LO1: Describe the different radio industry operations (P1)

 

Radio industry operations	Definition	Examples of station	Ethos and purpose	Funding/revenue streams	Typical content	Reach/size
National commercial	A radio industry that is a private broadcasting channel	-Classic FM -TalkSPORT - Capital  London - Heart London -Magic(London)	It provides a plurality of news, as well as an unrivaled choice of music and entertainment output for huge audiences across the country.	National commercials get funds from sponsorships and advertisements from each radio station.	Each station has different content. Some content consists of news and music. This makes the radio station stand out as different listeners want different things. Some people want to get news updates and others may want to listen to music on the way to work.	Capital London  Reach: 6,1 million  Capital London is one of the most popular radio stations and there are different age groups listening to it.
Public	Public radio station is a radio network that receives funds from the government and the public in order to proceed. pu	-BBC Radio 1 - BBC Radio 4 -Live sports extra  -Classic FM	BBC radio 1 plays contemporary hit music which specifically is for the listeners that want that type of music. BBC Radio 4 broadcasts news, documentary, drama, comedy, and discussion programmes. This helps the listeners stay informed and educated as well as feeling enjoyment.	Radio stations that publicly broadcast get funds from different people from different areas as it's a public broadcast.	Public radio stations make contents like:  -news/information -Talking to people from different areas  -classical/ jazz music	BBC Radio 4 reach; 10,754 BBC Radio 4 is one of the most popular stations and has an average reach of 10,754.
Regional	Regional is stations being created/broadcasted in designated areas that are only specific in regional  languages and dialects.	-  BBC Radio London  - Radio Essex	Regional radio provides critical and reliable information. Also points  issues and concerns.	The radio stations are funded by the public.	Radio stations share a variety of topics. Could be educational content, political or even news.	Overall BBC radio stations have 31,7m people listening each week.
Community	Community of radio is a group of people working together in a specific location working on the radio	- 10 radio  - 1055 The Point	Their purpose is to speak out their point of view in their own style.	“They are funded by the government. (specifically, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) provides some funding to be distributed to community radio stations through such a fund.”	The content they provide is news for the community so it's informative.	1.1m people listen to overall radio.
Internet	Internet radio is an audio service that uses the internet to broadcast instead of having the original traditional radio waves.	-Worldwide FM - Soho Radio  - Rinse FM	This provides global news, sports, chat, and music for the audiences.	They get funded from advertisements as well as sponsorships.	They have a few different types of content for different people. Such as sports, talk about news and music for those who just listen to music.	“ The total average number of weekly hours listened to radio for this Quarter is 1.01 billion hours.”
Non-profit	Any profits that are extra money to the radio station does not get used to benefit it and is not given to the shareholders.	Resonance FM  Radio Verulam Sheffield live. Cambridge 105 Radio	They will specifically make content for things such as ethnicity, age, gender .. They apply to different areas of interest.	Grants can be awarded to support management costs; fundraising to support the station; administration costs; financial management & reporting; community outreach; etc.	They offer news, informative information and discussions.	8 billion people listen to non profit radio stations.