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Radio Regulator, PSB and exam questions

Regulation and Audience collator  Regulator- OFCOM  Audience collector- RAJAR  RAJAR RAJAR   for radio joint audience research and is the official body anchorage of measuring radio audiences in the UK. It is jointly owned by the BBC and the Radio centre on behalf of the commercial centre.  PSB Organisations within the media industries produce content with the aim of making money from our consumption-ITV, Channel 4. Exceptions to this would be public service broadcasting like the BBC. A PSB television or radio broadcasting that has to meet requirements set by OFCOM, the regulator for TV and radio.   Their aim is to- 1. Have distinctive, high quality programmes. 2. Reflect the diversity of Britain. 3.Inform the public. Don't confuse this with the BBC Remit BBC Remit- To enrich peoples lives with programmes and services that inform, educate and entertain. '...

Radio questions

Radio Questions 1. What is the online content of the BBC One live lounge? There are competitions, videos of interviewed artists who have previously performed and full episodes of these performances and interviews. 2.How can people listen to the live lounge? Through the radio, listen to it live on their website, on youtube and spotify.  3. How is it distributed? On player, live stream, the app and catch up.  How does the live lounge target different audiences? The live lounge targets different audiences by having a diverse cast. We know this as the station as part of PSB has to reflect the diversity of britain, which they do. For example one of the episodes consists of Sam smith performing. As he is a homosexual male, it would target people part of the LGBT community and inspire them. Another example could be the host being black. As she is black it is including all races and culture and making all these different people with di...

BBC Radio One Live Lounge

BBC Radio one live lounge BBC Radio ones remit is to inform educate and entertain. There are 3 different types of radio stations- Community- serve geographic communities.  National- Radio stations available nationally. Commercial- commercial radio licenses awarded by Ofcom. Typically reach the largest audience.