LO1.1 Types of Radio Programming
National Kiss, BBC Radio 1-5, TALK SPORT National radio stations are the biggest radio stations broad casted nation wide across the UK. This means that they are only available in one country and can be broadcasted all around that country. They can be controlled by the government or be independent from the government and be controlled by a government, such as Classic FM. These radio stations were created when the Broadcasting Act was passed in 1990 which allowed Independent radio stations to be launched nationally. Public The term public service broadcasting refers to broadcasting intended for public benefit rather than to serve purely commercial interests Regional BBC Scotland, BBC Radio Whales , Capital There are 17 different Regional stations in the UK. These are broadcasted to different countries and regions depending on which country you are in so if you were in Whales you could not listen to BBC ScotlandA regional variation generally refers to times when a radio staton or tel