C1 Radio

 Wednesday 27th November 2024

Radio Research 

1)

  • BBC Radio 1: Plays popular music and chart hits during the day, and alternative genres at night 
  • BBC Radio 2: A popular radio station in the UK 
  • BBC Radio 3: Plays classical music
  •  BBC Radio 4: Plays news and current events 
  • Radio 5 Live: A national radio station 
  • The BBC Asian network: A national radio station
  • 1Xtra: A digital-only service 
  • BBC Radio 6 Music: A digital-only service
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra: A digital-only service
  • BBC Radio Wales: Welsh national radio station
  • BBC Essex: Essex local radio station
  • BBC Radio One Dance: A station which plays dance music
  • Radio Cornwall: Cornwall news and radio station 
This tells us that is the UK there is a  range of cultural diversity. And it reflects the UK accepts it.
Wednesday 4th December 2024


Do Now
1) BBC Radio 1 ✓
2) Commercial Radio is a radio which runs for profit
3) There is a wide range of cultural diversity in the UK ✓
4) LIAR is  language, industry, audience and representation
5) Context- Historical, political, social and cultural


Public server broadcaster- a media outlet that provides content for the public, rather than for commercial gain
Commercial radio- runs for profit
Community radio- independent, community owned radio
Podcasta series of pre-recorded audio or video files that are available on the internet for on-demand listening
DAB radio- Digital, Audio Broadcast
RAJARRadio Joint Audience Research and is the official body in charge of measuring radio audiences in the UK.
License free- a two-way radio that can be operated without a license
Royal charter- the constitutional basis for the BBC
Remit- a set of obligations or priorities that a channel or service must fulfil
Convergencejoining of several distinct technologies into one

Three types of radio:
Public server- a media outlet which provides content for the public
Community radio- a small area base and does not run for profit
commercial radio- privately owned radio which runs for profit

Public server radio is non- profit for example BBC which is funded by TV license where as commercial is funded by advertising  for example Classic FM.

2 advantages of DAB Radio- 
Live streaming, podcasts can be downloaded.
 Wednesday 18th December 2024
The Archers

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1) provides content for the public ✓independent and financed by public money
2) Advertisement
3) Current events x mixed speech
4) OFCOM
5) New technology and apps like Spotify available on phones ✓

Radio is still popular because you can choose your own music depending on which station you decide to listen to. You can listen wherever you are: the car, at home, work ect. 


Soap Opera Conventions
- Targets a female audience so has strong female characters (matriarch)
- Stories on friends, family and relationships
- regular listening
- Ongoing stories
- narratives reflect real life
- specific location
- more dialogue than action

The archers
- listened to on BBC (radio 4), radio, podcasts and Spotify
- For each 13min episode there is only 2 hours of studio time allocated
- episodes are broadcasted 3-6 weeks after recording
- actors get scripts only a few days before recordings

The archers is the worlds longest running radio soap opera. It began broadcast in 1951 on BBC 4 to educate returning soldiers on farming. The show is set in the fictional village of Ambleside, explorers comforting tales of rural English life. Some stories are more dramatic but most are about relationships or realistic events such as WWII. Each episode is 13 minutes long and listened to by more than 5 million people. The show is broadcast everyday at 7pm, again the next day and each week. The target audience are matriarchs. 
Wednesday 8th January 2025
Archers set episode

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1) 1951 ✓ 
2) BBC Radio 4  ✓
3) ongoing story, Strong female characters ✓
4) Everyday at 7 ✓ except Saturday
5) BBC remit is to inform, educate and entertain


Storyline
-Town Play, Christmas (nerves before and after)
- Gavin, just got out of prison
Characters
-Gavin Moss, sounds ill (bad living), living in hostel, sounds apologetic 
- Kirsty Miller sounds upset and shocked, 
- Mick, lives in a van in a pub car park, 
-Linda, posh
Genre conventions
Ongoing storylines
different accents
Audience appeal
Dramatic
Links to own life
Pantomime
Entertain, inform, educate?
Modern Slavery
dramatic
Religion (christianity)
Community based 
Show social/cultural impacts?
Mick cant afford a house
Life coming out of prison
Modern Slavery
Wednesday 15th January 2025
 
Audiences

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1) 1951 ✓
2) Gavin Moss recently got out of prison ✓
3) Dramatic, Strong female leads ✓
4) everyday at 7pm ✓ except Saturday
5) Inform, educate and entertain ✓


Archers Target Demographic

-Age: 55+ (62%)
- Gender: Female, strong female characters (77%)
- location: Midlands
- Income: High 'disposable income'
- Class: ABC1 
- Religion: Christianity

Audiences and Uses and Gratification.

Blog, Website, Podcast, behind the scenes videos, clips, discussions online

Most popular themes and topics on archers:

> Abusive relationships- Helen Titchener stabbed her abusive husband Rob
> Miscarriage 
> Abortion
> 2006- gay marriage 
> Rape
> Armed robbery
> Racism

Wednesday 22nd January 2025

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1)  Marriage, Rape, domestic violence
2) BBC
3) License fee
4) No advertisment
5) Middle aged well educated white women

Key Conventions of Soap Operas 
Strong female characters, Ongoing storylines, Dramatic storylines, relatable themes, social issues

Alan Franks

Played by: John Telfer
Married to Usha Franks
Occupation: Vicar
Likes - His motorbike, chocolate brazils, anything that's 'out there'
Dislikes - Injustice, stick-in-the-muds, late nights
Highs - Having Amy approve of his wife Usha Gupta
Lows - The death of his wife Catherine from breast cancer in 1995

