Mediacorz2010

 1. What is meant by the term ‘deregulation’ in the context of the UK radio industry? How does this contrast with how the UK government historically controlled the airwaves up until the 1970s? Deregulation refers to the systematic dismantling of these strict state rules. shifting the power from government regulators over to the free market. the UK government tightly controlled the airwaves. Up until the 1970s , the BBC held a legal monopoly over domestic radio broadcasting. Even when commercial "Independent Local Radio" (ILR) was introduced in 1973, it was strictly regulated.  2. Explain how deregulation dismantled ownership laws. How did this change allow multinational media conglomerates to sweep in and build massive national brand networks? Deregulation dismantled these barriers. This allowed multinational conglomerates like BMGto sweep in, buy up local stations, and build massive national brand monopolies. 3. In a heavily regulated era, radio stations faced strict penalt...

  1) What radio stations were offered by the BBC before 1967? BBC Radio Home (1939-1967) broadcasting education programmes and news. Mainly speech-based. Replaced by Radio 4. 2) How was BBC radio reorganised in September 1967? What were the new stations that launched? BBC Radio Light (1945-1967) broadcasting mainly light entertainment (comedy / drama) and music. Replaced by Radio 2. 3) What was pirate radio and why was it popular? pirate radio was a radio station were BBC would play mostly pop and new gen music for the youth. 4) Why did pirate radio stop broadcasting in 1967? the 1967 Marine Broadcasting Offences Act officially outlawed pirate radio stations. The Government had closed the legal loophole that allowed these stations to broadcast and these had a British audience of 10 to 15 million. This meant the audience had to go to Radio 1 if they wanted to listen to popular music. 5) How did the BBC attract young audiences to Radio 1 after pirate radio stations were closed down? ...