C1 radio

Do Now                                    Wednesday 8 January

1. the archers first broadcast was 1951. ✔

2. The archers is broadcast on BBC radio 4. ✔

3. Two soap opera conventions are multi strand narratives, more dialogue than action

4. The archers is broadcast at 7pm every day. ✔ except Saturday

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

Set Episode

Lo. to explore a specific episode of the set text & target audience

Story Lines- 

The play: Christmas play (Mick playing Santa)

nerves before, after congratulations

Gavin:

sounds ill, poor living, got out of jail

living in a hostel- doss house

he sounds sorry

he was complicit in a crime but then told the truth

Main Characters- 

Kirsty Miller

Gavin Moss- welsh

Linda- posh

Jay- newcastle

Social/cultural

Slavery- modern

Panto- community

Pub- community

Church- christianity, vicar

Living in a van- cant afford a house

How does this episode inform educate or entertain? 

Educate- prison release

Educate- slave labour

Inform- rural life community, close relationships

Entertain- drama

Do Now                                     Wednesday 18 December

1. a public service broadcaster is a radio station Financed by public money

2. a commercial radio is funded through adds ✔

3. BBC radio 4 broadcasts podcasts ✔

4. OFCOM regulates radio

5. the increase in platforms such as Spotify and youtube has affected the popularity of radio. ✔

The Archers

Radio is still popular because you can choose you favourite music through a podcast or listen again. You are also able to listen to it on the go for example while traveling in a car, and its free which makes it accessible to anyone. Radio is also national meaning that anybody is able to listen to it from anywhere.

Soap opera conventions:

• Targeted at females (matriarchs)
• Stories focused on family/work/relationships
• designed for regular listening
• multi strand narratives
• set in public locations
• more dialogue than action

You can find it on Spotify, BBC radio 4, BBC sounds, TuneIn, Apple podcasts.

The team meet biannually to plan the following months and sometimes a years worth of storylines. 

Monthly script meetings take place where four writers have to produce a week worth of scripts each.

Actors are employed for six days where they record 24 episodes and each 13 minute episode is only allocated 2 hours of studio time.

The archers is the worlds longest running radio soap opera. It began broadcast in 1951 on radio 4 in part to educate returning soldiers about farming. The show, set in the fictional village of Ambleside, explores comforting tales of rural english life. Some stories are more dramatic but most are about relationships or more realistic every day events such as World War 2. Each episode is 13 minutes long and listened to by more than 5 million people. The show is broadcast every day at 7pm, again the next day, and in a weekly on omnibus. The target audience are ongoing.

Wednesday 4th December  

Component One- the radio industry

Lo. to explore the content and structure of the unit

Public service broadcaster: Any broadcasting regime with the ideal of giving priority to the interests of the general public rather than commercial interests

Commercial radio: is a radio station that is run for profit and funded by advertising

Community radio:is a type of radio broadcasting that is owned, operated, and influenced by the community it serves

Podcast: a digital audio file made available on the internet for downloading to a computer or mobile device

DAB: stands for Digital Audio Broadcasting, and it's a digital radio service that transmits radio stations using digital technology

RAJAR: stands for Radio Joint Audience Research, and it is the official organization that measures radio audiences in the United Kingdom

license fee: is a payment made to an owner for permission to use their property, right, or asset

                                                            

 

BBC radio: operates several national stations and targets a specific audience.

Community radio: non-profit and cover small areas with serving the interests of a particular social group.

Commercial radio: funded by advertising and often focused on a particular genre of music, but they are very popular.

commercial radio is funded by advertising and plays certain genres of music. This makes more people more likely to listen through the adverts so that they can listen to the music. Whereas public service radio is funded by the public and they are funded by TV licences. This means it doesn't have any interruptions while listening.

Advantages of DAB: better quality, wider access, streaming live and anywhere.

Do Now                                    Wednesday 11 December

1. An active audience is people who are engaging in the media about things such as movies or games.

2. A passive audience is people who don't interact with the media.

3. The uses and gratifications theory is people use the media for 4 reasons which are; personal identity, information, entertainment, and social.

4. Fortnite engages the audience using different aspects of U&G theory

5. DEL is how to structure your answer.

 Wednesday 27 November

 Radio Research

1. BBC national radio stations:

Asian Network

Radio 3 BBC,  The home of our arts and cultural broadcasting, BBC Radio 3 is best known for its classical music output

 Radio 6,  It primarily plays a wide range of alternative music, from established and emerging artists and bands. In 2002 it was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years.

Music Radio 1 , It specialises in modern popular music and current chart hits throughout the day.

Radio 4, broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House, London.

BBC Radio 5 Live,  It broadcasts mainly news, sport, discussion, interviews and phone-ins.

Radio 5 Sports Extra , specialising in extended live sports coverage.

BBC Radio Leicester, broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at St Nicholas Place in Leicester.

Radio Scotland, a Scottish national radio network owned and operated by BBC Scotland, a division of the BBC. It broadcasts a wide variety of programmes.

 BBC Essex, It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios on New London Road in Chelmsford.

BBC Radio 1 Dance, The station plays a mix of back-to-back current, future and classic electronic dance music, and broadcasts exclusively on BBC Sounds.

 BBC Radio 1Xtra, 

BBC Radio Berkshire, BBC Radio Berkshire is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Berkshire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds. It has studios at Thames Valley Park near Reading.

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, BBC's local radio station serving the county of Cambridgeshire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at the Cambridge Business Park on Cowley Road in Cambridge.

BBC Radio Devon, BBC's local radio station serving the county of Devon. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios in the Mannamead area of Plymouth

BBC Radio Wales, Welsh national radio station owned and operated by BBC Cymru Wales, a division of the BBC. It began broadcasting on 13 November 1978, replacing the Welsh opt-out service of BBC Radio 4. 

BBC CWR, BBC's local radio station serving Coventry and Warwickshire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at Priory Place in Coventry city centre.

BBC London,  BBC's local radio station serving Greater London. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at Broadcasting House in Langham Place, London.

BBC Radio Cornwall,  BBC's local radio station serving the county of Cornwall. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at Phoenix Wharf in Truro. 

BBC Radio Cumbria

BBC Radio Derby, 

BBC Radio Guernsey

BBC Radio Jersey, 

BBC radio 2.