Monday, 25 November 2013

Hallam Fm Big John @ Breakfast news.



Presenters
There are 3 presenters of Big John At breakfast, Clearly Big John is the main presenter, his dialect remains clear and his emotions stay permanently happy and alive through out, producer James and Janine Jones are the other two presenters who feature. As a presenter dialect should always be clear so the audience remains engaged to the show and clearly understands what is being said.  All accents are yorkshire accents as all presenters come from a yorkshire background.

Jingles
“Big John At Breakfast” and “Hallam fm.” are the openings of the show and radio show.
“News” This jingle keeps people up to date where abouts they are, so they know they are listening to the news. 
“This is Hallam Fm” when people have only just tuned into the radio they will immediatly know which radio station they are listening to when they hear this.
“Playing none stop school years" This jingle is to be aware that school years classics are playing which keeps listeners from the era of this music to stay engaged.
Theres different types of jingles, a lot of the jingles connote happiness and joy, this is also a way of advertising. The denotation  of the jingle "This is Hallam" connotes that the show is trying to promote the radio station.

There are adverts which play in the show such as
Financial, health, food, social, travel, toys, shopping centers, high street stores, Furniture, phones, sky, boilers, it Uses AIDA marketing this way they get more listeners.
A i d a connotes Attention, interest,desire and action, This interests the Auience and encourages them to take action and satisfy their needs.

Music which is played on the show are
Music from the charts, Artists from Sheffield, indie, pop, rock, RnB.
This is the music which most of the population of Sheffield listen to so by having this music playing it attracts more people so the amount of listeners of the show are raised.

Vox pops are the interviews which are played throughout hallam fm, examples of vox pops on Big John at Breakfast are....
Caller about Traffic news.
Police woman talking on the news.
These type of interviews interest listeners and keep them keen to hear whats next.

The Discussion topics on hallam Fm are
Music, artists, celebrities, sport, travel, news. these are the topics that people are interested in so this keeps the listeners keen to listen to the show.

The competitors/sponsor companies to hallam fm are...
Capital Fm
Real radio
Peak Fm
Peak Fm
BBC radio
Hallams aim is to get more listeners than these other radio shows making the show more competitive.

The show also has genuine competitions which help the audience get involved and win money, this gets more listeners because they have the opportunity to win cash.

Local events sponsors by the station are
SWFC Ground.
and
SUFC Ground.

2nd/3rd December

Target Demographic: Big John @ Breakfast are targeted at people who get up early in the morning and are on the way somewhere such as work. 54% Female and 46% male
ABC1 profile: 37% The Audience share is 12.5 % Hallam get 28% of the commercial market share in South Yorkshire

There are links between the company, for ins dense hallam uses other features owned by Bauer, for example heat news.

Information about Hallam Fm: South Yorkshire Broadcast area and the north midlands. 
slogan-your station your music.
Frequency: 97.4 MHz (Sheffield)
102.9 MHz (Barnsley and Rotherham)
103.4 MHz (Doncaster)
DAB Online
First air date: 1 october 1974
Format: Contemporary Hit Radio.
Audience Share: 12.5 % march 2011
Owner: Bauer Radio
Webcast: Listen Live.
Website: Hallam Fm
Time: 6am till 9am

The key presenter of the show is obviously Big John, but other presenters which feature are Producer James and Janine Jones.

The Genre of the show is Adult Contemporary. The reason for the genre being this is because most people who are up this early and listen to the radio are the people who are on their way to work.

The Structure of the show is basically how it starts at 6 and finishes at 10, the chart music is played  and then you are  introduced by the presenter and  the adverts begins, then there is more music played and also local new sponsored by other companies that are owned by Bauer.
The show is financially successful because of all the competitions and local events the raise a lot of money through these types of occasions. 

Friday, 11 October 2013

Independent Companies.

Sheffield live.

