Presentation on Bulletin Comparison

As apart of an upcoming assignment we were set the task to create a presentation based around two different news bulletins which we previously watched. The first bulletin was from BBC Newsbeat which usually is around 15 minutes long with detailed information about multiple articles from hard-hitting to local news. The target audience for BBC Newsbeat is 15 to 25 year olds which is shown through young radio presenters and the style/type of stories which are broadcasted; the majority of the stories have a younger feel to it and are less serious, often about music and sport. The second news bulletin which I watched was from Heart which is a station aimed at the older audience from 22-44 year olds. Heart is a lot different to BBC Newsbeat as its more serious and the topic of stories are aimed at the older audience and what people of the age range would be interested in. The news bulletin is shown nearly every hour for around 2 minutes and is very fast paced but informative. Often stories shown on Heart are local or charity based which promotes obviously the charity but also Heart as a station, also a lot of the stories are hard-hitting but weren't shown in the BBC Newsbeat bulletin like the murder of teenager Alice Gross.

 

Radio Industry Research Task

The radio industry is divided into BBC Stations and Commercial Stations.

Task: 15 minutes - Research and answer the following on the BBC:  Do not use Wikipedia and reference your sources.

1. When did the BBC start broadcasting Radio? 

The BBC first started broadcasting in 1922. 

http://www.radiocentre.org/latest-industry-news/the-bbc-launches-radio-1-and-radio-2?slide=1

2. When and why did Radio One start broadcasting? 

Radio One started broadcasting in September 30th 1967 as a direct response to the popularity of the music being played by pirate stations such as Radio Caroline, which had been outlawed by Parliament in August. 

http://www.radiocentre.org/latest-industry-news/the-bbc-launches-radio-1-and-radio-2?slide=1

3. What is the Licence Fee and how much is it? 

The licence fee is an official record of payment required in in many countries for the reception of television broadcasts, or the possession of a television set where some broadcasts are funded in full or in part by the licence fee paid. The licence is sometimes also required to own a radio or receive radio broadcasts. 

The license fee costs £145.50 for colour and £49.00 for black and white.

4. What is the Royal Charter? 

A royal charter is a formal document issued by a monarch as letters patent, granting a right or power to an individual or a body corporate.

5. What is the BBC Trust? 

The BBC Trust is the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation. It is operationally independent of BBC management and external bodies, and its stated aim is to make decisions in the best interests of licence fee payers.

6. What is the BBC’s Mission? 

To enrich people's lives with programmes and services that inform, educate and entertain.

7. What is the difference between national and local BBC radio? 

Local BBC radio station will focus on news and events of the surrounding area, but not necessarily only local, they will go more in depth on e.g. accidents, that you won't hear about on the other side of the country.

National radio focuses on news and events that have an impact on the entire country (e.g. the primary elections is national news, while the voting of a city counselor will be local news).

8. What percentage of the population listen to BBC radio?

66% of the population listen to BBC radio. 

Task 15 minutes – Research and answer the following on Commercial Radio – Do not use Wikipedia and reference your sources. 

1. When did Commercial Radio first start broadcasting in the UK? 

Legal commercial broadcasting began in the United Kingdom in 1972.

2. What was the name of the first commercial radio station? 

The first ever commercial radio station was KDKA which was launched on November 1920.

3. When did Capital FM start broadcasting? 

16 October 1973.

4. Who owns Capital FM? And what other brands does this company own? 

Global Group owns Capital FM, they also own Heart, Classical FM, Gold and Smooth FM.

5. What percentage of the population listen to this organisation’s stations (all brands)? 

6. How is commercial radio funded? 

Commercial radio stations are funded through advertising revenue and their broadcasting licenses are awarded by Ofcom.

7. How many commercial radio stations are there in the UK?



8. How many companies control the majority of these – who are they?

The largest operator of radio is Global Radio which bought the former media group, Gcap Media. It owns Classic FM and London's most popular commercial station, 95.8 Capital FM. Other owners are Bauer Radio and UTV Radio, which mainly own stations that broadcast in highly populated city areas.

Story Treatment

Copy: this is where the only voice you hear is the newsreaders. It's a story with no audio attached to it.

