Radio industry

Radio is one of the oldest forms of mass media, being first developed  in the 1920s. . Radio transmits sound-based media to the likes of car radios,TV,and  mobile phones. Radio players are not as popular as radio can now be listened to on TV and online  as a lot is now digital. Llstening to radio in cars is very popular. There are three sections of radio:

Publicly funded Radio - Taxpayer Funded (EG BBC Radio 1)

Commercial Radio - Advert Funded (EG Metro Radio)

Community and Voluntary Radio - Hospital Radio stations etc (EG Hospital Radio Hillingdon [1970-2012] - National Lottery Funded, 24 hour broadcasting)

There are also radio stations which are only bavailable digitally:

There are also radio stations which are only broadcast on internet - these are usually very small busibnesses funded by advertising.