Radio 1 Launch CSP: Blog Tasks
1) What radio stations were offered by the BBC before 1967? The radio stations offered was radio 1, 2, 3, 2) How was BBC radio reorganised in September 1967? What were the new stations that launched? the new station launched was radio 4 3) What was pirate radio and why was it popular? Pirate radio was radio that was taken out to sea and this was popular as they only ever played music 4) Why did pirate radio stop broadcasting in 1967? Because a new act was released causing a ban on pirate radio 5) How did the BBC attract young audiences to Radio 1 after pirate radio stations were closed down? BBC brought the same DJ they loved to come work with BBC 6) What was 'needle time' and why was it a problem for BBC Radio? Needle time limited the amount of time music was allowed to be played this was a problem as the young people wanted more music 7) How did BBC Radio 1 offer different content to previous BBC radio stations? through playing continuous repeated records and DJ informal b...