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Wednesday 27th, November 2024

Radio Research

BBC national radio stations
BBC Radio Humberside. BBC Radio 1. BBC Radio 2.
BBC Radio Cumbria. BBC Radio Cornwall. BBC Radio Leicester.
BBC Radio Jersey. BBC Radio Guernsey. Asian Network
BBC Radio 6 Music. Radio 3. BBC Radio 5 Live
Radio 5 Sports Extra. BBC Radio 1Xtra. Radio 4 Extra
BBC Essex. BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. Radio 4
BBC Radio Guernsey. Radio Scotland.
BBC Radio 1 Dance. BBC Radio Berkshire
BBC Radio Derby. BBC Radio Devon
BBC CWR. BBC Radio Gloucestershire

                                                                                                                                                                       

     Wednesday 4th December 2024

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1. BBC Radio 1
2. Commercial Radio is a radio station for profit only
3. The diverse interests across people
4. LIAR is Language, Industry, Audience, Representation
5. Context is Historical, Political, Social and Cultural




BBC radio is a public service broadcaster; A public service broadcaster (PSB) is a radio, television, or other electronic media outlet that aims to serve the public, rather than make a profit

Commercial radio stations make money by selling advertising


Community radio stations are non-profit organisations that broadcast content relevant to local communities

A podcast is a digital medium consisting of audio (or video) episodes that relate to a specific theme

Digital Audio Broadcast, (DAB) Radio uses digital technology to distribute your favourite radio stations. Due to the digital method of broadcasting, Streaming live and Accessing anywhere and both advantages of DAB radio

RAJAR stands for Radio Joint Audience Research. It is the official body in charge of measuring radio audiences in the United Kingdom

an amount of money that you pay a company or organisation to give you permission to use, do, or have something

The Royal Charter is the constitutional basis for the BBC

A remit is the area of responsibility or authority for a radio service remit is the area of responsibility or authority for a radio service


Convergence is a signal-processing paradigm that is utilised when several RF systems have to share a finite amount of resources among each other

Public service radio stations are mostly funded through listener donations, and sometimes sponsorships. In some countries, there’s also a license fee that listeners pay to support these stations. This helps keep them independent from commercial pressures.
Commercial radio stations are funded mainly through advertising. Businesses pay the station to air ads, and the station earns money based on its audience size and the time of day. The more listeners a station has, the more it can charge for ads

                                                                                                                                                                       

Wednesday, 18th December 2024

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1. A public service broadcaster (PSB) is a radio, television, or other electronic media outlet that aims to serve the public, rather than make a profit
2. Commercial radio stations are funded mainly through advertising.
3. insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.
4. Ofcom

5.  technical convergence                                                                                                                               

The Archers

radio is so popular because you have the option to pick your own music genre and music types that you like which begins to build you personal identity in music, you are also able to listen to the radio anywhere and for free                                                                                         

Soap Opera Conventions                                                                                                             

matriarchs

stories focused on family/work/relationships

designed for regular listening

ongoing stories 

multi - strand narratives 

set in specific locations where characters come together (Pubs, cafe, workplaces)

 

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 on demand farming. The show, set in the fictional village of Ambleside, explores comforting tales of rural English life. Some stories are dramatic but most are about relationships. 

Wednesday 8th January 2025

Do Now!

1. 1951

2. BBC radio 4 

3. ongoing stories, matriarchs

4. 7pm 

5.  to inform, educate and entertain 

Set Episode

notes on: 

storylines:

 

-  the play,

nick playing Santa 

 

-  Gavin/prison

Gavin sounds ill - poor living 

hostel - doss house 

he is sorry 

he was complicit in a crime but then told the truth 

he was in prison for modern slavery 

main characters - Helen, Julie, Emma, Nick, Philip, Gavin moss, Linda, Mackenzie, Alan, Kristi miller,

 Joy     

genre conventions

audience appeals

how does this episode inform, educate and entertain? hard for people o come back to society after being in prison 

how does this episode show the impact of social or cultural contexts ? living in a van, hard to afford a house 

Wednesday, 15th January 2025

Do now!

1. 1951

2. Gavin/prison + The play

3. matriarchs and stories focused on family/work/relationships

4. 7pm every day

5. to inform, educate and entertain 

Audience

age:  50+ 

gender: mostly female

location: Midlands

income: high  disposable income 

class: middle class 

sexuality: straight 

religion: atheist 

Audience and U&G

- follow the archers account on twitter 

- read the archers blog 

- listen to podcasts 

- watch clips of the archers 

- watch behind the scenes videos 

Themes on the archers recently: 

- Tributes to Long-Standing Characters

- Domestic Abuse and Trauma

- LGBTQ+ Representation

Wednesday 22nd January 2025

Do Now! 

