“A rádio que temos” é um blogue de João Paulo Meneses, de apoio ao trabalho escrito do 2º ano do doutoramento em comunicação na Universidade de Vigo. Pretende identificar a rádio portuguesa e, já agora, opô-la, a nível de formatos, à rádio de alguma Europa.

Excesso de formatos? E consequências

September 15, 2005

Similar to what is occurring in the magazine industry, the growth in stations, instead, appears to be fragmenting the radio audience into finer and finer niche groups. The 47 recognized radio formats include such things as Adult Contemporary, Alternative, Country, Classical, Beautiful Music and Farm/Agriculture. And even these 47 formats are prone to splitting and changing to create new niche markets. What was once Contemporary Hit Radio, or CHR, now includes CHR-Pop, CHR-80s and CHR-Dance.1

This represents a remarkable shift. When commercial radio was begun, stations were broadly programmed channels, much like the later television networks. The same channel, depending on time of day, offered serials, then soaps, music and news. Today, the strategies behind formating radio are even more targeted than cable television. This narrowcasting, as it is termed, adds to cultural fragmentation. It also tends to minimize accidental learning - people becoming more familiar with news, information or even music that they were not seeking out.”

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