Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popular and relevant to a local, specific audience but is often overlooked by commercial or mass-media broadcasters. An example of a community radio would be the AHBS Community Radio in Ashford, Kent.
Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. A public radio network was created in 1970, following the passage of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. This was established with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Public radio stations in the USA tend to broadcast a mixture of news and talk programs along with music and arts/cultural programming.
Private radio (commercial broadcasting) is the broadcasting of radio programming by privately owned corporate media, as ooposed to state sponsorship. It was the USA's first model of radio during the 1920s, in contrast with the public television model in Europe during the 1930s, 40s and 50s which prevailed worldwide until the 1980s.
Factual programming is a genre of non-fiction television programming that documents actual events and people. These type of programs are known as documentaries, observational documentaries, fly on the wall, docudrama, and reality television. An example of one of these would be the show Made in Chelsea. Made in Chelsea is a reality series which chronicles the lives of affluent young people in the West London area of Belgravia, Kings Road and Knightsbridge and even their travels around the world such as New York City, Dubai, Verbier, Cannes, Saint-Tropez, Venice and Barbados.
News programming is a regulary scheduled radio or television program that reports current evemts. News is typically reported in a series of individual stories that are presented by one of more anchors. A news program can include live or recorded interviews by field reporters, expert opinions, opinion poll results and occasional editorial content. An example of news programming would be the BBC News. BBC News is an operational business division of the BBC and is responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.
BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station operated by the BBC which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in modern and current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. After 7pm, Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7pm, including electronic dance, hip hop, rock, indie or even just interviews. The main target audience for this radio station would be people aged from 15 to 29. However, the average age of the UK audience in 2008 was 33.
Radio 1 is very fast paced compared to other radio stations which is probably why the age range is from 15-29 year olds.
There are different DJ's throughout the day including celebrities like Nick Grimshaw, Fearne Cotton and Scott Mills. Radio 1 also includes famous guest such as Simon Cowell, Sam Smith, The Wombats and even Johnny Depp. This would make this station very popular with the target audience and would make them want to listen to the radio station more.
BBC Radio 4 is also a British radio station that is operated by the BBC and it broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. The target audience for this radio station is different compared to Radio 1 as Radio 4's target audience is for anyone over the age of 30. 73% of Radio 4's listeners are aged over 45 which shows that this radio station is for the older people who could be retired.
