Saturday, 10 March 2012

Definition of Radio

  • Telegraphy or telephony: speeches broadcast by radio.
  • An apparatus for receiving or transmitting radio broadcasts.
  • message transmitted by radio.
 
 

Tuesday, 28 February 2012

Wednesday, 15 February 2012

BBC Introducing

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/introducing/

BBC Introducing support unsigned, undiscovered and under the radar musicains who are trying to find their big break. BBC Introducing find ways to reveal the new artists they believe in to the general public by playing on the BBC radio stations, giving them opportunities to play at live music events they  organise (Radio 1 Big Weekend, Glastonbury, BBC Electric Proms). Big artists such as Wretch 32, Florence and the Machine and Chipmunk started off on BBC introducing.

Justin Bieber

Discovered via YouTube by Scooter Braun

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Bieber

Case study - Ed Sheeran

How Ed Sheeran rose to fame.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/4063340/Ed-Sheeran-I-speak-to-Elton-John-once-a-week.html

YouTube

http://trends.builtwith.com/media/YouTube

http://www.certmag.com/read.php?in=3525

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmwG4gr-icU

Radio and music questionnaire

Radio and Music Questionnaire

1.    Male               Female

2.    Age........         16        17        18        19+

3.    What subjects are you studying?
1___________    2___________    3___________    4___________    5___________
4.    Do you own/have access to a radio?       Yes                 No
                   If yes........  Analogue (MW/FM etc)  or   Digital (DAB)?
5.    How many hours do you listen to the radio each week?
  0-1        2-3        4-5        6-7        8-9        10+
6.    When are you most likely to listen to the radio? (e.g. in the morning, in the car)
                ____________________________________________________________
7.    What stations do you listen to?
Radio 1      1Xtra      Capital      Viking      KCFM      Kerrang      Other ___________

8.    Which DJs do you listen to the most?    ____________________________________________________________

9.    Do DJs influence your taste in music?                Yes                 No

10. Have you ever attended radio organised events? (e.g. Radio 1 in Hull, Radio 1’s Big Weekend, Capital’s Summertime ball etc)
    ____________________________________________________________

11. How do you find out about new music?
Friends     Radio     Social networks      Events      Music press      Other ___________

12. How else do you access music?
Buy        Download        Youtube      Other _______________


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