RADIO NEWS

RADIO NEWS

1. CAPITAL RADIO

   • Commercial Station
     • Contains advertisments
   • Remit
     • To appeal to young adults by playing contemporary music, giving relevant news and speech.
   • Target Audience
     • Young Adults
     • Teenagers
     • 15-34
   • Presenters
     • Young aged 25-30
     • No gender bias
   • News throughout the day in-between music and adverts
   • Topics
     • Music
     • Celebrity
   • Technological Convergence
     • 'Get involved on FB, Snapchat, Insta & Twitter'

2. HEART FM

   • Commercial Station
     • Contains advertisments
   • Remit
     • To provide news and entertainment for the community
   • Presenters
     • Middle aged
     • No gender bias
   • Topics
     • Music
     • Health
     • Lifestyle
   • Target Audience
     • 25-44
   • Hourly bulletins throughout the day
     • 30 second bulletins
   • Website
     • Similar to online newspapers

3. RADIO 4

   • Remit
     • To be a mixed speech service offering in-depth news and current affairs and a wide range of other speech output including drama, readings, comedy, factual and magazine programmes
   • Presenters
     • Aged 40+
     • No gender bias
     • Journalists
   • Topics
     • Politics
     • Health
   • Target Audience
     • 45+

4. RADIO 1

   • Remit
     • To entertain and engage a broad range of young listeners with a distinctive mix of contemporary music speech
   • Flagship News Programme
     • Newsbeat
       • Remit
         • To provide news tailored for a specifically younger audience
       • Target Audience
         • Young Adults aged 16-25
       • Presenters
         • Aged 25-30
         • No gender bias
         • Racially mixed
       • 15 minute news programmes
   • Presenters
     • Young 25-35
     • No gender bias
   • Topics
     • Celebrity
     • Music
   • Ownership
     • BBC
       • TV License
       • Merchandise
       • Programmes
   • USP
     • Presenters
     • Style
     • Jingles
     • Vox Pops