Radio Industry Operations | Definition | Examples of Stations | Ethos and Purpose | Funding / Revenue Streams | Typical Content | Reach/ Size |
National commercial | National commercial is radio that isn’t owned by the state it’s in. when its owned by a state its used for educational purposes. | Classic FM Talksport | profit | primarily based on the practice of airing radio advertisements and television advertisements for profit. | Music News weather | 39.3 million listeners |
Public | they are not operated for the purpose of creating a profit for individual owners. It’s for the public. | BBC radio | Inform/educate and entertain | The funding of public service media may be ensured, through a flat broadcasting licence fee, taxation, state subsidies, subscription fees etc. | Weather Music News | 32.7 million |
Regional | The Regional Stations in different States form the middle tier of broadcasting. They originate programmes in the regional languages and dialects. | BBC – London BBC – Scotland BBC - Bristol | To provide impartial news and information to help people understand and engage with the world around them | through advertising. Extra income also comes from sponsored content and events | Music Updates debates | 7.3 million |
Community | Community radio stations are operated, owned, and influenced by the communities they serve. | London Turkish radio. Link FM Reprezent | provides a platform to communities to air local voices on issues concerning Health, Nutrition, Education, Agriculture etc | Advertising (either in the form of 'spot ads' or commercial sponsorship of particular shows or strands) | Music Weather | 4.7 million |
Internet | are an audio service that use the Internet to broadcast instead of traditional radio waves. Online radio or net radio. | Soho radio Worldwide FM Beatles FM | offer news, sports, talk, and various genres of music | Sell on-air ad spots | Music weather Debates News | 41 million |
Non-profit | radio station that doesn't make income | college radio | providing a free service to the community | stations own community | news weather information | 1.2 million |
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