Pirate Radio | Masteringmedia

Starter: Take a photo on your phone in front of the green screen. Import into iMovie. You will need this later. You can do this individually or in pairs.

THE BRIEF: Using WIX website creator, create a website for an online pirate new radio. Your site should include three inter-linked pages: homepage, about, content, events, playlist, and interviews. In addition, you should include a 45 second video montage, and links to Spotify and social media pages, including Instagram and TikTok.

Radio Stations UK Rinse FM Punk FM Christmas FM Gaydio Women's Radio.

Task One: In pairs go online and check out different online radio stations.

FEEDBACK ON WHAT SORT OF CONTENT THEY HAVE

Task Two: Watch the clips below on Radio One. Discuss what makes Radio 1 unique.

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specializes in modern popular music and current chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, hip hop, and indie, whilst its sister station 1Xtra plays Black contemporary music, including hip hop and R&B. Radio 1 broadcasts throughout the UK on FM between 97.1 MHz and 99.7 MHz, Digital radio, digital TV, and on BBC Sounds. It was launched in 1967 to meet the demand for music generated by pirate radio stations, when the average age of the UK population was the BBC claim that they target the 15–29 age group, and the average age of its UK audience since 2009 is 30.BBC Radio 1 started 24-hour broadcasting on 1 May 1991

Who is Radio 1 owned by?
What does it specialise in?
What does Radio 1 play at night?
When was Radio 1 launched?
Who is the audience for Radio 1?
What has Radio 1 being doing since 1994?

Radio One. Official Charts. Pirate Radio

Task Three: Watch the clips below on the world of Pirate Radio and feedback on how it is different to BBC and commercial radio?

Pirate Radio

Pirate radio or a pirate radio station is a radio station that broadcasts without a valid license. In some cases, radio stations are considered legal where the signal is transmitted, but illegal where the signals are received—especially when the signals cross a national boundary. In other cases, a broadcast may be considered "pirate" due to the nature of its content, its transmission format, or the transmit power (wattage) of the station, even if the transmission is not technically illegal (such as an amateur radio transmission). Pirate radio is sometimes called bootleg radio, clandestine radio, or free radio.

Discussion

What is a pirate radio station?
Why might a radio stations be legal in one country but not in another?
Why might the content of the station be illegal?
Why did pirate radio station gain popularity in the 1960s?
What examples are there of famous pirate radio stations?
What was the title of the film made about Radio Caroline?

BREAKTIME

Task Four: Register with Wix. Choose a template for a radio station and create you own website for a Radio Show.

Web Design

When it comes to website design, there are so many different styles and directions in which your website can go: it can be anywhere from classy to minimalistic, from playful and vibrant to sleek and modern. While your final look-and-feel should exude your personal style, line of work, and brand identity, there are a few ground rules that are always applicable. Great web design feeds into your user experience and functionality, while being easy to understand at first glance. Below we’ve gathered five simple website design tips to help make your site effective and compelling.

Task FIVE: Create a logo for your Radio Station using Wix logo creator

WHAT MAKES A GREAT LOGO AND A GREAT LOGO FOR A RADIO STATION?

Ready to design a logo for your radio station’s website? Start with Wix Logo Creator! Input keywords reflecting your station’s vibe – genre, target audience, and personality. Explore the diverse logo options generated, playing with fonts, colors, and icons until something clicks. Don't be afraid to customize! Refine the chosen design with specific imagery and typography to create a professional, memorable visual that truly represents your station's brand. Wix makes it easy to craft a logo that sounds as good as your broadcasts.

Task Six: CAN YOU PUT THE LOGO BEHIND THE IMAGE YOU TOOK OF YOURSELF BEHIND THE GREEN SCREEN?

Task Seven: Create a Spotify playlist for your website

EMBED THE PLAYER USING CODE AND A WIDGET

Spotify is a Swedish audio streaming and media services provider founded on 23 April 2006. It is one of the world's largest music streaming service providers, with over 365 million monthly active users, including 165 million paying subscribers, as of June 2021. Spotify offers digital copyright restricted recorded music and podcasts, including more than 70 million songs, from record labels and media companies. Unlike physical or download sales, which pay artists a fixed price per song or album sold, Spotify pays royalties based on the number of artist streams as a proportion of total songs streamed.

Task Eight: Create a schedule for your radio show.

Most music stations have DJs who play music from a playlist determined by the program director, arranged by blocks of time. Though practices differ by region and format, what follows is a typical arrangement in urban commercial radio station.
The first block of the day is the "morning drive time" block in the early morning. This block is between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m., though it can begin as early as 5 a.m. (though usually not later than 6), and end as early as 9 a.m. or as late as 11 a.m. This block usually includes news bulletins and traffic and weather advisories for commuters, as well as light comedy from the morning DJ team (many shock jocks started as or still work on drive-time radio). Some stations emphasize music, and reduce gags and call-ins in this period.
The midday block ( 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., though often extended later to about 5 p.m.) is mostly music. For a period around noon a station may play nonstop music or go to an all-request format for people eating lunch. This block is often occupied by a "no-repeat workday;" stations that offer this feature usually target captive audiences such as retail workers, who have to listen to the station for long periods of time and can become irritated by repetition.
In the early evening, or "afternoon drive" ( 3 to 7 p.m.), the evening rush-hour programming resembles the midday programming, but adds traffic and weather advisories for commuters. Some stations insert a short snippet of stand-up comedy ("5 O'Clock Funnies") around 5 o'clock when commuters leave work, or play specifically selected "car tunes" ideal for listening while driving.
The evening block (defined by Arbitron as 7 p.m. to midnight), if present, returns to music.