Key concepts - radio Flashcards
Commercial
There to make profit (adverts etc.)
Non-Commercial
Funded by the license fee.
BBC Radio 1 - key features
National.
Non - commercial.
New music.
Celebrities and guests.
BBC Radio 2 - key features
National.
Non - commercial.
Older music.
Targeted towards the older demographic.
Radio
Live - able to provide listeners with live news.
Longer - variety of music and topic can be covered.
Been around for over hundred years.
Have to pre -schedule the programme, and there is a fixed time when stories or songs will go on - air.
Radio mainly involves rural audiences seeking a source of entertainment.
Podcasts
Recorded - able to edit.
Shorter - under 45 minutes.
New media format - only been around for roughly 20 years.
Presented as a series of digital audio files.
Podcasts have no time constraints and no fixed schedule.
Podcasts are tailored with feature - rich content, appealing to a more niche audience.
BBC - missions, values and public purposes
To provide impartial news and information to help people understand and engage with the world around them.
To support learning for people of all ages.
To show the most creative, highest quality, and distinctive output and services.
To reflect, represent and serve the diverse communities of all of the United Kingdom’s nations and regions and, in doing so, support the creative economy across the United Kingdom.
To reflect the United Kingdom, its culture and values to the world.
Applying Curran and Seaton’s theory to the BBC
The BBC goes against Curran and Seaton’s theory.
They’re the only broadcaster funded by the license fee.
The BBC’s branding focuses on the “British national identity”.
They encourage diversity.They have many genres, diverse actors / speakers etc.
Public Service Broadcasting (PSB)
Television and radio programmes that are broadcast to provide information, advice, or entertainment to the public without trying to make a profit.
Public service broadcasting (PSB) refers to the obligation to produce and broadcast programmes which serve the public interest rather than only commercial imperatives.
The broadcasters are often funded by a licence fee but can also be supported by advertising revenue and other sources.
Applying PSB to Have you heard George’s podcast?
It could be argued that Have you heard George’s podcast? challenges the idea that media is controlled by a small number of companies driven by the logic of profit and power.
Whilst the BBC is inarguably a large, significant company, the nature of PSB and the content of the broadcaster seem to be at odds with the “logic of profit and power”.
Ofcom
Ofcom is the UK’s communications regulator.
They’re the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom. Ofcom has wide-ranging powers across the television, radio, telecoms and postal sectors.
Ofcom works with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Ofcom - broadcasting code
Protecting under 18s.
Harm and offence.
Crime, disorder, hatred and abuse.
Religion.
Due impartiality and due accuracy.
Elections and referendums.
Fairness.
Privacy.
Commercial references on TV.
Commercial communications on radio.
Ofcom - example of consequences
Ofcom has imposed a £10,000 fine on Ahlebait TV Networks, after they found it failed to comply with the broadcasting rules.
