
16. Office of communications 

Wednesday 4th December 2024

Do Now /5

1. BBC radio asian music
2. advertisements in radio
3. diverse interest of the people who live in Britain
4. Language, Industry, Audience, Representation
5. background information Historical, Political, Social and Culture 

The Radio Industry

BBC radio: the BBC is a public service broadcaster that operates several national stations, each stations have a distinct identity and has a target audience, the BBC is funded by licenses

public service is funded by licence fees and commercial radios are funded by advertisements throughout the radio for example a public service would be education or social work etc and an example of a commercial radio would be heart

DAB Radio

very easy to access and watch

streamable live

18th December 2024

Do Now 4/5

1. a radio service funded by licence fees for example education or social work 
2. monetisation
3. spoken word programming
4. Of-com
5. Technical convergence / streaming platforms

The Archers

exam style question:

Radio is still so popular because of how much different radio stations there are and you can choose what music you want via podcasts or different radio stations additionally you can listen to radio on the go for example a lot of people listen to radio in the car which is free and very accessible

soap opera conventions

• Traditional target audience was females often feature strong female characters or matriarchs
• stories focused on families/work/relationships
• designed for regular listening
• ongoing stories to keep viewers hooked
• Multi-strand narratives to reflect real life
• set in specific locations where characters come together 
• Tend to feature more dialogue than action drama arises out of conflict between characters 

Were to listen:

1. BBC radio 4 
2. on the internet 
3. on the podcast
4. in continental Europe 
5. in t he rest of the world

• actors receive there scripts a few days before recording 
• employed for six days and record 24 episodes each 13 mins long
• episodes are broadcasted 3-6 weeks after they are recorded

The archers is still so popular because of many things including that it started right after WWI (1951) and it was about farming people would watch it to get tips on farming because after the war people were in a famine additionally the episodes are daily which means new content all the time and there also quite short (13 mins) so people can watch it easily and whenever also the show is the longest running and still gets 5million+ daily listeners this is because the show is very comforting and on-demand which is set in the country side in a rural community the target audience is middle age - older women who work at home it is a soap opera which means it includes a lot of female characters/families/work and relationships it has ongoing stories to keep the viewer hooked the show also reflects real life and is set in specific locations tends to feature more dialogue than action. Also the omnibus comes out on Saturday morning to catch up on anything they missed. The show normally comes out every night at 7pm. 

 

Wednesday 15th January 2025

Do Now 0/5

1. broadcasted in 1951
2. prison release, amateur dramatics, modern slavery, housing crisis
3. strong female characters, multi strand narratives
4. 7pm everyday except Saturday
5. to inform educate and entertain 

Audience

• Age: 30-60
• Gender: Female and Male
• Location: England
• Income: stable
• Class: D-C1
• Sexuality: Straight
• Religion: Christian

Audiences and U and G

The news

Podcasts 

Official website

Behind the scenes videos

clips online

domestic violence, death, hostages, thugs

Wednesday 22nd January 2025

Do Now /5

1. betrayal
2. BBC 4
3. TV licence
4. more money = better

Audience and industry research

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

Pip Archer: 

• played: daisy badger
• born: 17 February 1993
• status: in a relationship
• occupation: farmer 
• lives: Rick-yard cottage

Leonard berry:

• played by: Paul copley
• status: in a relationship
• occupation: retired
• lives in: Dorchester

Ben Archer:

• born: 15 march 2002
• status: in a relationship
• occupation: student
• lives: Brookfield farm

Archers:

1. she found a gf
2. romantic
3. entertain 

Wednesday 29th January 2025

Do Now 2/5

1. 6 million
2. well educated middle class
3. 19:03  7pm every weekday except Sunday
4. psychographics demographic
5. to educate and inform

Audiences, uses and gratification 

The BBC uses various platforms such as Twitter or facebook, they do this to promote the Archers by starting online discussions on some of the episodes eg #freehelen. It is played on the radio everyday at 7pm and a omnibus on Sunday for whomever missed some throughout the week can catch up on. The archers is also promoted through podcasts to download and catch up on for anyone who missed some or wants to rewatch any episode

Personal identity: people can relate to some of the topics, relate to some of the characters

                            

Information: help on certain topics: domestic violence, slavery, prison etc, info on rural life

Entertainment: gripping storylines, escape normal life

                        

Social interaction: Fan pages social media debates #freehelen 

Audiences listen to the archers because they can relate to some of the topics this links to personal identity form U and G people could also relate to some of the characters, additionally archers can help people with difficult situations like domestic violence and gain information on rural life, furthermore archers has gripping storylines to entertain people and can help with escaping reality, finally there are fan pages were people can socially interact and have debates about there favourite characters/episodes.            

 Wednesday 5th February 2025

Do Now 1/5

1. community, commercial, PSB
2. PSB
3. Commercial
4. local radio stations Community
5. BBC radio 4

Exam questions and responses

Of-com regulates radio.

The three types of radio are community commercial and PSB.

The different between Commercial and PSB is Commercial uses advertising to get money whereas PSB uses public licence fee to broadcast there show

The archers fit to informing through mature subjects, An example of this is Domestic violence like in the Helen story which was a trending hashtag of #freehelen this also raised lots of money towards many charities. This links to the BBC remit because it links to real life situations and can tell people what others are going though. 

The archers for to educating through 

BBC radio 4 broadcasts the archers

Women are one audience for the archers

two ways in which the archers is aimed at women is that the story's follow strong female characters like joy additionally the stories 

Audiences listen to the archers because they can gain information from them an example of this is through some of the more controversial topics revolving around abuse and racism for example the Helen story which follows her being abused by her husband this also created a trending hashtag #freehelen which would have encouraged people to watch the show this links to the theory of