Radio Industry

The radio and Tv industry has evolved throughout the years, there are more formats that they are broadcasted are shown. Radio can now be broadcasted live or downloaded through podcasts. Radio broadcasts are like BBC radio 1 and Smooth Radio. They are designed to entertain and help the public when they are out and about, for example in the car, or people may listen to them in their houses or at work. There are live radio stations that meet the BBC remit of Inform entertain and educate. There are BBC radio stations that appeal to everyone, There is BBC Radio 1 and 1 Extra for young adults and teenagers, there is Radio 3 that play classical music for the older generation, and CBeebies station for kids. Broadcasting is good because it is free to use and is available on any device and is Live so people can experience at the same time, and discuss their experiences. However because its Live people may miss the programme they wanted to watch, for example they miss woman hour in the morning due to working hours. Podcasts are available for people to download and have a better range for people to explore. Podcasts are mainly for mobile phones, therefore the older generation who don't have smart phones can't listen too them.

Commercial radio stations gain money by advertisements, they usually try to appeal to a younger audience, for example capital and XTRA. They often play music for all sort of people. BBC radio stations are examples of public service broadcasting. OFCOM require public broadcasters like BBC to provide shows that meet their remit, which is to show programmes that will educate, entertain and inform. This is because the BBC is funded by TV license, that is paid for by the public who own TV'S.

The BBC is a public broadcasting service that nationally broadcasts tv shows, films, online content and radio. It was founded in 1922, it started with one radio broadcasting service. In 1937 the first BBC television show opened. In 1946 the first woman based radio show 'woman hour'. In 1967 BBC expanded to two television programmes now there is more than a dozen television, radio and online BBC services.  Their mission to use creative communication and trusted media to help people have a voice.

The BBC also have international services like BBC Arabic and BBC America. They do this so everyone from the world can enjoy there services, for example Eastenders and Doctor Who.