New Technology and PSB

New Technology:

• New technology has helped the radio industry evolve and increase in popularity.
• There's been a huge increase in the number of people downloading podcasts and streaming internet radio. Most radio stations archive past broadcasts on their official websites, for listeners to access on-demand.
• Studio webcams and social media have changed the audience relationship with radio by making listeners feel more connected to the presenters.
• This type of media convergence is also achieved through the use of blogs and forums on radio websites.

PSB:

• Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) refers to broadcasting intended for public benefit rather than to serve purely commercial interests. It has to be for PUBLIC SERVICE (the responsibilities of the broadcasting authorities such as ITV, BBC, Channel 4 and Five as dictated by the state).
• PSB broadcasters have to cater for all ages/gender/race/religion/class etc. They also have to achieve a mix of education, information and entertainment.
• Different remits for different channels:
• The BBC has a 100% PSB remit.
• ITV has a much smaller PSB remit.
• Channel 4 has a large, but slightly different PSB remit (this is mostly tackled through its enforced aim of showing lots of niche programming.).
• Channel 5 has a tiny PSB remit (basically news) and all digital channels have no PSB remit

• OFCOM are in charge of ensuring broadcasters keep to their PSB remits.

Radio Facts

Radio Facts:

• Radio remains resilient- As the oldest broadcast medium, since it's creation at the turn of the 20th century, radio has witnessed each technological development that has brought different and competing media to consumers' media diets.
• The reach of radio is still high- almost 90% of adults tune in on a weekly basis- and time spent listening to radio increased in 2015. But there are differences across age groups.
• While for all UK adults the majority of time spent listening to any audio is accounted for by live radio (71%), 16-24s spend similar amounts of time with live radio (29%), personal digital audio (26%) and streaming services (25%)
• Overall, commercial stations their revenue in 2015, with overall growth of 1.4% to £519m, as national advertising offset declines in local advertising revenue.
• In 2015 over 40% of all reported radio listening was via a digital device.
• AQ second national DAB network of transmitters was switched on in March 2016, bringing 15 unique radio services to 75% of the UK's population.

Radio research pt.2

• Radio 1: this station prides itself on discovering new artists all the time, it was responsible for the discovery of artists such as; Ed Sheeran and James Bay. It describes itself as having a distinctive mix of music and speech to interest its target audience of 15 to 29 year-olds. It aims to offer a range of new and contemporary mix of music whilst supporting emerging artists in order to stay within its remit. This station stays true to the value of being the most creative organisation in the world.
• Radio 2: the remit of this station is to have a distinctive mix of music and conversation that is designed to interest a target audience of people aged over 35.  They do this by tailoring their music to that the target audience would have listened to particularly that which was played in the 1980s and 1990s. They tend to have a lot of phone in's during this show to discuss matters that are going on in the world currently. This station stays very true to the mission to enrich people's lives with programmes that inform and educate.
• Radio 3: this station is designed to offer a mix of music and cultural segments in order to interest their target audience of people aged over 55 years of age. It has a lot of classical and jazz music and has more relaxed themes in order to cater to its older audience. This station stays very true to the mission to enrich people's lives with programmes that inform and educate as well as being the most creative organisation in the world.
• Radio 4: this station provides minimal music coverage and is designed to be a mixed speech service, with a wide coverage of news and other speech (drama readings, comedy, factual and magazine programmes). It is targeted at an ABC1 audience aged 34-39 year-olds. This station stays very true to the mission to enrich people's lives with programmes that inform and educate.
• Radio 5:
  The remit of this station is to provide live news and sports coverage, to a target audience of mainly sports lovers from all ethnic backgrounds. It is seen as the main BBC station to bring listeners live and up to date news stories as they happen. Regarding sports, the station often has viewers ring up, or guests in the studio to analyse recent sporting fixtures.
  The station has a multi-purpose to entertain, inform and involve.
  Programs on this station:
  - 5 live Breakfast
  - 5 live Sport.
  - 5 live Drive.
  - Flintoff, Savage and the Ping Pong Guy.
  - Up All Night.
  - Morning Reports.
  