Sheffield live is an independent company so it is not owned by any other company. Sheffield live is a community radio station and not just an indie radio station. Ofcom regulate the broadcasting material and they fund Sheffield live. Community radio stations must provide a service for underserved groups.They must facilitate discussion and expression of opinion within the community served.
 Who are Sheffield live?
The independent company who run sheffield live are comedia Sheffield Ltd. it is run by sangita Bausdev.
Sheffiield live was awarded a licence by ofcom, they can not cross over with any mainstream radio.  Sheffield Live reaches a weekly audience reach of 11%, 32,000 people a week. It's target audience is... *centeral 
*Nether edge
 *Broomhil
 *Crookes 
*Walkey
 *Burngreaves 
*Manor 
*Arbourthorne 
*Gleadless
*Darnall.  

Sheffield live funding.
*Broadcasting Act (1990) and the Community Radio Order (2004) stated that community radio services cannot gain more than 50% of running costs from one source advertising on air sponsorship.

*The remainder of operating of operating costs must be met through other sources.
*gained £15,000 grant to fund the wage of a Business Development manager.

Sheffield Live can be streamed online by the website, you can also download podcasts.
Key `terms.
*Independent Radio
*Community Radio
*Ofcom
*Public service, Broadcasting (PSB)
*Broadcasting Act (1990)
*Community Radio Order (2004)

Saturday, 5 October 2013

BBC Radio Sheffield

BBC Radio Sheffield.


BBC Radio Sheffield is a popular radio station in Sheffield, it includes the city of Sheffield, plus Rotherham, Doncaster, Barnsley, Chesterfield and surrounding areas. The main target audience of BBC Sheffield is mainly the radio listeners, through either peoples stereo, or in buildings such as a home or at work and in the car or via internet. We know that BBC Sheffield is a PSB (public service broadcaster) because it is broadcasted across Sheffield to listeners providing the traffic travel news, news on sport, the weather, general news and also plays music, etc.



Steve White

Steve White

You can hear Steve on-air between 0500 and 0630 each weekday morning. You can also hear his Northern Soul and Motown Show every Wednesday from 1900-2200.


Toby FosterToby Foster

 
Toby presents BBC Radio Sheffield's Bigger at Breakfast every weekday 0630-0900.



Football Heaven

Football Heaven presenters
 Have your say on your team every weeknight between 1800-1900. Find out more about the programme and how to get in touch.


The BBC became recognised world wide for world class programs and broadcasting.
Radio Sheffield conform with the brand with excellent reporting of more local news and events. They also give accurate reports on weather, travel, sport also reporting on national news and events and how they can effect Sheffield and the surrounding area.
BBC Sheffield receive their audience via radio and internet at all times creating a large audience listening to the station.

Friday, 27 September 2013

Bauer Media Notes

                                                      Bauer media.

German company.
Bauer owns Hallam fm and Magic.
2nd largest media company in Europe.
Owned by the Bauer Family.
Owns a lot of magazine companies and radio companies.
4/10 people are always listening or using something to do with Bauer.
Attract 10 more viewers than MTV.

Passion Portfolio- Where the music is driven.




Place Portfolio- All about the place it is situated.


13 million listeners.
age 15-49 hallams target audience.

Magic- 40+ target audience
they both reach 510 000 listeners.

Cover Sheffield, Barnsley and Doncaster, the whole of South Yorkshire.

Demographic stats:

Women- 51%  Men- 49%

ABC1- 189
C2DE- 270

% of the time spent with each medium on average day:

50%- Watch TV
26%- Radio
4%-Reading newspapers
1%- Magazines
19%-Internet

Power of Radio.
Why Radio-
*Radio offers efficient targeting.
*Radio reaches people at relevant times and places.
*Radio reaches out in ad avoidance world.
*Radio has a multiplier effect on the other media.
*Radio drivers response, especially online.
*Radio offers the opportunity for local businesses to target local people.
* Radio is a 'friend'

UK Radio.

91% of the UK population are listening to the radio.
numbers of listeners increased over 10 years.
Q2 2003- weekly reach 43.7 m
Q2 2013- weekly reach 48.3

Monday, 23 September 2013

KTA 1- research int


* BBC radio 1
*BBC radio 2
*BBC radio 3
*BBC radio 4
*Hallam fm
*Capital fm
*Keerang fm
*Real radio
*Viking 
*Kiss 
*Choice fm
*Heat radio
*Asian network
*Heart fm
*Talksport radio
*Absoloute 80's
*Absoloute 90's
*Red road
*Planet rock
*Classic fm
*Sky sports news radio
*Sheffield live
*BBC Sheffield
*Sheffield live
*Phoneix radio
*Radio live 5

























Production:The process of getting a media text to the audience.