Clip: this is where you hear a 'sound bite' from another person, who isn't another reporter. It may be part of an interview. E.G Robbie told us he's thrilled to have a daughter (cuts to Robbie saying how thrilled he is).

Wrap: this is where you hear the news reader, followed by a clip, followed by the newsreader again.

Vox Pop: this is where the newsreaders 'crosses over' to someone at the scene, or someone with more expert knowledge on a particular subject - e.g. out reporter xxx has more...

Voicer: this is where the story is enhanced by public opinion. It's a good way to add interest to a story by involving the audience to interact. E.g we asked these students at South Downs what they thought...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-29453755

This article is on the BBC News website under the section of World News. The article is about the Ebola outbreak which is a big talking topic in the news as its a shocking story but also is threatening to the public as its a dangerous and deadly disease which has only recently been brought to the public attention.  This particular article focuses on increased rate of infection in Sierra Leone, the headline is  Ebola outbreak: 'Five infected every hour' in Sierra Leone. The article is a summary of facts and opinions, Save the Children said 765 new cases of Ebola reported in the West African state last week, while there are only 327 beds in the country. Its the world's worst outbreak of the virus, killing 3,338 people so far. There have been 7,178 confirmed cases, with Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea suffering the most. Save the Children says Ebola is spreading across Sierra Leone at a "terrifying rate", with the number of new cases being recorded doubling every few weeks.

Story Treatment for Ebola outbreak: 'Five infected every hour'

Copy: shocking and news worthy issue which means it could be the headline story, a lot of people would be interested and wanting to know about this issue which is why it could be the top story as it needs more time to inform as much information as possible.

Vox Pop: because its such a controversial and shocking issue a lot of people will have opinions on the topic so interviews would be a good element to the report. It also is a story which involves the public so opinions from the general public would be useful, it also makes it a talking topic so could lead to other types of stories.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29452363

This article is on the BBC News website under the section of UK News. The article is about (at the time) missing 14 year old Alice Gross who had been missing for 5 weeks and been made a big media topic as the public were aware of her missing and every day new stories were shared which was keeping the general public up to date and if any new leads had appeared. This was a breaking news article and was unfortunately sharing the news that the young girls body was found. The article revealed that the 14-year-old's body was found on Tuesday night in the River Brent. She was last seen on 28 August after she left her home in Hanwell, west London. The story also revealed Alice's parents have been "left completely devastated" and thanked the local community for its help in the search and that the post-mortem examination began earlier at Uxbridge Mortuary. The purpose of this news stories is to update the public about an ongoing situation, because the news was found out so sudden a lot of the information wasn't as detailed as it would be the next day, but purely just main facts were shared.

Story Treatment for Alice Gross murder: Police identify body in river

Copy: this article would definitely be the top story as its breaking news and a headline hitting article. Due to the article being so shocking and what the public has been following for days its mostly likely it would have the most air time. A lot of people are interested in this story as its relatable to the public  and its so harrowing the public would want to find out more. Because its breaking news and only certain events have been reported during the next news bulletin the news reporter would update more information which has come to light.

Vox Pop: due to the article being breaking news the presenter would cross over to people at the scene to get more information. Although the presenter would be given updates and a lot of information which the public don't know because the story is so big in the media newsreader from the scene would be used to get first hand information. The vox pop in this story would usually happen in the second news bulletin as this first would break the heartbreaking news to the public and the second would give more information and go to the crime scene ect.

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/hampshire-one-of-the-highest-in-country-for-under-18-drink-drivers-1-6333289

This article is on The News' official website which is a website for The News that is the online version of the local Portsmouth based newspaper and this article is under the section 'Health. The article is based around underage drinking in Hampshire. The article reports that Hampshire is one of the highest in the country for under 18 drink drivers, this makes the story a local report as its revolved around Hampshires under 18 drink drivers not the whole countries. The article explains that figures have shown that Hampshire has one of the highest rates in the country for under-18s caught drink-driving. A Freedom of Information request by in-car camera provider Nextbase revealed that between 2008 and 2013, 276 people were caught drink-driving in the county. Of those 276, 74 were under 16-years-old and the youngest offenders were just 14-years-old and were caught in 2008, 2009 and 2011.The total figure for Hampshire under-18 drink-drivers was only beaten by Greater Manchester, which had 409. The article was very short compared to other local reports but it wasn't a headline worthy story just purely used to fill up space in a newspaper.

