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BBC Radio 1 - The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw


https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09thdj0

Target Audience: Young adults

Presenter: Live

- Speaks with an up beat tone of voice. All of the speaking is live, as it doesn't sound recorded with the subtle mistakes.

Music: Pre-recorded

- The music is all recorded before the radio show is broadcasted live.

News: Live
- The news sounds live at the start when the person introduces themselves. 

Sweepers: Pre-recorded
- The sweepers are all edited and tweaked before the show is recorded, and is played to show a transition to different parts of the show. For example, the News Beat is a sweeper.

Sound Effects: Pre-recorded and live
- I said both for this because you can tell that there are some scripted sound effects, but the presenter can add in any sound effect that they want, for example if a caller answers a wrong question, the presenter presses the wrong button to give a sound effect.

Weather and traffic announcements: Live
- The weather/traffic announcements sounds live as the presenter makes small hardly noticeable mistakes.

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire - The Dotty McLeod Breakfast Show

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05z9wx3

Target Audience: Adults

Presenter: Live
- Talks slow but in a positive manor. She makes lots of jokes in relation to a mistake in the recording, such as the person calling her the wrong name.
Music: Pre-recorded
- All music is recorded before the radio show is broadcasted live.
News: Live
- There isn't a separate news part, but the presenter talks during her talk about current news for almost all of it. It's live because the presenter makes small mistakes.
Sweepers: Pre-recorded
- The sweepers are pre-recorded, which play during transitions to different parts of the show. There aren't a lot of sweepers used in the recording I listened to as compared to BBC Radio 1.
Sound Effects: Pre-recorded and live
- Most sound effects are pre-recorded, but other sound effects are used when the presenter wants to include some. I assume they do this by pressing a button or someone else manages this.
Weather and traffic announcements: Live
- The traffic announcements are definitely live because the presenter makes a mistake by talking over the presenter, and they both stutter and don't know what to say next. This would have been re-recorded if it was pre-recorded.

a) Programme type(s)

Preferred role & team

Which team do you feel the most suited to or the most interested in. Which role are you most suited?

I'm most interested in the PACKAGE/CONTENT team.

I'm most suited for being the Assistant Producer.

I say this because I don't want to speak in the radio show as I'm not very confident, therefore I'd prefer to work behind the scenes of the show like editing and overseeing the radio package. I really enjoyed editing my Unit 20 podcast, so I would definitely enjoy editing the radio show and working with the broadcast journalist with the vox pops.

b) Genre(s)

c) Audience profile(s)

e) Market share

In the total hours section, you can see that in December of 1999, there was a peak of 1,467,000 hours. Then with a steady decline, it spikes back up in December of 2001 with 1,550,000 hours, then steadily increased to 1,628,000 hours in December of 2003. However, in December of 2004, there was a rapid decline with only 921,000 hours. This could be due to many reasons, such as a new radio station being introduced. Then it was only until December of 2007 that the hours increased back to 1,633,000. As of December of 2017, it is at a steady 895,000 hours, almost half since 2003.

As for the total weekly audience, the highest peak was in June of 2007, with 155,000 listeners. Interestingly, the lowest number of listeners was recorded on December of 2017, with 91,000 listeners. This is interesting because the amounts of listeners has always averaged around 100,000 per week, but only recently has this figure started to decline. This could be because of the market share with so many different radio stations now to choose from. That being said however, in December of 2013, there was an average of 147,000 listeners, which proves that the data could spike back up again.

As for the survey population, this steadily increases from June of 1999 with 586,000 adults, all the way to December of 2017 with 763,000 adults. This can be for many reasons, such as population increase, and a change in the survey area. A change in the survey area can be due to a request from the station themselves. As an example, the survey area must have changed during March 2007 and June 2007, because the numbers jump from 613,000 to 689,000.

The market share here shows the slow decline of percentage of listeners as more radio stations are introduced throughout 1999 and 2017. For example, in 2001, there is a peak of 13% share of listeners, as compared to 2017 with 5.6% share.

d) Production processes

This production process has five parts to it. Firstly, in relation to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, it would start with the planning section. In this part, you need to prepare how you will carry out the production of your radio show, therefore needing to do lots of online research. During this process, the team will carefully decide what each parts will be about, for example, what has happened in the news recently, what could the package contain and much more. Lastly, in this part, the production schedule is made, making sure everyone involved knows what they're doing and what the deadline is.

The pre-production part involves contacting the studio guests, so making sure that they will turn up to the radio show. This is when each team starts to write their scripts and assess the safety of the production. The news team will record the news and get the interviews done before the production phase. All rights for songs are cleared in this part too so that there are no copyright issues.

In the production phase, the package team will go out and record their package, so that could be asking the general public about a recent topic. They will then return to the studio and edit their audio. All jingles and sweepers will be edited and prepared to be broadcast live with no problems, and whether they fit within the show.

The live production part, this is when the show is broadcast live on air. For BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, this is when Dotty McLeod will present the show, along with the help of the team with the news and package. During the broadcast, someone will update online data, such as social media or web pages, to show that the radio show is live on air. Furthermore, before anything is recorded, the script is updated last-minute just in-case there is some sort of breaking news event. This would involve the news team re-writing their script too.

In the post-production phase, the show will be uploaded online to their website so that people can listen to it another time.