1. relationships 

2. BBC 

3. Through the TV licence 

4.

5.Adults 

Soap opera conventions:

Cliffhangers

Emotional Conflict

Complex Characters

Focus on Family Dynamics

Romantic Plotlines

Over-the-Top Plot Twists

Soap operas are defined by their long-running, serialized storytelling, complex characters, emotional drama, and themes centered around family and romance. Their episodic format, use of cliffhangers, and melodramatic tone are all part of the formula that makes them such a unique and enduring genre in television.

Ruth Archer

Theirs was a model marriage but Ruth and David hit rough seas in 2006. Hardworking and talented on the farm, Ruth worked the Brookfield dairy herd single-handedly until her battle with breast cancer in 2000.

Fact title	Fact data
Played by:	Felicity Finch
Born:	16 June 1968
Status:	Married to David Archer
Occupation:	Farmer
Lives and works at:	Brookfield Farm

As the children grew and she recovered, she conceded that help would be welcome and the arrival of herdsman Sam Batton was at first successful. But Ruth found herself getting too close to the equally keen Sam, and for a while the safest union in Ambridge was seriously threatened. Sensible Ruth pulled herself back from the brink, her love for her husband and children overcoming temptation at the eleventh hour.

The couple steadily repaired their relationship with patience and strength, and pulled together to maintain the success of the farm.

At the start of 2016, Ruth returned from a much needed break in New Zealand with a deceptively simple idea of how to revolutionize the operation at Brookfield. Alongside Pip and David, she has worked hard to make the farm pay its way whilst supporting her children through life's ups and downs.

• Likes - Cows, chocolate, picnics with the kids
• Dislikes - Shopping, cooking, housework, wearing a dress
• Highs - Being given the all-clear after her breast cancer
• Lows - Having to win back David's trust after her dangerous liaison with Sam Batton

How do they appeal to the audience?  they like chocolate 

How do they fit the soap opera Conventions? 

How do they link to the BBC priorities? 

Josh Archer

Josh is the elder of Ruth and David's sons.

Fact title	Fact data
Played by:	Angus Imrie
Born:	13 Sep 1997
Status:	Single
Occupation:	Likes to think of himself as a successful businessman
Lives at:	The Stables

He's often to be found helping Ruth with the milking and also has a lot in common with his dad. They both loathe shopping and have a capacity to eat whatever's put in front of them.

As Josh got older, a distinct rivalry developed between Josh and his elder sister Pip.

• Likes - Tractors, animals, football
• Dislikes - Washing his hair; shopping
• Highs - Taking a partnership in the hen business at Willow Farm
• Lows - Being dropped as a friend by the older Jamie Perks

How do they appeal to the audience?

How do they fit the soap opera Conventions? 

How do they link to the BBC priorities? 

Helen Archer

Settled with her family, her nightmare marriage behind her, has Helen finally lost her title of unluckiest woman in Ambridge?

Fact title	Fact data
Played by:	Louiza Patikas
Born:	16 April 1979
Status:	Single
Occupation:	Shop manager / cheesemaker
Lives at:	Beechwood Estate

Born with a dislocated hip, Helen was frail as a baby but grew into a horse-mad teenager keen on a career in food. The death of her brother John in 1998 hit her hard, as did a doomed relationship with Greg Turner, who took his own life in 2004.

After battling a near-fatal eating disorder, Helen decided not to wait for Mr Right and gave birth to Henry, conceived by donor insemination, in 2011. She was at her happiest when she met Mr Wrong, Rob Titchener, two years later.

Their passionate affair led to a hasty wedding, but his charm soon turned to coercion and cruelty. Eventually, heavily pregnant and fearful for Henry, Helen stabbed Rob. When the scale of his abuse emerged, a jury cleared Helen of attempted murder and she was awarded custody of Henry and baby Jack. Enraged, Rob tried to snatch Jack but Helen saw him out of Ambridge, enabling her to start afresh.

• Likes: Being with her sons, spending time with friends
• Dislikes: Being reminded of her past, being fussed over
• Highs: Winning prizes for cheese, preventing Rob abducting Jack
• Lows: Stabbing Rob, giving birth in jail

How do they appeal to the audience?

How do they fit the soap opera Conventions? 

How do they link to the BBC priorities? 

Christopher Carter

Ambridge's resident farrier has turned many a local head.

