Radio stations and Hallam FM

Radio Stations

•BBC Radio 1

•BBC Radio 2

•BBC Radio 3

•BBC Radio 4

•BBC Radio Sheffield

•Hallam FM

•Kerrang Radio

•Classic FM

•Peak FM

Planet Rock

Key Terms  

•Production: The process of making a media text

•Distribution: The process of getting media text to the audience. This includes the marketing/promotion and advertising of the products as well as the physical distribution or broadcasting of the text. 

•Simulcast: Simultaneous broad cast, broadcast on the radio and internet.

•Podcast: catch up radio

• Exchange: The process of an audience “consuming’ a media text, i.e. listening to a radio show, watching a TV program ect.

•Convergence: When two things come together

•Institutional Convergence: Where companies merge to create a conglomerate

•Media Conglomerates: A media Conglomerate is a company who one a number of smaller company (Subsidiaries)

•Cross Media Conglomarate: Where one type of media company (e.g. a magazine company) owns anther type of media company (e.g. Radio stations)

News corp

•Hulu

•20th century Fox

•Fox News

•The Sun

•Sky

Conglomerates 

•BBC

•Disney

•Virgin

•News Corp

•CBS

•Time Warner

•Viacom 

Independent Businesses 

•A company that is not owned by any other company

•Dose not have subsidiary's 

•Mojang

•Super Giant Games

•Sheffield live

•Human

Starter Revision task

Logo design
Simple
Colourful
Clearly convoy a message
Eye catching
Brand identity

Where should a headline be placed?
at the top of the poster 
preferably in a different colour

What are the c words that we should remember when analysing a piece of media
Convention
Connotation 


NRS Social Grades

It is important to target A,B,and C1s as they have disposable income, this is good for advertisers.

Bauers UK reach is a 3rd of the country at almost 20,000,000 people. 53% of Bauers audience are A,B, and C1's. out of the 9,000,000 of Bauers radio listeners 4,791,000 are A,B,C1's, over half. 

Bauers main radio competitors 

The main commercial competitor over radio is Global media who own Capital FM. They are not only in competition with listeners it is also with advertisements.

The other main competitor is BBC as every area has a BBC radio station so locally they are in competition with Bauers. 

The BBC 

BBC-British Broadcasting corporation formed in 1967

They are a public funded service (public Service Broadcasting) 

They have to make content that will inform, educate and entertain and target a rage of audiences. This dose not apply to Bauer as it is not a publicly funded service. Not A Commercial Company  

Audience Reach

The Number of audience members who are capable of receiving a media message.

Hallem FM is south yorkshires number one commercial radio station.

Big John at breakfast has more listeners than any other local radio station.

Hallem FM Radio Broadcasters are Ollie Haze, Becky Haze, Big John, Jk and Joel and many more

Hallem FM play adult contemporary music (modern and a range of genres)

Main competitors 

BBC radio 1, 105 Capital FM, Rother FM, Peak FM, and Real Radio.

Radio Audience Figures 

RAJAR stands for radio joint audience research and it's the official body in charge of measuring radio audiences in the UK. It is jointly owned by the BBC and the RadioCenter on behalf of the Commercial sector. There are currently 310 individual stations on the survey and results published every quarter.

Hallem FM's Audience

It reaches 351,000 people and appeals to 37% of the ABC1's social group. 

The Audience is 54% female and 46% male and range from an age of 25 to 45.  

The commercial market share is 28.3%. 

They have an all radio share of 14.8%. 

Hallem FM Sponsor

Pons Forge 

Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield United 

Hallem Arena 

This sponsorship helps them reach out all over South Yorkshire and increase there

demographic. 

Hallem FM can be accessed through Fm Radio, internet, Apps and, DAB

Three Shows On Hallam FM 

Big John Walks on Fire

After the first attempt of fire walking got suspiciously cancelled Big John

finally managed to walk on fire! All money raised went to Charity

Big John Massages South Yorkshires Oldest Man

Big John lost the comedy challenge in Big John vs Janine and Janine picked

this forfeit for him! See what happens when Big John gets skin-on-skin

with South Yorkshire's oldest man!

Big Johns Breakfast 

John Talks about all of the current events happening in the world and

interviews people involved with these events