History & Development of Chart Shows Over The Years.

Brief History of Radio.

Example of a 80's retro radio. This Phillips radio
was one of the first to run FM radio.

The format of Hit Radio Shows started in the early 60's, playing the latest music to a large amount of people over radio. This was a massive change in the lifestyle of people in the 60's as listening to the radio and latest music became a daily routine throughout the nation. Even now, radio is the best was to listen to the latest music, with CD players wich not hold radio, home stereo's and car radios, the growth of this format of media has rocketed over the last 50 years.

80's Radio 

80's radio was revolutionary at the time of its creation. They had a very miniscule abount of equipment to produce the shows which would be recorded and broadcasted to the people of Britain. 80's radio was very basic, with very cheesy backing music and jingles which were very technological at that point in time. Although the quality of recording was low, the shows were a huge hit! The host of the show talks very quickly and unclearly to try and fit all of the music into the 2 hour slot he has. The host has a plain, simple and monotoned accent as the listeners were mostly interested in the music at that time, and not the person talking. The introduction is very simple and short, after that he continues straight away with the top 40, which he has to read the first few as he cannot fit them all in the show.

Modern Day Radio

Modern day radio is very different to the 80's. The introduction to the show has the hosts name in a jingle with cuts of up-to-date music pasted together to form the jingle. Equipment has improved dramatically which has aided the radio shows, pushing the limits of radio. This radio show is live, whereas the 80's were pre recorded incase of any mistakes or wrongly said statements. As the interview is being held, in the background you can hear music, which is related to the person being interviewed. The music has become more advanced which has changed the look of radio over the years, also with the invention of the internet and youtube, you can now watc recorded and live radio shows, stremed directly to the web. The radio show has differend hosts with different dialects, as there are many different culture groups in england now, so they try not to be discriminative and cater for different races and cultures.