Radio

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1)A BBC radio station is BBC radio One.

2)A commercial radio is when anyone can be involved.A radio station run for profit.

3)BBC reflects British culture by  the diverse interests of the people who live in Britain.

4)LIAR is the Language ,industry, audience and representation

. 5)Context is the background behind something. historical, political, social and cultural.

Component One-The radio Industry.

 Public service broadcaster -television and radio programmes that are broadcast to provide information, advice, or entertainment to the public without trying to make a profit

Commercial radio- Commercial radio stations make money by selling advertising. Having a large listening audience leads to more advertisers. The more advertisers a station has, the more it can charge for its advertising. National Public Radio stations represent public or non-commercial radio.

Community radio-The Community Radio provides a platform to communities to air local voices on issues concerning Health, Nutrition, Education, Agriculture etc.

 DAB radio -DAB stands for Digital Audio Broadcasting. So basically, it is just digitally transmitted sound. This is different to FM, for example, which is sound that is transmitted via radio waves, and you can adjust it to suit your location.

RAJAR -RAJAR stands for Radio Joint Audience Research. It is the official body in charge of measuring radio audiences in the United Kingdom. RAJAR was set up by the BBC and the RadioCentre in 1992 to measure their audiences using the same system.

Licence feea fee paid to an organisation for permission to own, use, or do something.

Royal Charter-A Royal Charter is an instrument of incorporation, granted by The King, which confers independent legal personality on an organisation and defines its objectives, constitution and powers to govern its own affairs.

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-the BBC is a public service broadcaster that operates several national stations.Each of these has a distinct identity and targets a specific audience.

Community radio-Often not for profit, these tend to cover small areas and serve the interests of particular social groups.

Commercial radio-these are funded by advertising. The uk has many of these-they often focus on particular genres of music and are very popular.

1)Radio 4's targeted audience is a more mature audience targeted at ages 55 years and older.

2)In the uk, OFcom regulates radio.

3)The biggest two radio organisations are BBC radio 2 and Heart.

4)BBC Radio 4 broadcasts speeches, news, drama, comedy, science and history.

Exam style question(4 marks):

Public service radio are often not for profit, but by tv licenses. However, commercial radio is funded by advertising, they often focus on particular genres of music whilst public service radio focuses on entertainment, information and advice.

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1)Public service broadcaster is a public radio broadcaster which provides information, advice or entertainment without profit. independent of government financed by public money and is seen to offer a public server.

2)Commercial radio is funded by advertising.✅

3)BBC radio 4 broadcasts speeches, news, drama, comedy, science and history.

4)In the uk, OFcom regulates radio.✅

5)The popularity of radio has been affected by new technology. technical convergence/streaming platforms.

DAB

Digital radio means more choice and options to listen.

-allows you to stream, download, and listen anytime.

Podcast

Podcasts are a downloadable program and focus on different interests.The different types are drama, comedy and factual.

Radio is still popular in the uk.88% of the uk adults population, or 49.5 million people listen. to the radio.

Radio is still so popular because it offers more choice and option to listen.Technical convergence and streaming platforms hep allow people to have a variety of things to listen to.It offers options which can suit your personal opinion which makes you influenced to listen more due to being things you like.People can listen to it any time and nothing needs to be done to interact unless adjusting the volume and changing what your listening to whether it is a podcast or broadcast.

The Archers

LO:To explore the context and background of our set product

- Storylines are sometimes serious-e.g rape in marriage and racism.

-More commonly , stories focus on daily rural life -e.g caring for animals and marmalade-making.

-It is a drama, but not as you know it

-It is slow-moving, subtle and gentle.

Soap opera conventions

-The traditional target audience for soap operas is females and so they often feature strong female characters or matriarchs.

-Multiple-strand narratives

How can you listen to the Archers

-7 o'clock every day expect Saturday ,repeated at 2 pm the following day.

-Weekly omnibus every Sunday morning.

-Available on-demand for 30 days after broadcast

-They have approximately  5 million listeners plus 1 million online .

-Usually focuses on women's lives particularly family relationships, domestically and marriage.

-The targeted audience was females who looked after their home.It is now adult and older British women

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Do Now                                                                                                           Thursday 23 January 2025

1)The year it was first broadcasted was 1951

2)It is broadcasted on the radio BBC radio 4

3)Two soap opera conventions is the targeted audience is females and they have multi-strand narratives.✅

4)It is broadcasted  7 o'clock everyday and repeated at 2pm.✅

5)BBC's remit is to inform, educate and entertain.

Helen Archer

Settled with her family, her nightmare marriage behind her, has Helen finally lost her title of unluckiest woman in Ambridge?

Fact title	Fact data
Played by:	Louiza Patikas
Born:	16 April 1979
Status:	Single
Occupation:	Shop manager / cheesemaker
Lives at:	Beechwood Estate

Born with a dislocated hip, Helen was frail as a baby but grew into a horse-mad teenager keen on a career in food. The death of her brother John in 1998 hit her hard, as did a doomed relationship with Greg Turner, who took his own life in 2004.

After battling a near-fatal eating disorder, Helen decided not to wait for Mr Right and gave birth to Henry, conceived by donor insemination, in 2011. She was at her happiest when she met Mr Wrong, Rob Titchener, two years later.

Their passionate affair led to a hasty wedding, but his charm soon turned to coercion and cruelty. Eventually, heavily pregnant and fearful for Henry, Helen stabbed Rob. When the scale of his abuse emerged, a jury cleared Helen of attempted murder and she was awarded custody of Henry and baby Jack. Enraged, Rob tried to snatch Jack but Helen saw him out of Ambridge, enabling her to start afresh.

