Radio In The

UK
By Nicole Forber
BBC National Radio

BBC National radio is broadcasted all over the

united kingdom and has been present and
around since 1922. The national radio stations
of BBC are BBC Radio 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 live are
all available through the analogue radio as
well as on DAB Digital Radio and BBC Sounds.
DAB means Digital Audio Broadcasting they
transmit through waves around the country
which is important because it is a national
radio station.
BBC Regional And Local Radio
BBC Regional And Local Radio works the same way as BBC National Radio, the
license fee that people pay covers the radio stations. The BBC Regional And
Local Radio serves regional and local communities

The BBC Regional And Local Radio- The local side of the radio serves the
community, areas like Merseyside and Manchester. The Regional part of the radio
station covers certain regions in the UK, you can only listen depending on which
geographical area you are currently in at that moment.
National Commercial Radio
National Commercial Radio is funded through
profit and are ran by big radio stations some are
owed by global who owes a range of radio
stations. National commercial radios are funded by
advertisements and promotions.They get money
from advertisements. These type of radios have
much more freedom over what they can play over
the radio at any given times as they have adverts
and different sponsorships throughout playing the
radio.
Local Commercial Radio
Local Commercial Radio stations are aimed at the local communities serve their interests.
This serves smaller areas, such as cities and towns. These are funded by adverts and
sponsorships so the radio can run freely by adding music and different types of news whilst
still advertising other businesses. Normally radio stations like these are sister station of a
bigger national radio station in which it is owed by.
Community Radio
The community radio serves the local interests which results in them being dependent on the
interaction of the community.
The community radio stations broadcast local issues and help inspire the public. This radio station
is usually run by volunteers or could sometimes possibly be ran by a variety of charities. Local
Commercial radio is funded through adverts and sponsorships so that the radio can run freely by
adding music and news. The point of the local commercial radio is to serve smaller audiences that
live local to the radio station. For example, Lymm Radio.
Target Audience

A target audiences definition is know as a specific target type of audience for a certain
media. All media products have target audiences however this does not exclude others from
watching/listening to these type of things if it interests them.
Scheduling
A specific time that a programme is aired or broadcasted. It is important as it affects the
content on the programmes.
For example, the content of a breakfast radio show could potentially have a younger
audiences listening as people going to work, school run and travelling but not potentially
for them so the content of a breakfast show have to consider that it may not be suitable
for them. This means that they have to consider that anyone could be listening.

However scheduling late at night after 9pm when the watershed is, the younger audiences
are in bed. Therefore these contents should differ as throughout the day children may be
listening and therefore the radio should keep this in mind however the radio after 9pm can
be as mature and discuss more topics as it would be more appropriate because children
should be in bed.
Investigation Of BBC Radio One
Radio Station
BBC Radio One was first broadcast on the 30th September 1967, United
kingdom. The whole purpose of BBC Radio One to be created was an attempt to
create a brand new pop music service to replace the old stations. BBC Radio
One is a British national radio station is owed and operated by BBC. BBC Radio
One often specializes in modern popular music and the current ongoing hits
during that time of the day. Recently DJ Scott Mills and Chris Stark was
replaced by on BBC Radio One by Dean McCullough and Vicky Hawkesworth.
The pair will be taking over Scott Mills' usual weekday afternoon slot, with
McCullough having previously presented his weekend morning show. BBC
Radio One plays a variety in music genres specializing in modern hits
throughout the day and closer to the night they also provide alternative genres
including: electronica, dance, hip hop and indie. BBC Radio One has a sister
station which plays R&B , hip hop and black contemporary music
 DJs

Desmond Sarah Kennedy

Carrington
Johnny Beerling
Matthew
Bannister

Greg James
• Tony Blackburn was the first DJ for BBC Radio 1 on 13
September
• Greg james is the current DJ for BBC Radio 1

The current DJ’s are Dean McCullough and Vicky Hawksworth and Greg james doing the
breakfast show.
Programme Types

• Newsbeat
• Radio 1’s live lounge
• Turn it up
• Radio 1 relax
• The playlist
• The official chart
 audience profile

Radio 1 is to entertain and engage a mass audience of a range over young

listeners with a mix of contemporary music and speech. Its specific target
audience for this show is for the ages of 15 year olds to 29 years old and
also provides programming for younger teenagers.
listening figures

