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The role of qualitative research in interpreting audience measurement data for local radio

In line with the BBC's policy of 'Extending Choice 1' , BBC Local Radio stations have increased their reliance on broadcast journalism to distinguish them from the commercial competition. Over the past two or three years there has been a gradual...

Catalogue: Radio Research Symposium 1995

Author: Eleanor Cowie

Company: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

July 1, 1995

Not only what you do, but how you do it

Radio listening varies widely in terms of context and therefore, in quality and importance to the respondent and in accessibility to memory. On top of the core listening associated with regular behaviour choice and high motivation is a great deal of...

Catalogue: Radio Research Symposium 1995

Author: Tony Twyman

July 1, 1995

The relationship between audience share and audience appreciation

The paper examines the relationship between CBC radio programs' audience size (as measured by BBM estimates of share) and audience qualitative appreciation (as measured by qualitative indices or QI's in the CBC's annual Qualitative Radio Study). The...

Catalogue: Radio Research Symposium 1995

Author: Philip Savage

July 1, 1995

Audience reaction as a tool for planning

This paper describes the Radio Opinion Monitor (ROM) which is used by the BBC to monitor audience reaction to network radio in the UK. The BBC has measured audience reaction to its services for many years and ROM is a new vehicle which has been...

Catalogue: Seminar 1994: From Door-To-Door To Satellite

Authors: Tony Wearn, Richard Windle

Company: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

June 15, 1994

Radio audiences

This paper sets out to: Compare the published radio audience figures for a wide range of countries in Western Europe, as generated by their national audience measurement systems. Look for any systematic differences in the figures being reported by...

Catalogue: Seminar 1994: From Door-To-Door To Satellite

Author: Peter Menneer

Company: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

June 15, 1994

Diary

To propose a text on radio research during this ESOMAR Symposium on Electronic and Broadcast Audience Research is perhaps a way to try to show off but if it is it is also more than that. Radio as a medium is gaining back the importance it lost to...

Catalogue: ESORMAR/ARF Worldwide Electronic And Broadcast Audience Research 1994

Author: Herman Santy

May 1, 1994

How to double your audience

In Canada a combination of factors both stimulate and impede audience research. The complex Canadian broadcasting system and the competition among research suppliers create a situation in which innovative research solutions are frequently proposed...

Catalogue: ESORMAR/ARF Worldwide Electronic And Broadcast Audience Research 1994

Author: Barry Kiefl

May 1, 1994

Forms of radio listening in France

The advance in technology has been partially a consequence of the increase in radio programming. This accompanies and will continue to accompany the development of pre- programming of radio stations. Following a rationalisation of demand through...

Catalogue: ESORMAR/ARF Worldwide Electronic And Broadcast Audience Research 1994

Authors: Fabrice Carlier, Odile Le Moal

Company: Mediametrie

May 1, 1994

UK radio

This paper begins by describing the development and methodology of RAJAR - the UK's first jointly agreed audience research system for radio, setting this in the context of the structure and needs of the two broadcast sectors - BBC and commercial. It...

Catalogue: ESORMAR/ARF Worldwide Electronic And Broadcast Audience Research 1994

Author: Roger Gane

May 1, 1994