Comp 1B Late Night Women's Hour

Question 1

How many people tune into radio weekly?

Answer 1

90% of the UK

Question 2

What is PSB?

Answer 2

Public Service Broadcasting

Question 3

Who was the target audience for Radio 4?

Answer 3

35+
Employed
Educated
Resigned
Middle Class

Question 4

What is radio 4’s remit?

Answer 4

No music played.
To inform, educate and entertain. Reithian Principles.

Question 5

Who regulates broadcasting?

Answer 5

OFCOM

Question 6

What are some threats to modern radio?

Answer 6

YouTube
Spotify
Podcasts
Social Media

Question 7

Where does it’s funding come from?

Answer 7

License fee, so they don’t air advertisements.

Question 8

What is the BBC governed by?
And what are the 3 things it says?

Answer 8

Royal Charter, last one was done in 2016 and they are completed every 10 years.
1. It says they ‘must inform, educate and entertain people’
2. be impartial
3. act in the publics interest

Question 9

How much is the tv license every year?

Answer 9

£159

Question 10

When did women’s hour start?

Answer 10

1946

Question 11

Why was LNWH made?

Answer 11

It was seen to be a cool alternative to women’s hour. Done by having host Lauren Laverne who used to be in a punk band.

Question 12

When does LNWH air? And how often?

Answer 12

11pm - post-watershed
once a month
on a sunday
In 2018, turned into a weekly podcasted format.

Question 13

What is episode 1 called? And who does it guest star?

Answer 13

Home
Trine Hahnermann

Question 14

How does ‘Home’ target its audience?

Answer 14

£60 Hygge slippers - middle class, employed audience, home owners. women with an all female pannel.

Question 15

What is episode 2 called? Who does it guest star?

Answer 15

Vaginas/pockets
Chidera Eggerue (blogger)

Question 16

What did become mainstream allow them to do?

Answer 16

Change into a weekly show rather than monthly

Question 17

What does episode 2 include?

Answer 17

‘It’s engrained’
#saggyboobsmatter

Question 18

What is episode 3 about? And how does it change the format previously used?

Answer 18

Fatsion
Podcast Episode (narrowcasting)

Question 19

Who is the guest on fatsion? And what does she do?

Answer 19

Sophie Hagan
Comedian and fat acceptance campaigner

Question 20

What audiences does episode 3 target? and how?

Answer 20

Women who believe themselves to be fat or are fat. (personal identification B+K)
Auxiliary audience - fashion fans

Question 21

What is a quote from Fatsion?

Answer 21

‘vertical stripes to help convince people you’re not fat’

Question 22

What is the BBC funded by?

Answer 22

License Fee

Question 23

What BBC station did LNWH first air on?

Answer 23

BBC Radio 4

Question 24

What are the 2 hosts names?

Answer 24

Lauren Laverne and Emma Barnett

Question 25

How many twitter follows does Laverne have?

Answer 25

509k

Question 26

How many twitter follows does Barnett have?

Answer 26

192k

Question 27

What is LNWH a spin off of?

Answer 27

Women’s Hour

Question 28

What are the Reithian principles? And who uses them?

Answer 28

To educate, inform and entertain. Every BBC product must cover one of the three.

Question 29

What is the BBC’s platform to be able to listen to music or podcasts?

Answer 29

BBC Sounds

Question 30

When did Late Night Women’s Hour start?

Answer 30

2015

Question 31

Who does episode 2 target?

Answer 31

Feminists
Women

Question 32

Who does episode 1 target?

Answer 32

Middle class
Women
Home owners
35+
Affluent

Question 33

Who would hold an opposed reading position to LNWH? and why?

Answer 33

A conservative ideology holding individual

Question 34

Who would hold an opposed reading position to LNWH? and why? quote?

Answer 34

A conservative ideology holding individual.
Why? Feminist’s topic and intimate conversations.
‘Your vagina is a self cleaning oven’