Types of Radio Stations

Adult Contemporary – Magic FM ( http://www.magic.co.uk/ )

Recurrent Radio – KEY 103 (http://www.key103.co.uk/ )

Easy Listening – Smooth Radio (http://www.smoothradio.com/ )

Classical – Classic FM (http://www.classicfm.com/ )

Rock N Roll – Rock FM (http://www.rockfm.co.uk/)

Indie Rock – Newtown Radio (http://www.newtownradio.com/)

Asian Radio – Spice FM (http://www.spicefm.co.uk/)

Gold – Gold FM (http://www.mygoldmusic.co.uk/)

BBC Radio 1 Scott Mills Show

We listened to a radio show of our choice for 1 hour and researched different parts of the radio. I chose to listen to a Scott Mills show on BBC Radio for 1 hour and wrote down my results that I found from the research.

I found the ratio of songs to speech was about 40 minutes to 20 minutes. The 20 minutes of speech included discussions, adverts and jingles. Considering the presenter had guests in with him, there was still a lot of music played, and sometimes the songs would be played continuously for5/6 minutes. In the hour long show, there were 5 jingles used. The jingles didn’t last any longer than 20 seconds, and were only used to name the radio show. The music was all recent songs, which the target audience want, and the talking was funny, which the audience would like. The songs were aimed to please the intended target audience. There were also conversations between the host and the guest, which provided entertainment for the audience.

Format 1 80s pop Music Format 2 = Rock1. Relax (Frankie Goes To

Hollywood) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh4tHpUflDA

1. Paranoid ( Black Sabbath)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkXHsK4AQPs

2. Take On Me (AHA) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914

3. Sweet Child O Mine ( Guns n Roses)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7OgIMMRc4

3.All Night Long (Lionel Richie)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqAvFx3NxUM

4. Spirit of Radio (Rush)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tq-UsaRchI

5. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIb6AZdTr-A

6. Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg

5. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go (WHAM!)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIgZ7gMze7A

7. Alive (Pearl Jam)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGiTPgvKktM

6.Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_D3VFfhvs4

8. Walk this Way (Aerosmith & Run DMC)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGiTPgvKktM

7. Red Red Wine (UB40)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXt56MB-3vc

9. Welcome To The Jungle (Guns n Roses)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1tj2zJ2Wvg

8. Agadoo (Black Lace)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POv-3yIPSWc

10. Even Flow (Pearl Jam)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1tj2zJ2Wvg

9. Karma Chameleon (Culture Club)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmcA9LIIXWw

11. Crazy Train (Ozzy Osbourne)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW7qBjXP-Ks

10. Uptown Girl (Billy Joel)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCuMWrfXG4E

12. Thunderstruck (ACDC)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2AC41dglnM

Format 1 – I chose this playlist because I like to listen to this music and it’s one of my favourite genres. There is also a big target audience for this genre and lots of people enjoy listening to it.

Format 2 – I chose this playlist because it is also something I like listening too. It is a mixture of different rock songs, mostly heavy rock, and is targeted to only people who like the rock genre.

Audience 1 = Young Children Audience 2 = India Culture

1. Baby (Justin Bieber)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kffacxfA7G4

Matargashti (Mohit Chauhan)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkcki2dRCxM

2. The Ketchup Song (Las Ketchup)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMT698ArSfQ

Gulaabo (Vishal Dadlani & Anusha Mani)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYNNgGBVtTo

3. Gangnam Style (PSY)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0

Heer Toh Badi Sad Hi (Mika Singh)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1eDQNuxwd0

4. Let It Go (Frozen)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0MK7qz13bU

Main Hoon Hero Tera (Salman Khan)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTv0PiRCPjg

5. The Logical Song (Scooter)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YxTa1AUqps

Shaam Shaandaar (Amit Triveda)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D21Di3NXcYM

6. Cotton Eye Joe (Rdnex)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcDy8HEg1QY

Bandeyaa (Jubin)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D21Di3NXcYM

7. Barbie Girl (Aqua)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyhrYis509A

Afghan Jalebi (Asrar)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yNQjEdNgbw

8. 5,6,7,8 (Steps)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NO-h9PFum4

Tu Chahiye (Atif Aslam)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTLLym2wzIM

9. YMCA (Village People)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS9OO0S5w2k

Sapna Jahan (Sonu Nigam & Neeti Mohan)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWXLXsgMZG8

10. Macarena (Los del Rio)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiBYM6g8Tck

Raitaa Phail Gaya (Divya Kumar)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iW9njzKDw0

Audience 1- My first playlist is targeted for younger children. All these songs will be familiar to the younger generation, and are songs they can have fun listening too. Most of these songs are newer songs, so will be played a lot when they’re growing up, however some of the tunes are classics, which most children love to dance to.

Audience 2 – The second playlist is targeted towards Indian culture. These songs are mostly Bollywood, so may be familiar to the Indians, rather than English. You won’t hear this on a mainstream radio, so this playlist is dedicated to them.

Context 1 - Hospital Context 2 – Christmas time1.Happy (Pharrell Williams)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM

Last Christmas (WHAM!)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8gmARGvPlI

1. I Feel Good (James Brown)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5TqIdff_DQ

Let it Snow (Dean Martin)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN7LW0Y00kE

2. Wonderwall (Oasis)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hzrDeceEKc

I Wish It Could Christmas Every day (Wizzard)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoxQ4Ul_DME

3. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go (WHAM!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIgZ7gMze7A

Mistletoe And Wine (Cliff Richard)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjmGbI-Mnys

4. Can’t Buy Me Love (The Beatles)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=venzPNvge18

Fairy tell of New York (The Pogues)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8

5. Forget You (Cee Lo Green)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKxodgpyGec

All I Want For Christmas (Mariah Carey)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXQViqx6GMY

6. Get Lucky (Daft Punk)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5EofwRzit0

Santa Baby (Madonna)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ycWObpi73Y

7. I’m Gonna Be (The Proclaimers)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ4Ib-7fJqY

Do they know it’s Christmas? (Band Aid)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w7jyVHocTk

8. I’m Yours (Jason Mraz)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkHTsc9PU2A

Jingle Bells Rock (Bobby Helms)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itcMLwMEeMQ

9. Just The Way You Are (Bruno Mars)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjhCEhWiKXk

It’s the most wonderful time of the year (Andy Williams)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFtb3EtjEic

Context 1 – this music is chosen to be played in a hospital. This fits into the surroundings as all the songs are happy and bright, and energetic. I wouldn’t pick a song about thing such as death because it wouldn’t be suitable for patients of a hospital.

Context 2 – this playlist would be played in a shopping centre around the Christmas time, as all the songs are about Christmas. This playlist wouldn’t be able to played any other time of year, also playing it in a shopping centre will get people in the Christmas spirit, and lots of people will hear it.