AN OVERVIEW OF THE ANALYSIS OF THE PROGRAM CONTENT OF THE RADIO-STATIONS IN ZAGREB AND THE ZAGREB COUNTY

Abstract

U radu su izneseni rezultati istraživanja što je radi analize sadržaja radijskih programa, provedeno na području Zagreba i Zagrebačke županije. Predmet istraživanja bili su svi radijski programi tog područja, ukupno 21 program. Istraživanje je obuhvatilo šestomjesečno razdoblje od 1. siječnja 1999. do 31. lipnja 1999. godine. Rezultati koji su, u skraćenoj verziji, dani u ovom radu kazuju da se radijski programi, u prosjeku, sastoje od oko 80 posto glazbe, oko 12 posto tematskih govornih sadržaja (bez emisija informativnog programa) te oko 8 posto reklama. Analizom tematskih govornih sadržaja utvrđeno je da gotovo 40 posto čine tzv. zabavni sadržaji prezentirani kroz najjednostavnije radijske forme, što potvrđuje tvrdnje o prevlasti tzv. veselih programa. Komercijalni se mediji moraju ponašati tržišno, nudeći one sadržaje koje njihovo slušateljstvo traži. Međutim, to dodatno potvrđuje važnost uspostave javnih medija kao svojevrsne protuteže nabujaloj komercijalizaciji. Jedan od razloga za to je i redoviti mjesečni priljev od prikupljanja pretplate koji javne medije stavlja u povlašteni tržišni položaj, ali ih čini i dodatno odgovornima za raznovrsnost programskih sadržaja, te pravovremeno i nepristrano informiranje.The article presents a digest of the results of the research whose goal was to analyse the contents of radio broadcasts. The research was carried out in the area of Zagreb proper and the Zagreb county. The research covered all the radio programs from this area (a total of twenty-one), in the period between 1 January 1999 and 31 June 1999. The results show that the radio programs, on the average, consist of 80% of music, about 12% of topic-related broadcasts (excluding news) and about 8% of commercials. An analysis of the topic-based contents shows that almost 40% of them belong into the category of the so-called entertainment, offered in the most elementary radio forms, which confirms the assumption about the predominance of the so-called “light” programs. Commercial media have to fall in with the market requirements and offer those contents which are sought by their listeners. However, this only emphasises the need for the public media as a counterbalance to the rampant commercialisation. One of the reasons for this is the regular monthly income from subscriptions which creates for the public media a privileged market niche, but also higher expectations regarding the variety of contents and topics they cover and the timely and objective provision of information

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