Distribution: This incudes the marketing/promotion and advertising of the product as well as the physical distribution or broadcasting of the text.

Exchange:The process of an audience 'consuming' a media text, i.e. listening to a radio show, watching a TV programme etc. It also includes the ways in which audiences 'read' a text and the ways in which audiences use that text for their own purposes e.g audience participation.

Media conglomerates: A media conglomerate is a company who owns a large number of smaller companies (subsidiaries)



Companies owned by Rupert Murdoch.






Cross media conglomerate: is where one type of media company (e.g. a magazine company) owns another type of media company (e.g radio stations)

cross media conglomerates:
*Disney
*BBC
*News corporation




Independent Company: is a company that isn't owned by any other company.

Warp is an Independent Company.

Bauer Media Group
 *The bauer Media group is a German publishing company.
*UK's biggest publishing group.


Brands.
In business terms a 'brand' is a "name,term,design,symbol"
or any other feature that identifies one seller's good or service as distinct from those other sellers.

A Portfolio is a collection of investments held by an institution or private individual.
A joint venture company is a company owned by two companies and is mutually beneficial.
Baur has a main competitor in terms of his radio which is Capital.

Competitor- is a company that delivers the similar services or goods as another company and is on the same market.
Commercial-a company that makes a profit


Baur companies.



Baur Media reaches over nineteen million UK adults every week, people are connected by it all around the countries. Bauer was founded in the year 1875. The area is served through out Europe, USA, China and Russia. Baur is one of the most popular private (KG) advertising, publishing and broadcasting industry. There are 6,400 employees altogether. The subdiaries include Bauer Radio, and Box Television (50% stake.)

NRS Social Grades.


The NRS stands for National Readership Survey.
A,B,C1's earn the most money and they are the biggest advertisers.



It is very important that targets your product at ABC1 because they are the people with the money to buy it because if you aimed a product at people can't afford it then no one will buy it.

70% of all 15-24 year olds in the UK are reached by a Bauer band at anytime.

5,567000 15-24 year olds.
53% of Bauers audience are ABC1's 
47% are C2DE's.
Bauer has a mass audience.
Almost 9,000,000 people in the UK  have listened to a Bauer radio station in the last week.

BAUERS COMPETITORS.
*Capital
*Global Media
*BBC radio 1 and local BBC stations.

Global media owns heat station and have recently taken over Galaxy brand, calling it Capital Fm broadcasts in various regions.

Audience reach: The number of audience members who are capable of receiving a media message.

  Hallam fm.
number 1 commercial radio station for the people of South Yorkshire and North Midlands. The genre of music is adult contemporary.

Hallam presenters.
*Becky hayes
*Ollie Hayes
*Big John
*Richie Pearson
*Ed Neil
*JK and Joel 

Bauer Media uses RAJAR figures to collate it's listenership for all of it's stations.
it is even more important to get accurate local figures.


RAJAR- Radio Joint Audience Research.
It is official body in charge of measuring radio audiences in the UK it is jointly owned by the BBC nd the Radio centre on behalf of the commercial sector.
There are currently approximately 310 individual stations on the survey and results are published every quarter. 

BBC.
*public funded service
*set up in 1927

PSB- ethos Lord Reith

Purpose-
*inform
*educate
*entertain

Hallam Fm audience.
54% females
46% males
Target demographic age-25-45
Reach- 361,000
Reach % in TSA-28%
Total hours-3,623
Average hours- 10
Commercial market share-28.3%
All radio market share-14.8%
ABC1 profile-37%

Cash for kids is Bauer's charity.
they have sponsored both Sheffield Wednesday grounds and Sheffield United grounds.

Hallam Fm consumptions-
Internet.
Radio
App
Freeview
Podcasts

DAB- Digital Audio Broadcast
key way to access radio.

Shows on Hallam Fm.
Big john @ breakfast- traffic updates, news.
Scott makin- Music
Steve White-late night music.