L01 - Types of Radio operation (P1)

 

Radio Industry Operations	Definition	Examples of Stations	Ethos and Purpose	Funding / Revenue Streams	Typical Content	Reach/ Size
National commercial	Broadcast across the country not owned by the state	Classic Fm, Capital FM, Kiss, Magic, Heart	Provide a popular service	Advertising and marketing	Rap pop or R&B, or other popular forms of music	Capitals reach in the UK is 6,151,000 Link
Public	Supported by a government,	Heritage Radio, Juice Radio, LMR Manchester, Love 80s MCR,	More niche approach to music	Government + taxpayers	Country, niche genres	Heritage radio reaches 1 million people Link
Regional	these can be delivered by the BBC as well as commercial and independent radio broadcasters.	BBC local radio	Allows those with heritage to listen to their music	Advertising and marketing	Foreign language music.	BBC Radio reaches 15.5% of adults in England Link
Community	a system of licensing small, micro-local, non-profit radio stations	Punjab radio, sunrise radio, Lyca radio, Brit Asia Radio	To spread messages with a purpose	None	Local messages, music	Punjab radio has 59,000 listeners per week by people over 15 Link
Internet	Audio stream accessed through internet	Capital FM Classic FM Smooth Radio BBC World Service	Allow those at home to listen to music	Advertisements or subscriptions	Music, podcasts, shows	Classic FM has 4.69million listeners according to David Taylor
Non-profit	For a community	Scout Radio, Seahaven radio, Desi radio	Let people who want to listen to niche music be able to without money	none	Niche music stations	Desi radio had 133,093 as of 2004 Link