These are the different listening figures for BBC Radio 1. This graph is from June 2022.
Therefore these percentages and numbers are quite precise. BBC Radio 1 does a range of
shows therefore have a variety of listeners on their podcasts/radio.
Genres of Music

On BBC 1 there are all kinds of genres such as:

R&B, Dance Music, Pop, Electrica and indie.
Exploring BBC Radio One Breakfast
Show
DJs/ Presenters
The first presenter was Tony Blackburn on the 30th
September 1967 until the 1st June 1973 Other DJs who
have hosted the breakfast show for more than five years
are former hosts Nick Grimshaw, Mike Read, Simon Mayo,
and Chris Moyles.
The current presenter is Greg James who joined in 2018.
 crew
Some of the BBC Radio One Breakfast show crew is produced by Will
Foster, Chris Sawyer and Daisy Jarrett.
content of the show

The BBC Radio One Greg James breakfast show includes

entertainment for the audience/ listeners on the radio,variety
of different topics to be talked about, a range of music styles
for the listeners to relax and enjoy whilst either driving or just
listening to in general, the Greg James breakfast show also
gives news about what's going on throughout the show,
different people are presented to either talk about a topic or
play a game.for example they play a game of ‘What's my age
again?’ in which they guess a person's age from questions
given out by Greg James.
target audience
the target audience for this radio show is ages varying from 15 years old
to 29 years old. this is because the content in the radio show is used to
entertain and engage a broad range of different audiences with a mix of
speech and music.
 a specific time that the shop is

scheduling broadcasted throughout. for

example, the Greg James show airs
from the times of 7am till 10.30am.
therefore this radio would be on early
• 06:57. Radio 1 Newsbeat. morning and would be convenient to
• 07:00. Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James. listen to if you want to hear the news
• 10:30. Radio 1 Newsbeat. or on your way to work/ school. this
is due to the scheduling off the show
• 10:32. Rickie, Melvin and Charlie with Rickie, Melvin and Nat so they can give information on the
O'Leary. weather and the happenings
• 12:00. Radio 1’s live lounge throughout different areas around
• 12:45. Newsbeat the world yet also entertain with
• 13:00. Dean and Vicky music that people enjoy/listen too
• 15:32. Going home with Vick and Jordan
• 18:00. Radio 1’s future sounds
• 19:00. Radio 1’s hottest records of the week
• 20:00. Radio 1’s future artists
• 22:00. Radio 1’s power down playlist
• 23:00. Radio 1’s rock show
investigation of radio x breakfast show
 djs presented in crew
Current
● Chris Moyles - host (2015–present)
● Dominic Byrne - newsreader and regular contributor (2015–present)
● Pippa Taylor - executive producer/producer and regular contributor (2015–present)
● James Robinson - producer and regular contributor (2017–present)
● Toby Tarrant - Radio X DJ, regular cover presenter and regular contributor (2017–present)
● Sam Owen - video producer and contributor (2019–present)
● Harry Diffey - regular contributor (2022–present)
● Chris Longman - Sound designer and contributor (2022–present
content of the show
The content in the radio X breakfast includes entertainment for the
audience/ listeners on the radio,variety of different topics to be
talked about, a range of music styles for the listeners to relax and
enjoy whilst either driving or just listening to in general, the radio
show also does a selection of different adverts to reach the public
and also whilst doing this it also spreads the word of the business
so they get more customers. during the show, different people are
presented to either talk about a topic or play a game. in chris
moyles breakfast radio show on October 1st, for example they play
a game of craptic birthdays in where they guess a person from bad
clues given throughout.
target audience
The target audience for radio x breakfast show its aimed for
adults as they are adverts containing daily bills on phones and
house, as well as holidays, money problem help if its needed.
Its target audience will be mainly be men aged between 15- to
44-years-old, and will play rock and guitar-based music.Global
also announced that mobile network O2 and Gillette, the
Procter & Gamble male grooming brand, will be commercial
partners for Radio X.
scheduling
A specific time that a programme is
aired or broadcasted. It is important
as it affects the content on the
programmes. The Chris Moyles Radio
X Breakfast show starts airing from
6:30am till 10am on a weekday and
then 8am till 11am on a weekend.

Scheduling is important as someone

may need the key information/
adverts off the show in order to either
receive better discounts or better
deals on everyday things.