LO1 - Types of radio stations
types of radio station- public - BBC Radio stations funded by taxes and license fees from public - has strict rules cannot advertise or promote products don't have competitions highest listener numbers in the UK non profit national commercial capital, kiss, heart, smooth radio multiple stations under ownership global owns many stations they run different stations as a method to make profit for the company through their use of advertisements and endorsement regional can be public or commercial targeted at a particular region E.g. Radio Sheffield or TX1 Radio tailor news to that area such as road reports non for profit radio developed not to make a profit and keeps costs minimal mainly found in hospitals and universities tailor content around listeners a lot of radio Dj's start their careers from university radio Community radio form of non for profit radio produce and broadcast their own programs covers a small geographical area they can cater for a certain demographic ...