Radio Industry

This in an introduction to the UK radio industry

Just like the media industry itself radio is spilt into 4 sectors public, Private, Community and Voluntary




Public
The public sectors is owned by the government these stations are all the BBC radio, This means the get most of there funding from the government these are the various radio channels that BBC radio offers

Private
The private sector is privately owned radio companies which get most of there funding from sponsors and advertisement Classic FM is a privately owned radio

Community
Community radios are non profit organizations which are solely run by the community for the community



Voluntary
Voluntary