Media In Uk

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MEDIA IN UK

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MEDIA IN UK
The BBC, founded in 1922, is the UK's publicly funded radio, television and Internet broadcasting corporation, and is the oldest and largestbroadcaster in the world. It operates numerous television and radio stations in the UK and abroad and its domestic services are funded by the television licence.[383][384] Other major players in the UK media include ITV plc, which operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV Network,[385] and News Corporation, which owns a number of national newspapers through NewsInternational such as the most popular tabloid The Sun and the longest-established daily "broadsheet" The Times,[386] as well as holding a large stake in satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting.[387] London dominates the media sector in the UK: national newspapers and television and radio are largely based there, although Manchester is also a significant national media centre. Edinburgh andGlasgow, and Cardiff, are important centres of newspaper and broadcasting production in Scotland and Wales respectively.[388] The UK publishing sector, including books, directories and databases, journals, magazines and business media, newspapers and news agencies, has a combined turnover of around £20 billion and employs around 167,000 people.[389]
In 2009 it was estimated that individuals vieweda mean of 3.75 hours of television per day and 2.81 hours of radio. In that year the main BBC public service broadcasting channels accounted for an estimated 28.4% of all television viewing; the three main independent channels accounted for 29.5% and the increasingly important other satellite and digital channels for the remaining 42.1%.[390] Sales of newspapers have fallen since the 1970s and in2009 42% of people reported reading a daily national newspaper.[391] In 2010 82.5% of the UK population were Internet users, the highest proportion amongst the 20 countries with the largest total number of users in that year
RADIO
Radio in the UK started back in the early 1920's with just one tiny BBC radio station in Chelmsford, Essex. The BBC dominated radio until the 1960's, when the Piratesruled the airwaves. In the early 1970's, we saw commercial radio come onto the scenes.
Radio's moved on in leaps and bounds in the last 30 years, and we now have several hundred radio stations, with a huge variety of formats and audiences.
On our site, you'll find links and information on today's British radio Industry.
Types of radio station:

The types of station operating in the UK, are:National Radio | Serving the whole of the UK, national stations include BBC Radios 1-5, Absolute Radio, Classic FM and TalkSport. |
Regional stations | There are currently 17 of these in the UK, covering multi-county areas, including BBC Scotland, BBC Wales, Galaxy (North East and West Midlands), and Kiss (East Anglia) |
Local radio | There are 40 BBC local radio stations, and over 250commercial stations (known as ILR - Independent Local Radio stations). This number includes town-sized stations (once known as Incremental stations). |
Community radio | A growing number of "Not for profit" radio stations (Over 100 in 2008), that started following the Government's Access radio pilot scheme. For more, see Community Media Association. |
RSL | Short-term restricted service licences(for temporary low-powered radio services). These typically run for no longer than 28 days continuous broadcasting. |
DAB Digital Radio | Digital Audio Broadcasting, is the new type of radio service available in the UK. DAB offers a range of extra channels not available on FM. You'll need a special DAB radio to receive Digital Radio - there are a range of DAB radios now available, including...