Unit 14: Radio Production

Transmitter The transmitter is the key component to any radio broadcast.  It takes your broadcast signal, encodes it, and transmits as radio waves that can be picked up by any receiver. There are several different types of Radio Transmitters available from Progressive Concepts. There are large FM Transmitters for full power Radio Stations and there are medium to low power FM Transmitters such as those used on LPFM radio stations. Receiver The receiver picks up the encoded broadcast signal, decodes it, and allows for you to hear it. It is the what allow your radio set to pick up signals for playback. Antenna The broadcast antenna sends and receives radio signals. Progressive Concepts can help you determine which FM Broadcasting Antenna is best for your particular application. Transmission Lines Transmission lines transport your signal locally, from one location to another.  For example from the FM Transmitter up the tower to the FM Antenna. These lines are usually in the form o...

  Programme name: Going Home with Vick and Jordan.  Station it is on: BBC Radio 1 Presenters: Jordan North and Vick Hope.  Start time: 3:30pm  End time: 6:00pm  Structure:  At the start of the programme there is a small intro that introduces use to the hosts, it has an upbeat feel to the jingle as it is celebrating the end of the day. The first part of the show is last nights hottest record, this changes every day based on what the listeners think is the hottest record. Although some songs have stayed as the hottest record for a while. Moving onto the next part of programme they have their own take on a court room where Jordan North takes on an alter ego as a judge and listeners call in and tell him their predicaments. The final part of the programme is where they asked their listeners  something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue" basically they get a listener to chose a song that fit...

Demographic is based on these areas: age, sexuality, gender, income, education and occupation. It is the study of population-based on factors such as gas, race and sex, it refers to socioeconomic information which expressed statistically including employment, education, income, marriage rates, birth and death rates and more. It is known as an outdated way of gaining audience information.  Furthermore, audiences can also be defined by psychometrics. This is defined by mainly occupation and income. The first one is called the successor, these are upper middle class people. They have already gained a title and money are usually highly educated. Then there is the mainstreamers, this group of people make up 40% of the population. They like security and enjoy belonging to a group, this psychographic would mainly be interested in listening to the mainstream radios such as BBC Radio 1 and Capital FM. Furthermore, the next psychometric is the aspirers...

Public radio stations Public radio stations are stations funded by the public through licenses and taxes, their prime objective is public service due to them being funded by the public, so they provide more informative news as a such to more radio shows. A prime example is the BBC, they have many radio stations however all of them have some form of informative content. Focusing on BBC Radio 1, the content of public radio stations include contemporary music and then news and information, this station bases its content. The target audience of BBC radio 1 is 15- 29 year olds which is considered a younger adult audience. Since it is targeted towards younger audiences it predominantly plays alternative music, most commonly songs from the charts, with only a few shows targeted towards teenagers. As this station is public funded it doesn't host competitions like a commercial station like Capital FM, this is probably since it is crowd funded and I do not believe that the public would be ha...

Ownership model: BBC Radio 1 Extra  Radio 1 Extra is a national radio station  It is a PSB (Public Service Broadcast) station which means it is funded by the government taxes and music licenses.  It is linked with the BBC Radio shows such as BBC Radio one and since this is all owned by the same conglomerate company. 

Purpose - Entertainment - Music, interviews, plays E.g. Radio 1, Capital, Radio 4 - Educational - The purpose of the show is to educate the listener E.g Radio Documentary and LBC.  - Inform - the presenter is there to inform the listener information e.g. weather and traffic.  - Promote - The reason of the show to promote a service or a product.  Income Is the radio, commercial or public?  Commercial - Promotions, advertisements Public - Gets money from the Government and by licenses.  Scheduling  Depends of when your radio production is broadcast, can have an on how the show should be structured:  - Breakfast  - Daytime  - Drive Time  - Evening  - Overnight  Content  - Music  - News  - Dialogue  - Phoneins  - Dramatisations  Meaning  How will you develop meaning in your production?  Staff and resources  Who will be in the production - Presenter...