Radio Questions

1) What is "Music Programming for Radio"?
Music programming is when you choose your own music and program it in a certain order eg music is selected with a target audience in mind.

2) What is a stations "Music Format"?
Every station has a Music format, the stations have to choose songs ONLY in their format. For example if the station is rock, the station can only play rock music.

3) 2 Examples of of radio stations, the format and an example of 2 tracks:
Radio 1, Contemporary Hit Radio, David Guetta "She wolf" and Example "Say nothing"
Heart, Hot Adult Contemporary, Maroon 5 "Moves like Jagger" and Coldplay "Paradise"

4) What is an "ABC Playlist"?
This is when the playlist is put into 3 groups, AB and C. Group A is played a lot, Group B is played less and group C is played very little.

5) Explain how the choice of music would effect profits of a commercial radio station?
The radio station has a particular format so people who tune in expect to hear that type of music. If they tune in and the music is a different style or there is songs that they don't know, you will loose listeners and therefore loose money.

6) Explain some techniques in music programming to keep the listener interested, with examples.
Stations often play upbeat songs in the morning so their listeners get in a good mood. Stations also play new songs rarely to start off because listeners like songs they know however as the songs get known more, the station moves them up the ABC playlist so they are played more frequently.