there are many different broadcasters around the UK and different types and styles of radio stations. the funding of the broadcasters has a big impact on the radio station, as well as the size of their organization and which locations that they broadcast to, which in turn makes all these elements have an effect on the type of news and the style they broadcast.
Public Service: public service radio stations basically means that the station is funded for by the public, using a licence fee of £120.00 per year to help with the station. the most popular public service station is the BBC Radio. the effect that this has on the style of the broadcaster/radio station is that they have to relate to a wider audience which is why there are many different BBC stations and broadcasters. through the different radio stations they have to meet needs for a wide for a variety of audiences and also report local news within their stories. the BBC is impartial in a formal way.
Commercial: commercial radio stations are funded through advertisements and are basically the opposite of public service radio stations. companies sell their advertisements of products to a radio station that has the same audience that they cater for in order for the product to sell, and the radio station must choose advertisements that benefit their listeners needs. Capital FM is an example of a commercial radio station. lots of commercial radio stations/broadcasters are local or regional and use limited and restricted news bulletins.
Community: community radio stations are restricted to one town/city and are local and report mostly local news unless a news story has a global effect. Salford City Radio is an example of a community radio station. they are restricted to local news and are usually small budget broadcasters. community radio stations are run with small news teams given the lack of broadcast to places. they are commercially funded and can sometimes be funded by the local council.
Small-Scale: small-scale radio stations/broadcasters are better known for being restricted to one exact location ie. a College Radio or a Hospital Radio. Radio Northwick Park is an example of this type of broadcaster (Hospital). they are locally funded by either themselves or the community donations. advertisers may possibly also help with the funding. they usually have a very small news team (2-3 people) or no news team at all because of the restricted news they give out.
Local: local radio stations are basically what it says, local. they only broadcast to a local area and cover national news stories. an example of this type of radio station/broadcaster is BBC Radio Manchester.
Regional: regional radio stations broadcast to a bigger area, in this case Rock Radio broadcasts to the North West area of England. they cover local, regional stories which means that if this was a scottish radio broadcaster it would broadcast to Regional Scotland. this means that is local and regional at the same time.
National: national radio stations broadcast all around the country ie. England, Wales, Scotland and possibly Northern Ireland depending on the type of broadcaster. they only cover national news stories and international news stories and have creative and much larger news teams. BBC Radio 1 is an example of a national radio station.
Internet, Satellite, Cable: these are types of radio stations that cannot be accessed through a portable radio device but only through internet, satellite or cable. The Hits Radio and Smash Hits are examples of these types of stations. they broadcast stories that are continued and repeated throughout the day and aren't updated constantly, however they are current day-to-day stories that are both national and international.
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