theories
- Spin off>Women’s Hour -
context - 2015>twice a week, 2016>Once a
month>BBC Radio 4 at 11pm
- Lauren Laverne>First host>Emma Barnett
took over in 2018.
- Features female guest>female production
team.
- Topics consists of topics women relate to >
guests now choose topics to discuss.
- 1930-40s > time of change for women
>Women’s Hour started in the 1940s
- Regulated by BBC >publicly funded >licence
Industry fee >’inform, educate and entertain ‘>ten
national radio stations >public service
and broadcasting.
- LNWH meet the remit> impartial news +
regulation info, educated professionals
- OFCOM >office of communications
>broadcasting code >prevent harmful +
offensive content, protecting privacy,
ensuring impartially, accuracy + fairness.
- PSB+BBC=target audience needs to consist
audience of everyone to ‘reflect, represent and serve
the diverse communities of all of the UK ‘s
nations and regions ‘ >can be argued that
LNWH do not meet this aa the person with
the most power, the host, is exclusively and
has always been a white middle class
women, which isn’t representative of the
UK
- Audience appeal>brand>spin off>Same
font/logo, artwork (thumbnail)>Brings
original success of WH to a new programme
> reduces risk>differences >subject topics,
WH=tame, LNWH=taboo
- Appealing to the young and
educated>taboo/sensitive topics,
presenters, all female show + feminine
values, late + adventurous, intimate mode
- Power and media industries
>Curran + Seaton>diversity
in ownership = varied and
adventurous content
- BBC>funded by gov>not
profit driven.
- Advantages> they can take
risks, editorial independence
and long-term funding
- Disadvantages > the BBC
isn’t accountable for the
audience really wants.
- varied> ages, ethnic +
cultural backgrounds,
content, musical genres,
arts, and format.
- Adventurous >niche
audience, specialist music
genres, live sports, speech
radio
- Audience response >Hall’s
reception theory>preferred
reading >LNWH is
informative as well as
entertaining, adventurous,
relatable>middle class,
educated, early 20s/late 30s
will get this reading
- Negotiated reading >topics
are good, but the delivery Is
outdated, boring,
monotone>age could be a
reason for this reading.
- Short life of programme
>audience were mostly
oppositional and/or
negotiated reading
 of address + educated tone.
- Audience appeal>presenters>Lauren
Laverne>outspoken+ alternative +
educated>presented BBC Radio 6 + BBC
Radio 4>brought a younger
audience>>Emma Barnett>serious, well
educated, political, respected female
journalist>presented BBC 5 Live + made
documentaries for BBC Radio 4>educated
audience
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