radio 1 Case Study

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  • Created on: 02-02-20 18:25
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  • Media - Radio 1
    • The BBC - Buisness Contexts
      • Agenda to appeal to the masses
      • Target Audience of 15-29 year olds
      • Competition with commercial stations
      • Regulation
        • Regulated by Ofcom since april 2017
          • to protect the public from harmful content (livingstone and lunt -> uses the citizen moddel)
          • Made sure to inform educate and entertain
            • 50% of music is played during the day to ensure the most people will listen at that time
      • PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCAST
        • Have to inform educate and entertain
          • Do this by ensuring a diverse range of content compared to things e.g heart
            • BBC get their income from TV lisences = guarenteed -> Don't need to be commercial to gain ads e.g heart.
              • Uses of media convergence to distribute across other platforms
                • Youtube
                • Spotify
        • LORD REATHE'S  PRINCIPLES
          • Set out in 1920 to INFORM EDUCATE AND ENTERTAIN
          • International reputation
            • Honesty and diversity
              • Vast portfiolio of radio stations owned by BBC allows for targetting at NICHE audiences
                • NO PRESSURE FOR MONEY = X CURRAN AND SEATON'S THEORY
              • Politicaly Unbias
    • HOSTS
      • Nick Grimshaw
        • Started in 2012 to appeal to a younger audience
          • HE then fell in viewership,
            • Joined in august 2018
      • Greg James
        • Role in wider media
          • Charity Work extreme sport challennges
          • Teen awards
        • Joined in august 2018
        • Has a less mainstream approach - allows listeners to call in mroe freuently acknowledges audience
          • Received 4 million views vs grimshaw recieve 1/2 mil
    • AUDIENCE
      • 22% of 16-24 year olds tune into radio
        • New technology is a massive threat to their viewership
    • CASE STUDY 15th NOVEMBER
      • MUSIC STATS
        • Nationality
          • 43.6% british
          • 39.2% American
        • Song diversity
          • 69.6% mainstream Pushing current music to an audiece
          • 24.3% Indie NICHE appeals to 15-29 year olds
            • For example november 15th they used top
            • 38.1% pop
              • 21.4% indie
        • Genre Diversity
          • 38.1% pop
            • 21.4% indie
      • TIME FOR EACH FEATURE
        • 69.2% music
        • 23.6% Chat
        • 7.2% news

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