Fact title	Fact data
Played by:	Wilf Scolding
Born:	22 June 1988
Status:	Divorced from Alice Carter
Occupation:	Farrier
Lives at:	Flat above the shop
Owns:	The Rookery, Home Farm

Born with a unilateral cleft lip, Chris has developed into a good looking and muscular man. The local farrier, he bought the forge, where he had been an apprentice, when his boss Ronnie retired. Son of Susan Carter, Chris is as competent at chewing the fat with his customers as he is with the technical aspects of working with metal and fitting horses' shoes.

Through his teenage years he had a number of girlfriends and then while at a music festival got together with Alice when they were both 20 years old. Their relationship swiftly developed into a serious commitment, much to his parents' delight and her parents' bemusement - especially when they returned from the US blithely announcing they were married in Las Vegas. At the time, Brian described it as a "starter marriage". The union remained unwavering for a decade until facing its toughest challenge of Alice's alcoholism. Their marriage didn't survive, but they amicably share the parenting of their daughter, Martha.

• Likes - Cricket, a good laugh
• Highs - Qualifying as a fully fledged farrier in 2008
• Lows - Being seriously injured by an agitated horse in 2013

Ultimately, The Archers appeals to female listeners through its rich character development, emotional depth, and focus on the complexities of women's lives. Its long-standing tradition of tackling both universal and specific female experiences allows it to remain a cherished part of many women’s daily routines. 

Do Now 

1. 6 Million 

2. ABC1

3. 7pm 

4. Demographics 

5. educate, inform and entertain 

Audienes and U&G

Explain how the BBC uses different platforms to distribute radio programmes?

Refer to The Archers to support your points.

The BBC uses various platforms such as X and facebook to promote the archers. The archers is available on Spotify and Radio 4. It is played on the radio daily at 7PM and then repeated 2pm the following day, There is also an omnibus on Sunday morning. The podcasts are available to download and catch up for 30 days. The archers is promoted through social media,  Fan groups and discussions related 100% for refuge. Fans also engage with topics through clips, podcasts, blogs and character information.  

Personal identity - people can relate to topics - DV storyline. relate to characters.

Information - Help for topics DV/ modern slavery/ prison release. Rural life 

Entertainment - Storyline gripping, escape normal life

Social interaction - fan pages. social media debates 

    

Why might audiences listen to the archers? Refer to U&G in your answer.

 Listeners might listen to The Archers to feel connected to a larger community. The show has a long-standing tradition, and many people listen as a way to bond with friends, family, or colleagues. It creates a shared experience that they can discuss, much like other long-running shows. This provides social interaction and a sense of belonging. The Archers is also known for its reflections on real-world issues, from agriculture to social change, often embedding public service messages. Audiences might listen to gain insight into societal issues, especially related to rural life, farming, and modern challenges faced by the UK countryside. This satisfies their informational needs, such as understanding different lifestyles and current affairs. The soap opera format of The Archers delivers entertainment through dramatic storylines, character development, and suspense. the audience will listen for the enjoyment of following ongoing narratives, becoming invested in the lives of the characters, and anticipating plot twists. This is a direct form of entertainment that many seek in media. For some listeners, The Archers may reflect their own lives, particularly those living in rural areas or working in farming. The stories can resonate with their personal experiences, reinforcing their sense of identity. The Archers may help listeners align their own values with those represented in the show. 

Wednesday 5th February 2025

Do Now

1. commercial radio , Community radio PSB

2. PSB

3. commercial radio

4. Community radio

5. BBC 4

Exam Questions and responses

 Ofcom regulates radio

Commercial, Public service broadcast, community - three types of radio

the difference between commercial radio and PSB is that Commercial is funded by advertising however PSB is funded by the tv licence

the archers fit to informing through mature subjects such as domestic abuse, this links to the BBC remit because it informs people about what happens in the real world. The archers fit to educate through using engaging storytelling to reflect social issues, An example of this would be 1951 farm life post the war and having a close community. This links to the BBC remit because it educates people in the cities who haven't experienced farm life and shows them what its like. The archers fit to entertain its audience through dramatic storylines and characters, An example of this would be the story of imprisonment due to modern day slavery, This links to the BBC remit of entertainment because it is very dramatic and unusual. The Archers benefits the public because it teaches them a lot and uses the BBC remit of inform educate and entertain to inform, educate and entertain its audience.  

BBC radio 4   

middle aged women

The archers aim at middle aged women through strong female characters, and storylines that follow female characters. The also aim at ABC1 women through mature serious subjects and over gradual realistic storylines 

 

Wednesday 12th February 2025

DO Now!

1. 2

2. 1Hour and 30 mins

3. bbc radio 4 

4. tv license 

5. educate inform entertain