This document outlines an assignment for a student to produce a blog on the structure, organization, and ownership of the UK radio industry. The blog must include four posts: 1) describing a commercial radio station that broadcasts nationally and discussing how they generate revenue and are owned; 2) explaining how the BBC radio operations work including the number of stations, BBC charter, license fee, and role of the BBC Trust; 3) describing community, hospital, and student radio stations in terms of funding and licensing; 4) explaining independent radio production companies and the BBC commissioning process. The assignment aims to help students understand organizational structures and ownership in the UK radio industry.

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Qualification Level 3 ExtendedDiploma in Creative Media Production
Unit number and title
DB6 Unit 9 Understanding the radio industry
Start date 20 April, 2015
Deadline 8 May, 2015
Assessor name Damen BRAMWELL
Assignment title Structure, Organisation and Ownership
Scenario
You are a researcher working for a company that produces annually a national guide to the UK media industries, and have been
tasked with producing a report on the structure, organisation and ownership of the UK radio industry.
You will produce an illustrated blog covering:
 structure of the UK radio industry
 organisation of the UK radio industry
 ownership of radio stations in the UK radio industry.
Tasks Grading Criteria Mapping
You must create a blog with separate blog posts covering the following sections;
1. C ommercial radio: Describe a commercial radio station that broadcast nationally. You
must discuss how they gain their revenue, who owns them, if that company owns other
radio stations, and what are the issues relating to their license
2. Public service radio: Describe how the BBC radio operations work. How many stations do
they operate? What is the BBC charter? What is the BBC license fee and how much of it
goes to radio? What is the BBC trust and what is its role? Describe how you can get a
show commissioned by the BBC
3. Not-for-profit radio: Describe using examples community radio stations? Discuss
examples of Hospital radio and student radio stations. Talk about how they gain their
revenue and if there are any limits on their funding? What issues are there related to not
for profit radio licenses and who grants the licenses.
4. Independent radio programme production companies: What are independent production
companies and what is the commissioning and pitching process for BBC radio
programmes;
9.1 Understand organisational
structures and ownership in
the UK radio industry
(P9.1, M9.1, D9.1)

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Unit 9 Understandingthe radio industry (Level 3)
P9.1 describe organisational
structures and ownership
patterns in the UK radio
industry, with some
appropriate use of subject
terminology
M9.1 explain organisational
structures and ownership patterns
in the UK radio industry with
reference to detailed illustrative
examples and with generally
correct use of subject terminology
D9.1 comprehensively explain
organisational structures and
ownership patterns in the UK radio
industry with elucidated examples and
consistently using subject terminology
correctly
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Assessor Damen BRAMWELL
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