Sunday, 27 October 2013

Analysing Capital FM Schedule

Capital is a well established station, who have their own schedule of their website so people can see who is playing when and what show is on etc. This is the link where you can see their schedule, I used this one to help set out and design my own. 




  • On the very early morning shows such as 1:00, 3:00, 4:00 it is very basic broadcasting with less popular or experienced presenters. For example the 3:00 slot is pure music mixed by Capital with no presenter, otherwise known as the 'Graveyard' shift. On the other hand the other two shows do have presenters, although they will play more music from their playlist than talking as normally there isn't a huge audience on a Wednesday at those times. 
  • The 6:00 Breakfast slot is probably the biggest slot, where there is lots of banter between the presenters who are most likely the most famous and have a bigger audience. The audience at that time will be early commuters and children going to work and school, there needs to be a good mix of entertainment and music at that time if the day. Capital have a varied audience , therefore the show needs to accommodate to all. Whereas at 10:00 yet again will have a big audience, their description mentions even more big artists that will be played with less talk and more gossip and tunes. The audience will still be the same if not slightly different form earlier.
  • During the afternoon shows there will be a smaller audience and especially not children as they'll be at school. More adults therefore the news is played more and people are getting around home from work and possibly school, so the travel is updated more. There are still lots of hits being played which repeats from previous shows. 
  • Later shows during the night will have different types of music playing as there could be the younger generation who are going out and want pre-club tunes on their journeys. More at the 22:00 show than earlier where it is still a repeat of earlier. 

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