Esther Neema continuation of critiques BBC and classic breakfast show

Critiques. 2




There is such a difference in the kind of presentation that is on BBC breakfast as compared to that of classic 105. First of all the morning breakfast at classic has a humorous angle and more of the talks seek to entertain while on the other hand the BBC station seeks to inform. The tone is a little lower on the BBC side while on the morning breakfast it sounds like they are shouting.

I listened to this show at different times. On this particular week on classic there was a topic on how women get babies from men who are not their husbands because their husband are not good looking and there is no way they would get a baby who looks like their husbands.

On the other hand on BBC Network Africa there was a topic on Africans situation on poverty.

The difference in the content, determines the tonal variations. Though they are both in the morning, one takes an almost comedy approach while the other is extremely serious mood.



Critique 3

The more you listen to the different stations; you can not miss noticing the difference in the presentation. In my opinion as I listen to it, the BBC uses journalist approach more like broadcasting, while on the other hand the classic guys are presenter; they are basically having conversations even with people who are calling in as opposed to the interview approach which is use on the BBC side. The two hosts are



Critique 4

Today I was critiquing on music. On BBC breakfast weekend Africa network, there was only one song played the whole time I was listening. As opposed to the morning breakfast on classic 105 that had music more than talking. Many time the session of music would be way longer and then followed by argument after which there was lot of music. I feel this is due to the difference in target audience. Many people who are listening to classic may not only be tuned in not just for the content but for the music as well.

For such an audience it is necessary to have music just incase they are not interested in the content, then they enjoy music. As for BBC, most people tuned in to the station are people who are interested in knowing international information. In that perspective they would totally not appreciate more music that news and information over breakfast. Some are diplomats and are very much interested in news.



Critiques 5

This week the one show that got my attention on classic was the one they replayed an episode in busted where a lady was busted for cheating on her husband, the show host called the lady and ticked her in to revealing that she was cheating. First the host told her that the man she was cheating with is HIV positive. In the process of reacting to this because she was in shock, she finds out that it was a fake and her husbands reveals him on air. In my opinion, there maybe a few ethical issues, however most audience would want to hear this but I felt there may be a few ethical issues about busting your spouse on air.

On the other hand such content would never see light of day on BBC, mainly because it is not ion the category which would aired on the bbc weekend Africa, which mainly focuses on a lot of Economic and political sector more that social, and especially on cheating spouses.

For me I thought it was an ethical issue though I enjoyed the show, I think it poses a potential threat to breaking of marriages





Critique 6

Call INS vs. interviews

As I was listening to BBC this week, I noted the most common way of their presentation is Interview, where an expert is brought on to talk about a particular situation. They also insert a lot of features to show the situation on the ground.

Classic on the other hand may have an illustration of a story but not necessarily a feature

Critique 7

Content. factual vs. assumptions

I tend to think as I listen to classic that they tend to be a lot more dramatic, and lots of exaggerations in their voices and even their tones. I tend to fell that most of their content is actually based on assumptions. There was this topic on the red women. These are supposedly women who when they get in to relationships, the man they date ends up dieing. Then there was a whole debate on how true that is.

On the other hand BBC is very factual; there was a presentation on the outbreak of polio in Nigeria. It was presented like a story without any kind of exaggeration