Radio 1 Launch CSP: blog tasks

 Historical, social and cultural contexts


1) What radio stations were offered by the BBC before 1967?
BBC Home Service, the BBC Light Programme, and the BBC Third Programme


2) How was BBC radio reorganised in September 1967? What were the new stations that launched?
Third Programme as Radio 3 and the Home Service as Radio 4


3) What was pirate radio and why was it popular?
radio stations that broadcast without a license, often operating from ships outside territorial waters or from makeshift studios within a country


4) Why did pirate radio stop broadcasting in 1967?

Broadcasting (Offences) Act

5) How did the BBC attract young audiences to Radio 1 after pirate radio stations were closed down?
Playing popular music

6) What was 'needle time' and why was it a problem for BBC Radio?
BBC Radio was allowed to play during a specific time period

7) How did BBC Radio 1 offer different content to previous BBC radio stations?
focusing on popular music and adopting a more informal, "DJ-style" presentation,

8) Who was the first presenter for BBC Radio 1 and why did these new Radio 1 DJs cause upset initially at the
 traditional BBC?
Tony Blackburn

9) Listen to excerpts from the Tony Blackburn's first 1967 broadcast - how might it have appealed to young listeners?
adopting a "DJ style" of presentation

10) How was Tony Blackburn's radio show more like pirate radio rather than traditional BBC radio content?

focus on popular music, a more informal presentation style, and a youthful audience appeal

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