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Does Radio 1 deserve PSB funding? Deserves funding Radio 1's focus on live music, such as the 'Live Lounge', provides a vital, cultural experience of listening to live music from a range of artists, including a focus on British stars, as per the BBC's remit to enrich audiences lives and 'promote interest, engagement and participation in cultural activity among new audiences'. Plays a wide range of popular music from the charts and from a young committee. By doing this, the tastes of the target audience are reflected. Songs are played from A-lists, B-lists, C-lists and Brit-lists. Songs from A-list are the most popular, with songs from C-list being more diverse. Brit-list songs have a British focus. The BBC has technological convergence, a PSB value. It is only 40p per day, and isn't a huge cost in comparison to other taxes imposed on British citizens. The BBC horizontally integrated by getting large deals with stars, in convergence with TV and radio. Scrap t...

Media Messages / Updates 8/2/24 Several newspapers are choosing to use the murder of Brianna Grey and the controversy involving Rishi Sunak as the topic for their main stories, with others choosing to use Charles III being diagnosed with cancer.

Evolving Media Film 'Disney+ drops 1.3 million subscribers amid price hike, streaming loss shrinks by $300 million' People look at Disney less favorably in modern times, which affects their service. Disney's profit is 7% down compared to last year.

Radio Contexts Economic Falling listeners hurts most radio institutions because they are commercial. PSB are free from the pressure of ratings but still need to compete for listeners to show their relevancy. One the one hand, they could be more creative. On the other hand, there is less competition which leads to less innovation. Some commercial radio stations such as BBC have an unfair advantage and this is stunting growth in the radio market. The BBC can cross promote across all its media platforms to address falling listener figures. The BBC can continue to invest in content even though listeners are falling as it doesn't depend on ratings for revenue. It is less populist. The numbers of 16-24 year old's reached by radio has fallen by nearly 15% within a decade. Rajar (Radio Joint audience Research Limited) BBC Radio 2 has 135,636 hours listened, with a radio share of 13.4%, compared to BBC Radio 1 with 45,933, with a radio share of 4.5%. (000s for hours.) 28% of ...

Breakfast Show Hosts and Reception Chris Evans Chris Evans hosted the BBC 1 Breakfast radio show from 1992-1997. He was removed from his role due to sexist and inappropriate comments. He is egocentric. Chris Moyles Chris Moyles hosted the BBC 1 Breakfast radio show for 8 years and 253 days, from 2004-2012. He was replaced by Nick Grimshaw. He has a maverick bad boy hosting style, with several controversies occurring revolving around him. He was embroiled with sexism and homophobia accusations. He is egocentric, and focused less on music and more on chat. He described Radio 1 as a conveyor belt, stating that "at some time you will fall off it, because of age or not being relevant anymore." Nick Grimshaw Nick Grimshaw hosted the BBC 1 Breakfast radio show for 14 years, leaving in 2021, as he became too old and was no longer part of the target demographic. He focuses on his personal taste. He saw a decline in listeners by 2018. While this decline in viewers was large, i...

Big Issue Task Questions The front cover does follow the typical house style of the Big Issue, as it is laid out in its normal fashion, with the masthead being both at the top and the bottom of the magazine, with the main image being in the center as usual. The font too follows the house style of the Big Issue. The front cover does not follow the iconic style of the Big Issue in the sense that it usually issues magazines predominantly in the colour red; this front cover utilises yellow and black. It does however follow the 2 block colour scheme regardless. In comparison to mainstream magazines, the Big Issue does vary its house style more regularly. The main image shown on the front cover portrays politicians walking away from their jobs, as a result of their resignations. The choice of image is important as it can suggests that they are lazy, unhelping and disloyal to the British public, as they can be seen to be deserting them, and as the magazine states, "on the run". To a...

Regulation and Greg James The Debate We pay for it and therefore many people believe that we should have more say in what programmes are produced and when they are aired. Some people say listening to Greg James give away Doctor Who Premier tickets is not a good use of license fee payers' money. As a public service broadcaster, they must benefit the public. It can afford to produce niche products. Regulation Every media is subject to regulation. Games have PEGI, and films have BBFC. Radio regulations is down to OFCOM (office of communication - government approved). OFCOM received thousands of complaints about Love Island, in which the producers made it seem like a contestant cheated, when in reality they didn't. Still, nothing was done about this. The regulation from OFCOM is subjective. There is too much content to regulate. The Mail Online has 2,000 articles published per day, with around 9,000 images. Shirky End of Audience Audiences are no longer passive, and they want to in...