The main focus, rather than your typical news, is news towards teenagers and “twentysomethings”.
Launched 10th September 1973
The name was taken from another radio program, “Radio Coraline”, this is because one of Radio Coralines workers “Roger Gale” worked on Newsbeat with the BBC
Broadcasted on Radio 1, 1Xtra and Asian Network.
15-19, 84% listeners 12-15
Media Industries:
Younger audience receiving news that is regulated by the government.
As well as this, even if the younger audience doesn’t use the radio, newsbeat is multi platform (Radio, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook) so the younger audience have regulated influencers everywhere they spend time in.
There is no difference between the BBC news and newsbeat, due to the fact its all being regulated by the same people, at the end of the day, they’re going to receive the same news in a different way.
Funded by the tax from the government, hypothecated tax, money from a specific tax goes towards the BBC for education.
Media Audiences:
BBC’s Ethos of Educate, Entertain and Inform is cemented within newsbeat as it encases all their key values. Entertains the younger audiences with celebrity news, informs them of dangerous and or threatening news, and educates them with other news.
Stuart Hall, 3 types of audiences. Those who accept: Teenager and young people who listen or watch online, taking Newsbeats information and believing/accepting it. Those who argue: The audience which listens/reads but then disagrees with some things. Those who reject: The audience which entirely REJECTS what newsbeat has to offer.
To bring in the younger audience, Newsbeat changed the language and style they present in, bringing in teens by using street slang and making stories on popular, younger generation topics, like Tik Tok, Celebrities and Young topics.
