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U14- P1 - Differences between types of programmes- Part 1

Talk/Music-  Capital London Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp Capital Breakfast is the Breakfast slot on Capital FM where they broadcast and present 6am to 10am each weekday. Capital Breakfast has fun discussions, games played by the presenters of the show, competitions and giveaways which listeners can ring up and play in, etc. Capital Breakfast also broadcasts the latest pop-music trending or may have certain times where they may present music from a certain genre. (e.x. remixes and dubsteps.) Capital Breakfast also talks about the latest Celebrity Drama, gossip,  Sport-  talkSPORT Hawksbee and Jacobs The two presenters give: interviews from sportsmen, commentaries, impressions of sports celebrities and other stuff you won't be able to get on other radio programmes.  In the talkshow, they discuss upcoming games and how they think each team and player is going to perform in the upcoming match. The tone is informal, as both presenters and others on the show...

Technology used by Radio 4

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  Studio Equipment: A radio station format is a template for the overall content a radio station broadcasts. They can be tailored suited by the music taste of what they broadcast, interest, or advertising demographic. Typically, a radio station's format is defined by the music or content the station plays.  Radio is the technology of signalling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz) The radio station uses transmission and detection of communication signals consisting of electromagnetic waves that travel through the air in a straight line or by reflection from the ionosphere or from a communications satellite.  BBC Radio 4 has:  In the studio, you can find: A mixing desk, microphone, pre-processer, headphones, Mixing Console,Shock Mount,Boom Arm,Microphone Processor, Custom Built PC with the latest operating system (Windows 11),Channel Mixer, etc. for basic equipment to set ...

Unit 14: P3. Be able to investigate the technologies for multiplatform radio broadcasting (Part 2)

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Unit 14: P3. Be able to investigate the technologies for multiplatform radio broadcasting (Part 1)

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Programme Analysis

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Programme Analysis  Programme Name: Fake Psychic. Type of Documentary: Drama Documentary Average duration: 30-60 minutes. Days airing: A new Podcast released on the 1st of February with all episodes available to listen to on BBC Radio 4's website (BBC Sounds); however, a new episode is aired every day on the schedule (with episode 2 being the latest aired.) Fake Psychic usually airs at 14:15pm or sometime in the afternoon each day. The target audience for Fake Psychic would be people interested in physic abilities, otherworldly abilities and activities. Fake Psychic would have an older and mature audience interested in true-crime as Fake Psychic has some upsetting themes that may be distressing to some individuals.  What is the structure of the program: The programme is structured like a documentary and covers the life and confessions of the 'M. Lamar Keene' a Psychic fraudster. The audio documentary presents information on: Who Lamar Keene was, the purpose of the documen...