Research techniques

Task 1



Task 2



Task 3

BBC Radio 2 is officially the most popular and listened to radio station in the UK, it was one of only 5 national radio stations in the UK until widespread DAB Digital radio was introduced, the others being BBC radio 1,3,4 and Classic FM
⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_in_the_United_Kingdom
I have found that across all national radio, there are a total of 1,028,764 hours of radio listened to over a quarterly period ending in June 2009. From this is can also find out that the average person listened to 22.2 hours of radio. This applies to all national radio, local and regional radio stats may differ due to reach and popularity.
Galaxy radio FM covers 4 regions in England and 1 in Scotland, with the largest being Galaxy northeast, based in Yorkshire. The other stations include:
⇒ Galaxy Manchester
⇒ Galaxy Birmingham
⇒ Galaxy South Coast
“A Restricted Service Licence is the easy way of realising your dream of having a radio station on air with the minimum formality and cost.
Anyone who has not been previously been prevented from doing so, or does not have a conviction for illegal broadcasting can set up and run a radio station in the UK for a maximum of 28 days++ twice a year, providing there are 4 clear months between successive broadcasts.”
Quote from: http://www.mediauk.com/the_knowledge/i.muk/Running_an_RSL
To hire an RSL and a transmitter and an RDS encoder for one month, it would cost £355 a month courtesy of Radiquip.
http://www.radiquip.co.uk/1_hire_centre/cat_pages/10055.htm
PRS for Music Tariff Information:
Daily Charge = £62.42 (incl. VAT)
This is subject to a 1/3 discount (i.e. £41.61 per day incl. VAT) where the application and payment is made before the broadcast commences.
MCPS Tariff Information:


Total Potential Audience Fees For Up To 28 Days (Incl. Vat)
0 – 100,000 £70.93
100,001 - 500,000 £77.83
500,001 - 1,000,000 £88.65

Table from PRSForMusic: http://www.prsformusic.com/users/broadcastandonline/Radio/STRL/Pages/shorttermrestricted.aspx

Task 4

(P1, M1, D1)

In order to collect information for my research, I will create a questionnaire that I will hand out to around 20 people, spanning all years of my school, collecting the data and displaying the results in the form of a series of graphs and charts.

Example questionnaire:


How long do you listen to the radio in a week?
(0-20 min) (21-40min) (41- 60min) (61min -2hours) (2 hours +)


What is your favourite radio station?


How do you listen to the radio?
(Traditional analogue) (Digital radio) (Digital TV) (Car radio) (Mobile devices) (Internet)

What genre of radio do you listen to most?
(Music) (Talk radio) (News) (Other)

I will use this questionnaire I created and calculate and compare the results using tables and charts.