Unit 40: Speech Package Production - Radio
Introduction:
There are a variety of Radio stations across the United Kingdom Area. They are some News Radio Stations like the BBC Radio 1 and also they are Factual Radio Stations like Capital FM and TFM Radio. They also a variety of Public Stations like the BBC which are owned by the public in the UK and Private Radio Stations like Capital FM and Heart also they are some Radio Stations which are owned by the community like CVFM which is our Local Community Radio Station here in Middlesbrough.
Target Audience
News Programming is more news and it informs the listener watching what is going on around the area and around the world. BBC and commercial stations have different amount of new programming, BBC has more news programming because they are a public service broadcaster. Commercial stations like TFM and Capital don't have the huge amount of money BBC has for programming but they still have to do some news because its part of the ofcom guide. Some radio stations have News Bulletin's which is like a quick new show which tells us the big latest news like the Earthquake in Nepal. Radio Stations that provide news not just Factual Programming like the TFM Radio they provide entertainment to its audience by talking and providing music to the audience so they can listen to it while they are driving or at home. TFM has a hourly news bulletin every day to give the audience mostly local news and some top stories news every hour.
BBC Radio 4 have their own news bulletin which it is different to the TFM new bulletin because BBC radio has more International and National news but TFM has more local news because TFM is a Local Radio Station and BBC Radio 4 is a national radio station.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02swmd7/newsbeat-after-the-band - here is a example of newsbeat which is a program that bbc radio 1 and the target audience is for people aged 15 to 24 years. They produced it to make it appeal to the audience because they do not want the audience to get bored so they made it fast paced and the news is straight to the point. They used Formal English Language so that the audience can understand it and also they use jingles to keep the audience engaged. They only cover stories that would appeal to the target audience like Fuel prices and other issues that could affect young people.
Factual Programming are more entertainment which are made to entertain the listener watching on the Radio Station. Some Radio stations do not make that much Factual programming because they don't have the funds to make it as it is expensive to produce factual programming, BBC is the biggest producer however they are more independed people who are making their own podcast through Youtube and SoundCloud. like Documentaries and movie reviews shows that are aimed to entertain their Target Audience, For example:
BBC Radio 2 made a History Documentary called Thirty Years Man and Boy which is about a song artist called Boy George. They had to put it on BBC Radio 2 because Boy George is a older song artist so it makes sense to put it on a radio station that has a target audience from everyone over the age of 35 therefore people over the age of 35 that are listening to the show will most likely know who Boy George is so it will be interesting to them listening. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05qyqc1
when the broadcaster are making the progammes they have to be aware of legal and ethical issues like broadcasting news and the producers need to make sure that
Target Audience
The target audiences of speech packages and the stations have the be the same as each other because you cant put an a documentary that is made for older people, you cant put it on radio stations like Capital FM because more younger people listen to it to listen to the new and latest songs and listen to the presenters have fun, it just wouldn't work and the audience would be bored of listening because younger people just want to listen to music so their would turn the radio off and then the radio stations would lose viewers.
News Programming is more news and it informs the listener watching what is going on around the area and around the world. BBC and commercial stations have different amount of new programming, BBC has more news programming because they are a public service broadcaster. Commercial stations like TFM and Capital don't have the huge amount of money BBC has for programming but they still have to do some news because its part of the ofcom guide. Some radio stations have News Bulletin's which is like a quick new show which tells us the big latest news like the Earthquake in Nepal. Radio Stations that provide news not just Factual Programming like the TFM Radio they provide entertainment to its audience by talking and providing music to the audience so they can listen to it while they are driving or at home. TFM has a hourly news bulletin every day to give the audience mostly local news and some top stories news every hour.
BBC Radio 4 have their own news bulletin which it is different to the TFM new bulletin because BBC radio has more International and National news but TFM has more local news because TFM is a Local Radio Station and BBC Radio 4 is a national radio station.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02swmd7/newsbeat-after-the-band - here is a example of newsbeat which is a program that bbc radio 1 and the target audience is for people aged 15 to 24 years. They produced it to make it appeal to the audience because they do not want the audience to get bored so they made it fast paced and the news is straight to the point. They used Formal English Language so that the audience can understand it and also they use jingles to keep the audience engaged. They only cover stories that would appeal to the target audience like Fuel prices and other issues that could affect young people.
Factual Programming
Factual Programming are more entertainment which are made to entertain the listener watching on the Radio Station. Some Radio stations do not make that much Factual programming because they don't have the funds to make it as it is expensive to produce factual programming, BBC is the biggest producer however they are more independed people who are making their own podcast through Youtube and SoundCloud. like Documentaries and movie reviews shows that are aimed to entertain their Target Audience, For example:
BBC Radio 2 made a History Documentary called Thirty Years Man and Boy which is about a song artist called Boy George. They had to put it on BBC Radio 2 because Boy George is a older song artist so it makes sense to put it on a radio station that has a target audience from everyone over the age of 35 therefore people over the age of 35 that are listening to the show will most likely know who Boy George is so it will be interesting to them listening. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05qyqc1
Legal and Ethical issues.
- They use accurate information and facts
- They are not biased like reporting politics
- They don't report confidential news like when reporting a Crime
- They don't use any stereotyping or racism that could offend anyone
- The reporting's and representations have to be fair
Producers and broadcaters need to be aware of the broadcasting codes set by ofcom because if they break any of these they could be fined and in extreme cases they broadcaster could lose they license
