Unit 1: Analysing the Media Products and Audiences. : KTA 1: Research into Industries.

Radio Stations

BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio Sheffield, Capital FM, Radio Live 5, Planet Rock, Kerrang, Classic Fm, Kiss, Heat Radio, BBC Radio Bristol, Heart, Absolute 80's, Hallam FM, Sheffield Live, Absolute 90's, Real Radio

Production: The process of making a media text.

Distribution: The process of getting a media text to the audience. This include the marketing/promotion and advertising of the product as well as the physical distribution or broadcasting of the text.

Exchange: The process of an audience 'consuming' a media text, e.g. listening to a radio show, watching a TV programme etc. It also includes the ways in which audiences 'read' as a text and he ways in which the audiences use that text for their own purposes, e.g. audience participation.

Media Conglomerate: A Media Conglomerate is a company who owns a large number of small companies (subsidiaries).

Cross Media Conglomerates: A Cross Media Conglomerates is where one type of media company (e.g a magazine company) owns another type of media company (e.g. radio stations).