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KISS Breakfast on KISS Radio

Context: Deregulation and the Evolution of Radio 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? The systematic dismantling of these strict state rules, shifting the power from government regulators over to the free market. However, UK government had a legal monopoly that 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? Ownership laws prevented a single company from buying up too many radio stations. This allowed multinational conglomerates like BMG to sweep in, buy up local stations, and build massive national brand monopolies. 3. In a heavily regulated era, radio stations faced strict penalties or license loss if they abandoned local programming or dropped community news quotas. How has modern de...
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Radio 1 Launch CSP

Historical, Social and Cultural Contexts 1) What radio stations were offered by the BBC before 1967? BBC Radio Home, BBC Radio Light and BBC Radio Third. 2) How was BBC radio reorganised in September 1967? What were the new stations that launched? The Light Radio was split into Radio 1 and 2. 3) What was pirate radio and why was it popular? Pirate Radio was a radio that was targeted to younger audiences that has a less formal presentation that BBC. It was popular as it had been the only station that existed that had targeted younger audiences 4) Why did pirate radio stop broadcasting in 1967? The 1967 Marine Broadcasting Offences Act officially outlawed pirate radio stations. 5) How did the BBC attract young audiences to Radio 1 after pirate radio stations were closed down? They used Tony Blackburn-a previous DJ from pirate radio-to perform for Radio 1 to try and make Radio 1 similar to pirate radio. 6) What was 'needle time' and why was it a problem for BBC Radio? Needle time ...
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TV and Radio Index

1) Doctor Who 2) His Dark Materials 3) BBC Industries 4) Radio 1 Launch
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TV Industry

1) What is the BBC's mission statement? Inform, educate, entertain 2) How is the BBC funded? BBC is funded through TV license. 3) What must the BBC do to meet its public service broadcasting responsibilities? (Look at the five bullet points in the notes above). They provide information through their news broadcast.  They support learning for people of all ages by providing the public with BBC bitesize. The BBC publishes comedy shows, etc. 25% of their production teas are from underrepresented groups By informing the public about democracy, tolerance, etc... 4) Who is the regulator for TV and Radio in the UK? You can find details on this in the notes above. By the OfCOM 5) How is TV and Radio regulated by Ofcom?  OfCOM oversees all media channels and produces a code of conduct that all media channels must follow or have their licence to make content removed and/or be fined heavily. 6) How do Doctor Who and His Dark Materials help the BBC to meet the BBC's remit to inform, educa...
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His Dark Materials: LIAR blog tasks

Language and close-textual analysis 1) How does His Dark Materials fit the conventions of the fantasy TV genre? It has Daemons in it and also has multiple worlds in it which goes against reality. 2) Applying Propp's character theory, what character roles do some of the main characters in His Dark Materials fit into?  Lyra Belacqua- Heroine Mrs.Coulter- Villian Lord Asriel Belacqua- Dispatcher Lee Scoresby- Donor Will Parry- Helper 3) What enigma and action codes (Barthes) can you find in His Dark Materials? Make specific, detailed reference to the text using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.) Mise-en-ecene is used when the Witches have ragged and black clothing to present them as evil. 4) What examples of binary opposition (Levi-Strauss) can you find in His Dark Materials? How do these create narrative or drama for the audience? You can find reminder notes on all these narrative theories here - just scroll down to...
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Magazine and Music Video-Blog Index

1) Tatler CSP 2) Heat CSP 3) Introduction to Music Video and BLACKPINK HYLT: Blog tasks 4) Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor: Blog tasks
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Doctor Who - LIAR: Blog Tasks

Language and Contexts 1) How can we apply narrative theories to this episode of  Doctor Who?  Todorov's Equilibrium: It starts off in a school where everything is peaceful. However, near the end of the episode, chaos erupts when the Doctor sends the group to the past.  Propp's character theory: Hero/heroine- Ian and Barbara Villain- The Doctor Sidekick- Susan Barthes's enigma and action codes: Action Codes: When the TARDIS begins to take off or when the shadow appears in the final shot of the episode. Enigma Codes: The Doctor takes the teachers to the past and the final shadow may be a stone age person. Levi-Strauss's binary opposition:  Young vs old Human vs alien  Good vs evil 2) In your opinion, what is the most important scene in the episode and why? The most important scene in my opinion is when the group all go into the TARDIS. This is because it reveals where the student went. 3) What genre is An Unearthly Child and how can you tell? Make specific referen...
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