STRUCTURE, ORGANISATION AND OWNERSHIPHarry Powell

Commercial RadioCommercial radio is the most recent type of radio station as they only started broadcasting around October 1973. The way that commercial radio is different to other radio types is that it is broadcasted under a privately owned company and they play adverts on their show to create revenue rather than the state sponsorship. Radio broadcasting started without adverse at first but as they found out that they could gain money from it and it didn’t see that abnormal they began to implement them.

Commercial RadioAn example of a commercial radio station is Capital Fm;Branding: 95-106 CapitalSlogan: “The Uk’s No.1 Hit Music Station”Frequency: 95-106 MHz depending on area, DAB in some areas, Freesat: 719, Freeview: 724, Sky: 0109, Virgin Media: 958Owner: Global Radio (England) Communicorp (Rest of UK)Website: www.capitalfm.com

Capital FM is the Uk’s largest radio station with raking in as many as 7.5 million combined listeners a week. The company is owned by global radio, these own lots of different radio stations within the UK. Capital radio and GWR group’s merger in 2005 resulted in stations turning into one which existed until June 2009 when most of them which are now currently owned by Global Radio were rebranded to be a part of The Heart Network.

Public service radio BBC is its own service which provides people nationally with various types of radio stations. These cover the majority of the UK hosting a variety of different music genres and target audiences. These also include radio stations which include news broadcasts. The Royal Charter is the constitutional basis for the BBC. The Agreement with the Secretary of State sits alongside the charter this provides details on many topics outlined in the Charter and it also covers the BBC’s funding and regulatory duties. With the Charter and the Agreement with the Secretary of State this establishes the BBC’s independence from the Government. The television licence is an official record of payment required for the reception of television broadcasts, or the possession of a television set where some broadcasts are funded. The funding that the BBC receive through the TV licences is used to cover the following; TV £2,276m, Radio £650m, Online £174m, Other costs £357m. All of this funding comes from a licence which costs £145.50 per annum or only 40p per household a day. The main goal for the BBC is to inform, educate and entertain all viewers.

Not-for-profit RadioCommunity radio stations do not aim to return a profit, they will broadcast content relevant to their location. for example they will be able to update people on things such as the weather and the traffic in the surrounding areas. This is good as it is only relevant to a certain area and it will only be broadcasted and aimed towards that area rather than it being a bigger radio station where it may not be as relevant to every listener. Examples of these are Hospital radio stations and student radio stations. These have very specific audiences such as students being a younger targeted audience and hospitals which are being broadcasted to patents and will need to be uplifting music.

Independent radio programme production companiesIndependent production companies produce films, television or radio programmes. They provide the physical basis for works in the industry of performing arts, film, television, radio and video. This means that independent production companies are solely responsible to fund their own projects or look at private investors, partners or parent companies. The BBC have commissioned over 20,000 hours of television programmes in 2015 and they invested around £1.2b in the creative industries within the UK. Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra, the majority of programmes are long running which are produced by independent companies, in-house producers or also through completive tenders.