Hello viewers, Will Kaye here, and today we are here to answer a question relating to the evaluation blog,

the question of media institutions and which ones would distribute the bulletin I created. To answer this question were gonna need a bit of context. What is community radio? What is it used for, why? And what external institutions are involved in the creation of products within this sector? My personal experience with Community radio is lax. Needless to say, community radio station are not generally the type of thing that would appeal to a young audience. However, this does not eclipse their importance, and also doesnt excuse the fact that I have to talk bout them to receive marks. Community radio stations have various key roles within their community, hence their name. They usually focus onto small locations within a certain radius, and unlike regional stations, tend to focus in on social groups such as age or ethnic groups and also direct connect with listeners.. Their aims are to inform and entertain. Youve probably yourself got one in your local area, for me the key one, and our subject choice is OCR, a station representing a mixture of British, Asian and Old people culture. Contrary to my brief OCR has focus on stuff like Asain culture and Asian music due to the mixed population of Oldham but also focuses on programming aimed at older generations such as golden oldies and news about buildings and stuff. Surface level, community radio is simple, lovely, without nastiness. But once you open up the rusty gunk covered lid of community radio, in dwells some confusion. Licensing, funding and audience play key roles in radio. Firstly, all stations of any kind must beckon to the rules of might Tsar Ofcom, who distribute broadcasting rules within the UK. Next theres the problem of funding. Between 2001 and 2005, licensing battle we fought for Oldham to be given the opportunity to host a community radio station, which it ultimately won, however fitting into Ofcoms rules, they have to renew said license every five years. This however doesnt seem a problem, as OCR is bolstered by heavy public support. Licensing and funding aside, we now must lift the grimy lid of OCR to breathe in the conventions. However one thing that definitely isnt present is a good representation of the youth, as explored in my preliminary work. The news program, Oldham today contains snippets of current news, but the lack of goings on in Oldham means that most episodes of the broadcast are people talking about old buildings. This marks a generation gap, to which my bulletins working capability with OCR comes into question My broadcast was very straight-faced, and had stories directly affecting the youth. This is rarely seen in Oldham today which contains a more casual approach. Despite this I feel that my broadcast would still work in context as it definitely isnt necessarily a youth-centric piece, and contains pieces that would interest all ages, especially stories such as the theatre piece. All in all I think considering context and build up, my bulletin is a piece that would not be far from home on OCR. Well thats been all folks. Ive been Will Kaye, Evaluation blog, OCR, forever