In this blog we will learn how/learn what to do for the following things:
- structure of the UK radio industry.
- organisation of the UK radio industry.
- ownership of radio stations in the UK radio industry.
Capital
- Owners:Capital radio is owned by Global radio but it was founded by GCap Media and chrysalis radio.
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Target audience: the particular target audience for Capital radio is the 'teen'agers, this is because of the type of music that they play.
Type of music: capital mostly plays pop but there is a lot of chart music on there.
When it opened: Capital Radio took to the air on 16 October 1973
Gold
Owners:Gold is part of the Classic Gold Network.
Target audience:Gold radio's Target audience is 50 ad over, this is because of the of music that they play and the are of the music.
Type of music: they play very classical music.
Type of music: they play very classical music.
When it opened:Gold radio first opened on the 20th of august 2007.
commercial radio
Commercial radio stations serve local and regional areas,commercial radio is possibly he most popular in the UK,the radio has to have adverts on i in order for it to make money to say running. with out these commercials, A lot of radio stations would have closed and there wouldn't be any where near how many radio stations as there is now.
Unlike the public service radios, commercial radios don't 'have' to be running, and with out them so many music styles wouldn't be played.
Each difdrent commercial radio stations serve different genres of music, this is because they all try to appeal to a diff rent set of ages, races and music styles. Most commercial radio stations try to find an area of music that is getting bigger(E.G. alternate rock, scene, indie).
The largest radio company is GlobalRadio, they own and buy many different radio stations. they borough a forma media group called GCap.
In order to be able to have a commercial radio station you need to apply for a licence on Ofcom. this is because the hold the rules and regulations for broadcasting.
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Commercial Radio is different to a PSB radio because they don't receive any money from the public. they receive all there funding through sponsors and things like advertising.
Also Commercial Radio is not obliged to make a radio station for all differing types of people. but the try to find a area in the market that is not catered for and make a station for them.
If there is already several radio stations for a certain type of audience, a Commercial Radio will be less likely to make another station for this particular audience.
There are many different types of Commercial Radio. there are regional types and national types.
There are many different types of Commercial Radios, for example a regional could be Key103 and a national one could be XFM. These radio stations are different because Key103 can only broadcast in the Manchester area and ave a limit to the distance they can broadcast, but XFM can broadcast through e whole of England. The licence fee
commercial radio
Commercial radio stations serve local and regional areas,commercial radio is possibly he most popular in the UK,the radio has to have adverts on i in order for it to make money to say running. with out these commercials, A lot of radio stations would have closed and there wouldn't be any where near how many radio stations as there is now.
Unlike the public service radios, commercial radios don't 'have' to be running, and with out them so many music styles wouldn't be played.
Each difdrent commercial radio stations serve different genres of music, this is because they all try to appeal to a diff rent set of ages, races and music styles. Most commercial radio stations try to find an area of music that is getting bigger(E.G. alternate rock, scene, indie).
The largest radio company is GlobalRadio, they own and buy many different radio stations. they borough a forma media group called GCap.
In order to be able to have a commercial radio station you need to apply for a licence on Ofcom. this is because the hold the rules and regulations for broadcasting.
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Commercial Radio is different to a PSB radio because they don't receive any money from the public. they receive all there funding through sponsors and things like advertising.
Also Commercial Radio is not obliged to make a radio station for all differing types of people. but the try to find a area in the market that is not catered for and make a station for them.
If there is already several radio stations for a certain type of audience, a Commercial Radio will be less likely to make another station for this particular audience.
There are many different types of Commercial Radio. there are regional types and national types.
There are many different types of Commercial Radios, for example a regional could be Key103 and a national one could be XFM. These radio stations are different because Key103 can only broadcast in the Manchester area and ave a limit to the distance they can broadcast, but XFM can broadcast through e whole of England. The licence fee
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