Late Night Women's Hour

Question 1

When was the set episode broadcasted?

Answer 1

October 28th 2016

Question 2

Name of set episode

Answer 2

‘Home’

Question 3

When was the original programme first broadcasted and under what name

Answer 3

‘Women’s hour’ - 1940

Question 4

When is LNWH broadcasted?

Answer 4

One a month, 11pm

Question 5

Who appears on the show?

Answer 5

Lauren Laverne & a female panel

Question 6

What might a show especially aimed at women suggest about radio as a whole?

Answer 6

That the rest of it is all aimed at men

Question 7

What is the BBC Remit? what must it also do due to it being publicly funded?

Answer 7

Inform, Educate and Entertain

appeal & represent the varied tastes of all its license fee payers

Question 8

How does LNWH fit the BBC’s remit?

Answer 8

Informative of social trends

Entertaining - funny

Question 9

Why is licence fee funding significant in regards to LNWH

Answer 9

themes too ‘niche’ for commercial radio, frees it from political or commercial influences

Question 10

What makes LNWH ‘niche’

Answer 10

Female panel, no non-diegetic sound, intellectual vocabulary

Question 11

Digital changes?

Answer 11

DAB, downloading radio programmes

Question 12

What are digitally convergent platforms?

Answer 12

Computers, Smartphones etc

Question 13

What does DAB enable?

Answer 13

listener freedom - can download and listen in their own time

Question 14

Significants of Lauren Laverne as a Host?

Answer 14

linked with alternative music w presence on radio 6

youth & reputation may be to bring in new ideas and listeners

Question 15

Significants of show being on BBC Radio 4?

Answer 15

publicly funded, able to be made regardless of audience size or niche content

Question 16

Industry Theory?

Answer 16

Curren & Seaton
- challenges idea that media is run by a small number of big companies driven by profit & power, the BBC is a large company but due to public funding, it cannot profit commercially.

Question 17

How has the world changed for women since ‘Women’s Hour’ was originally broadcast?

Answer 17

Shift from 1950’s housewife to more independent women thanks to the Pill 1961, Marriage equality etc.

Question 18

What ways can the audience be categorised

Answer 18

Age, social class, gender and level of education

Question 19

How does LNWH challenge Radio 4 audience?

Answer 19

gender bias, subject content e.g. Female Masterbation, Affairs etc.

Question 20

Who is LNWH audience?

Answer 20

Educated Women

Question 21

Audience Theory?

Answer 21

Stuart Hall

• programme can be read in a variety of ways
• Oppositional; no male representation, feminism in reverse
• Negotiated; an attempt to create a show to highlight the inequalities of women
• Preferred; male domination in the media has been reversed for once offering a refreshing new outlook.

Question 22

What did the BBC ban in 2014

Answer 22

all male panel TV shows to make it more inclusive and less male dominating

Question 23

What % of Womens Hour listeners are in employment today compared to 1950?

Answer 23

60% - 30%

Question 24

Notable guests on Women’s Hour?

Answer 24

Oprah Winfrey, Hilary Clinton, Tracy Emmin, Mary Quant

Question 25

Why does the BBC tend to favour entertainment programmes?

Answer 25

more likely to please a wider audience & are less niche

Question 26

When was the BBC founded and by who?

Answer 26

1922 by John Reith