  
  Radio 6:
  The remit of BBC 6 Music is to entertain lovers of popular music with a service that celebrates the alternative spirit in popular music from the 1960s to the present day.
  
  

  Its programmes juxtapose current releases outside the mainstream, including music from the BBC Sound Archive. It should provide context for the music it plays, and support live music and new artists.
  Programs on this station:

  
  

  - Chris Hawkins.

  
  

  - Laura Laverne.

The sites that are most clearly following their PSB remits most clearly in my opinion are BBC radio 4 and BBC radio 5 live. Radio 4 has taken on a strong reputation as being a relaxing radio station with a variety of conversation to retain the same target audience year after year with very minimalist changes to their programmes despite drastic changes in technology. Secondly, BBC radio 5 live has stayed to true to it's sport fans by not adding anything different and still having lots of interactivity with listeners.

Radio Research

Who was the first ever Breakfast Show Presenter on Radio 1?

• The first breakfast show presenter was Tony Blackburn, who spoke the first words on Radio 1 and remained in the slot for nearly six years.

List some other DJs who have presented the show.

• Noel Edmunds- 4 June 1973- 28 April 1978
• Dave Lee Travis- 2 May 1978- 2 January 1981
• Mike Read- 5 January 1981- 11 April 1986
• Mike Smith- 5 May 1986- 17 May 1988
• Simon Mayo- 23 May 1988- 3 September 1993
• Mark Goodier- 6 September 1993- 24 December 1993
• Steve Wright- 10 January 1994- 21 April 1995
• Chris Evans- 24 April 1995- 17 January 1997
• Mark and Lard- 17 February 1997- 10 October 1997
• Kevin Greening and Zoe Ball- 13 October 1997- 25 September 1998
• Zoe Ball- 28 September 1998- 10 March 2000
• Sara Cox- 3 April 2000- 19 December 2003
• Chris Moyles- 5 January 2004- 14 September 2012
• Nick Grimshaw- 24 September 2012- Present

Biographical Information on Nick Grimshaw
Nick Grimshaw was born as Nick Peter Andrew Grimshaw on 14th August 1984 in Manchester, England. He is the son of Peter Grimshaw and Eileen Grimshaw. He has two siblings, Andy Grimshaw and Jane Grimshaw.
Nick Grimshaw joined BBC Radio 1 and started presenting Switch, the BBC's youth strand along with his mate DJ Annie Mac where he worked for nine years. Nick Grimshaw is one of the famous celebrity of British industry. According to the BBC, his salary is in between $410,000-$470,000. He is also named the highest paid Radio 1's DJ in 2017. In total sum, he has an estimated net worth of $2 million. Grimshaw is often seen riding a Mercedes G-Wagon car worth $80 thousand. He was spotted looking to buy a house in Islington, London worth $2.1 million.

What are the current listening figures for Radio 1 Breakfast show? On October 26th 2017, it was reported that the show recorded 4.93 million listeners between July and September- down from 5.5 million last quarter, a record low.

Who is the controller of BBC Radio 1?
The controller of BBC Radio1 is Ben Cooper.

How is Radio 1 funded?
The BBC is funded principally by an annual television licence fee which is charged to all British households, companies and organisations using any type of equipment to receive or record live television broadcasts and IPlayer catch-up.

How does Radio 1 try to be distinctive?
Radio 1 try to be distinctive by playing different game shows and having live guests in to change up the schedules and so you almost have a live concert on your concert on your radio to attract all audiences and can promote their own festivals if they have a good live act on their live lounge as almost a live preview for their concerts that are coming up.

What is the difference between BBC Radio stations and commercial stations?
BBC doesn't make much money as they are all government funded so do not have sponsors and make money from adverts and sponsors making them money but have bigger pauses in between music so people tend to turn over to BBC radio stations.