Story Treatment for Hampshire one of the highest in country for under-18 drink-drivers

Wrap: this article isn't headline worthy but is an interest to the public as its a local story and does involve the listeners as drink drivers especially under 18 are a big issue at the moment. Due to the article being straight forward and will lack any lead ups it would normal if it was just the presenter talking about it and no use of audio clips or interviews. This article usually would be in the middle of the news bulletin as because its not so important it doesn't particularly matter when it it said, it also wouldn't be told in much detail but just provide a local story for the bulletin.

Voicer: this is the type of article which would use voicer as its revolved around the public. it also allows the public to have their opinions on the topic, with this article under 18's opinions would be used as an against side of the article and to justify young drivers. Other public who would have their opinions are suffers from drink drivers, older people ect.

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/reward-of-20-000-offered-after-brutal-valerie-graves-murder-1-6329938

This article is on The News' official website which is a website for The News that is the online version of the local Portsmouth based newspaper and this article is under the section Crime. This article is about a £20,000 reward being offered by Crimestoppers and Sussex Police for information that leads to a conviction in relation to a murder of a woman.The unfortunate death was of 55 year old grandmother Valerie Graves who was murdered nine months ago in Smugglers Lane, Bosham after house sitting for a friend.. The murder happened on December 30th 2013 where she was attacked in her bed with a hammer.The reward will be paid out for information, received through the Crimestoppers anonymous phone line, that leads to a conviction.

Story Treatment for Reward of £20,000 offered after brutal Valerie Graves murder

Copy: due to this article being based around something which happened in the past but brought to attention you'd only need the news presenter to discuss it rather then bringing in audio clips and interviews. If it was a recent murder it would be the main story and the use of vox pop and clip would be used. Because its a murder people aren't really going to have mixed opinions on it so voicer wouldn't be necessary. This type of article would just be told by the news presenter and usually at the end of the bulletin as its an important article as its about murder and the police and its also asking for the public's health so it would need to be shown in a understandable way.

Wrap: although this article is about a murder nearly a year ago but because the police are asking for help again it potentially could be made into a headline story. If it was the main story for example a local radio station they would use wrap. Firstly discussing the background of the story in detail, then switching to a clip which could from the police, the victims family ect, then finally the news presenter who would finish the story with final information.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2777794/Teenager-obsessed-Dexter-TV-series-stabbed-17-year-old-girlfriend-death-dismembering-bedroom.html

I found this article on the Daily Mail website which is the online version of the famous UK newspaper The Daily Mail. This article was under the News section of the website. The article was about a murder of a 17 year old girl which to make it even more shocking was done by her 16 year old boyfriend. Steven Miles committed the blood curdling killing of Elizabeth Thomas by stabbing her in the head and back in his bedroom at home in Oxted, Surrey. The crime got even more horrifying after he dismembered the teens legs and arms before wrapping the limbs in cling film. He even used saws and tools from his fathers tree surgeon business to cut up the body and placed them in bin bags and covered her body in a green plastic garden sheet. The family of the teen victim said 'it's difficult to accept she is no longer in our lives' and 'I place flowers on her grave when I should be putting them in her hair'. It was reported the teen killer got inspiration from the American serial killer based series Dexter, which he openly admitted to being obsessed with.

Story Treatment for Teenager obsessed with Dexter TV series stabbed 17-year-old girlfriend to death before dismembering her in his bedroom 

Vox Pop: this article would definitely use vox pop as due it being a recent murder and it also happening in England it would be the main headline story. In a news bulletin this story would be the first spoken about and have the longest coverage. This story in a news bulletin would most likely start with the news presenter informing the listeners about the shocking crime and then crossing over to someone at the scene or someone who has expert knowledge on the story to gain more information about it.

Copy: this article could be used as a copy story in the news bulletin aswell. Due to it being such a recent story and it may not already have been aired on a news bulletin it could be used as a copy story. The presenter could make it a headline story and use the certain time to just purely tell the listeners all the information which has been brought to light rather then using the small amount of time for audio clips or interviews.