phone ins- these are effective, cheap ways of engaging the listeners, which enables them to offer their point of view. U&G: social interactions

A presenter - acts as an anchor to guide the content. some radio shows are built around the presenter and their persona

Contributors - experts of those knowledgeable in a particular field or topics are invited in for a discussion tor to lead programmes

Discussion -  a group of people discussing a range of topics

drama - Radio 4 has a regular features and soap operas. BBC radio 4 has a long running soap broadcast solely on radio : the archers


Documentaries -  these can be related to ongoing news events/ current affairs/ music artists

Outside broadcasts - stories and features can be from different location. focus is on the human voices and sound effects to establish this, primarily due to the absence of visual in radio

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what kind of content did womans hour cover in the early days? - makeup tips, tips for housewives etc
who originally presented womans hour? -  Alan Ivimey, an ex-RAF-officer-turned-journalist who “specialised in writing for and talking to women”
what time did it originally air and why? - 2pm to coincide with housewives taking a break before kids came home from school
How was womans hour originally received by audiences? what did they think about it? - frustrated, “Citizen housewives were not be hectored by professional men or bossy matrons,” - presented by a man and didnt represent the people it was meant for. 
How has the programme changed? what type of things do they talk about now on womans hour? - "covering everything from backstreet abortions and the introduction of the pill to the fight for the Equal Pay Act." topics such as female masturbation, 

" Woman’s Hour’s popularity seems likely to endure into its eighth decade thanks to its “frank and honest” debate and “unique insight into women’s lives”, according to its editor, Alice Feinstein "

The show remains, according to guest presenter Emma Barnett, “the Rolls Royce of Radio 4 … It’s a programme that brings out the best in people as they know they have the space to share deep feelings with an incredibly engaged audience hanging on their every word,” she said. “Its listeners, male and female, trust it implicitly and the female gaze [through which] it reflects the world is invaluable and unique.”

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- Late night Woman's hour is broadcasted on BBC Radio 4 - BBC global conglomerate and well established 
-BBC is funded through TV license, £154.50 a year per household
-BBC uses this funding in ALL of its intergrates - including radio
-BBC is a PSB broadcaster- public service broadcast - have to inform and educate, as well as entertain and promote diversity
-Some diversity in the show - all female cast and guests, though usually white middle aged
- PSB remit means their programmes must have an informational or educational benefit
- Intellectual language meets BBCs remit to educate. also suggests it is appealing to a middle class, working audience
-Benefit of not having advertisers - no need to attract a large audience - they do not have to worry about featuring mainstream content. 

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when was the late night womans hour created? - august 2015
what are some of the themes of the show? - "Episode one will see Laverne and her guests discuss purity and what it means for women in sex, food and religion, with further subjects to include money, anger, fertility and birth."
who was the first presenter? - lauren laverne - 6 music presenter - already experienced with radio shows, fits representation of who the show is for. new presenter emma barnett - regular presenter on bbc twos newsnight, and main presenter of womans hour since 2021

- broadcasted at 11pm

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