This may appeal to the audience due to it people sympathising for this woman who is a mother struggling to 

Natasha Archer

Natasha always sets her sights high.

Fact title	Fact data
Played by:	Mali Harries
Born:	8 March 1982
Status:	Married to Tom Archer
Occupation:	Fruit juice entrepreneur
Lives:	April Cottage

Conscious of how much appearance counts towards making the right impression, Natasha is happy to spend liberally on how she turns out.

Hailing from Wales, Natasha has had an established career in marketing for the cosmetic industry, before changing tack and setting up her own fruit drinks business. Under the name Summer Orchard, Natasha leases an orchard and produces a range of high-end fruit products. Within two years she went from start up to national listing in wholefood stores.

Natasha met Tom through the Nuffield scholarship programme. Graduating the year before Tom, high-flying Natasha was invited to give the keynote speech at the 2018 conference. Single, but not long out of a long-term relationship, Natasha started dating Tom. Four months later, they married.

Demographics-guess

.Age -40+

.Gender-female

.Location-British

.Income-15000+

.Class-middle class to upperclass

.Sexuality-

.Religion-Christian

Archers targeted audience:

.76% female

.62% 55+

.ABC1 (middle-upper)

.white British (81%)

.Right-wing

.High disposable income

.Midlands location

.Christian

-The Archers is perceived as a high quality soap opera and distinguishes itself from TV soaps by providing soap for the educated middle class.

-Radio 4 has a high cultural status and so the audience for The Archers consists mainly of well-educated middle class professionals, most of whom are middle aged and above, white women.

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1)5 Million listen to it online. 6 million                                                

2)The targeted audience is ABC1 females.✅

3)It is on the radio at 7 o'clock.✅

4)This comes under demographics.✅

5)The BBC's remit is entertain, inform and educate

A popular story line is about Helen and Rob.This was based on domestic abuse.This started trending through social media platforms such as twitter and face book.#FREEHELEN was a spread across the platforms causing people to contribute to this.They raised £92,000 towards this which went towards domestic abuse charities .People may want to contribute to this due to being able to sympathise with this however, some criticised this for being melodramatic.

The BBC uses various platforms such as phone apps like Spotify.This is useful due to being able to listen to it at anytime, anywhere .This will attract a larger audience due to it being more accessible. The Archers is available on multiple platforms such as DAB, radio, smart speakers and through websites on the internet.This encourages people to listen to it more due to being able to use at least one of these methods.The Archers are usually played on the Radio at 7pm and repeated at 2pm.this is to allow you to not miss out on an interesting story which is continued each day.This can also be downloaded and catch-up for 30 days .The podcasts are usually based on realistic things such as mental health , domestic abuse and more.This allows people to sympathise and feel included within it.The Archers is promoted through social media, X and Facebook.

Why might audiences listen to the Archers?Refer to U&G in your answer.(12 marks)

Audiences listens to The Archers because they may relate to the story lines.This may help a person in a situation or make them feel included within this.By including different characters it makes people like certain characters.An example of this is people using #FREEHELEN due to them wanting her to be free after murdering Rob after he domestically abusing her.This appeals to the audience because it encourages a person listen to this more due to them wanting to know more about the character.This show engages by with the audience due to the use of realistic features which makes the story feel true which makes the audience feel more emotional towards the characters.

Audiences listens to The Archers because it is very informative due to including facts about country life.This appeals to the audience due to them learning a different lifestyle and wanting to know more about it.The show engages with the audience by showing different perspectives of this.

Do Now                                                                                                         Thursday 6 February 2025

1)The 3 types of radio is Commercial, community and PSB

2)The type of radio which is funded by the tv license is PSB

3)Commercial radio is funded by advertising.✅

4)The type of radio with a small broadcasting area is community radio.✅

5)The Archers is broadcasted on BBC Radio 4.✅

Exam Questions and responses

-Ofcom regulates radio.

-Types of radio is commercial, community and public service broadcaster.

-Explain=full sentences

-Find the difference between commercial and public service broadcaster.

-Commercial gets funding from advertising however,Public service gets funded  from license fee.

-One audience for the Archers are ABC1 Females.

The Archers entertain by including a large variety of different storylines.This is good due to it being enjoyable to different people.This for be for many reasons much a people being able to sympathise of be interested in the topic involved.An example of this is Helen Archer's story is based on domestic abuse and murder whilst Lilian Bellamy is a widow who is a tax exile.People may be entertain by how Helen will react in situations and may also sympathise.People also may be entertained by Lilian by being intrigued by her lifestyle and her past such as how she became a widow.This links to the BBC remit due to it telling you about people's lives.

The Archers is aimed at women due to it having different stories.These usually are very dramatic which  stereotypically is for woman.It also talks about rural, domestic life which appeals to women who are interested in different lifestyles. .

Audiences listen to The Archers due to having social interaction. This is seen when people posted online and fan-pages  about the storylines about Helen.This causes people to find new people who have the same interests as them.From posting about this, they raised around 100,000 towards domestic violence charities just from posting #FREEHELEN.This also helps people to discuss these serious topics more and raise awareness.These were shared on platforms such a Facebook and Twitter.0

Do now                                                                                Thursday 13th February 2025

1)There are 2 media exams.✅

2)Each exam is 40 minutes long. 1 hour and 30 minutes.

3)The Archers is on BBC radio 4.✅

4)BBC is funded through advertising License fee.

5)The ethos of the BBC is to inform educate and entertain.✅