Peggy Woolley

Played by: June Spencer
Widow of Jack Woolley
Likes - Church on a Sunday (as long as the vicar's not a woman), cats, her garden
Dislikes - Mobile phones, loud music, slack standards
Highs - Triumphantly sending Jack's daughter Hazel packing when she came looking for money and control
Lows - Finally having to accept that Jack needed residential care, his death


Adam Macy

Played by: Andrew Wincott
Married to Ian Craig 
Occupation: farmer
Storylines- Gay marriage, cheating, affairs
Family: Debbie Aldridge, Alice Carter, Tony Archer (and more)
Controversial Topic/s: Gay marriage 

1) The archers has many strong female characters
2) Helen Archer suffered domestic violence
3) It has dramatic storylines which are relatable
Wednesday 29th January 2025
Audiences and U+G

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1) 6million + ✓
2) ABC1, middle aged, well educated women ✓
3) Everyday at 7pm and in an omnibus on Sunday mornings ✓
4) Demographic ✓
5) To inform, educate and entertain ✓

Explain How the BBC uses different platforms to distribute radio programmes.
Refer to the Archers to support your points. 

The BBC various platforms this can be seen with The Archers  on the  Archers website you can access podcasts, blogs and character backstories. The Archers can be listened to everyday at 7pm (except Saturday) and in an omnibus on a Sunday. The Archers has an omnibus so that it can be listened to all at once if missed, it can also be listened to on BBC sounds. This makes it more accessible to the 6million listeners. The website can be used to listen to the podcast: which discusses the most controversial topics, character backstories and more. The website also has a blog and a place where you can see more about the characters and their previous (main) storylines. The archers also have social media platforms such as twitter and facebook, this means that the Archers audience can keep up with latest news and topics and interact with the archers outside of listening to the  daily episodes. This also means the archers can be promoted cross platform, the social media, website, BBC sounds and their regular BBC radio 4 slot. Because the BBC have distributed the Archers across many platforms the show has become more popular and more accessible. It also allows the listener to understand the show in more detail and relate with the characters. 

Uses And Gratification 

Personal Identity-
- People can relate to topics and storylines (Domestic Violence, Free Helen) 
- Relate to characters
- Lives or lived in rural areas 

Information-
- Helpful Topics  (Prison release)
- Rural life

Entertainment-
-Gripping storylines
- An escape

Social Interaction-
- Relate to others who like the Archers:
  Through fan pages (social media)
  Fundraising (Free Helen)
  Debates

Why might Audiences listen to the Archers? 
Refer to U&G in your answer.

Audiences listen to the Archers for multiple reasons from the uses and gratification theory, including personal identity, entertainment and social interaction. The audience of The Archers may listen for personal identity: the archers have storylines and characters which can be relatable. For example, Free Helen who suffered domestic violence, this for some is a relatable topic as they may have experienced domestic violence themselves or know someone who has. It can also provide personal identity for those who have moved from rural areas to built up areas like cities. Listeners also get entertainment out of listening, the storylines are gripping and can be funny, serious or light-hearted this means that listeners can use the show as an escape from their own lives and dive into a rural life. It also provides listeners with social interaction, The Archers fan pages on social media can connect people who like listening to the archers. It also means that fundraisers like Free Helen. It can also start debates within comments on social media posts which continues to connect people socially. This fits to the theory of the uses and gratification theory as the Archers provides entertainment, personal identity and social interaction.

Wednesday 5th February 2025
Exam Questions and Responses

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1) Commercial, community ✓ PSB
2) PSB ✓
3) Commercial ✓
4) Community 
5) BBC (radio 4) ✓

Media industries

1) OFFCOM regulates radio

2) Two examples of radio type in the UK are PSB, commercial 

3) The difference is that commercial is funded by advertising ,however, PSB is funded by a license fee.

4) Explain why The Archers fits into BBC remit and the radio type it is classified as.
The Archers fits in with the BBC's remit as it informs the audience on mature subjects. An example is, Helen's abuse, this is a mature storyline but one that can happen in reality making it more relatable. This informs the public that abuse does happen, and that sometimes it can result in death. This means it works with the BBC's remit and informs the public even if they have not got any experience with domestic violence and how to help.

The Archers also educates the public on rural life and farm life. The Archer was originally started to educate on post war life and rationing in 1951. The Archers also shows a very close knit community, for example a man helped a stranger on the street because he was within his community. This helps educate people who live in cities on how rural life within a community works.

The Archers entertains the public through its gripping storylines. For example, modern day slavery, this subject is not one which is usually discussed which makes it more interesting to the listener. This fits with the BBC's Remit to inform, educate and entertain. The Helen Archer storyline is also entertaining as it is suspenseful and tense. 

Media Audiences

1) BBC Radio 4 broadcasts The Archers

2) One of the audiences for The Archers is well educated women

3) Two ways the archers is aimed at the audience is storylines have strong female characters and (ABC1) storylines are mature and serious which are gradual and realistic.

4) Explain why audiences listen to The Archers. Refer to U&G.

The audience listens to The Archers because it can relate to their personal identity. Listeners may live in a city or have moved away from the countryside, this show can put them back in a rural area and let them escape their city living. For example, the community is very close knit which is unusual in a city so allows the listener to relate to something they don't have. This links to the theory of uses and gratification because they are listening for personal identity.

Wednesday 12th February 2025
Lesson on Film Page

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1) 2 ✓
2) 3hours ✓ 1 1/2 hours each
3) BBC Radio 4 ✓
4) License Fee ✓
5) Inform, Educate, Entertain  ✓







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