LO1: Types of Radio Stations
A type of radio station is a public radio station, this is funded by the Licence fee that the general public pay and from funding by the government. However, this means that these types of radio stations can't advertise or explicitly promote products on their stations. This type of station has the highest listenership in the UK with approximately 14.9 million listeners tuning into radio 2 every week. Examples of a public radio station is BBC Radio 1 and 2, as well as local stations such as BBC Radio Sheffield. BBC radio one specializes in modern day popular music, which is currently in the charts. The purpose of this radio station is to entertain an audience by engaging with them through the type music and the topics which they speak about. The target audience for Radio 1 is 15-29 year olds, as it includes a range of radio programmes within the station which caters to the wide range of target audience. In the early morning from 1-7 am it is more slow music and speeches as this is a...