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Audience
Look at the KISS media pack carefully. This will give you a brilliant background to the brand and how they target their audience (important note: it features the old Breakfast presenting team).
1) Read page 2. What is KISS FM's mission?
2) Look at page 3. What is the target audience for KISS FM? As well as writing the key statistics from the media pack, try and suggest what psychographic groups would fit the KISS audience too.
3) Now look at page 5 - The KISS network. How does KISS use digital media and technology to reach its audience?
4) Now look at the other side of page 5. What content do KISS Fresh and KISSTORY offer and how can audiences access those stations?
5) Read page 6. What are the different ways audiences can actively engage with the KISS radio brand?
3) Now look at page 5 - The KISS network. How does KISS use digital media and technology to reach its audience?
4) Now look at the other side of page 5. What content do KISS Fresh and KISSTORY offer and how can audiences access those stations?
5) Read page 6. What are the different ways audiences can actively engage with the KISS radio brand?
6) Are listeners to the KISS Breakfast show active or passive? You can argue this point either way - explain your opinion in your answer.
7) Now think about the clips you've watched or listened to of the KISS FM Breakfast show with Jordan and Perri. What audience pleasures are offered by the KISS FM Breakfast show? Use Blumler and Katz Uses and Gratifications theory here.
7) Now think about the clips you've watched or listened to of the KISS FM Breakfast show with Jordan and Perri. What audience pleasures are offered by the KISS FM Breakfast show? Use Blumler and Katz Uses and Gratifications theory here.
8) How have audiences changed in terms of how they listen to music and radio since the 1960s?
9) How does the KISS FM Breakfast show contrast with Tony Blackburn's 1967 Radio 1 Breakfast show and the launch of BBC Radio 1?
10) Use Stuart Hall's Reception theory to offer a preferred and oppositional reading of the KISS FM Breakfast show. For the preferred reading, why do fans love the show? On the oppositional side, why might someone criticise the show or not want to listen?
Grade 8/9 extension tasks
Read this BBC feature on Jordan and Perri taking over the KISS FM Breakfast show. Pick out three reasons KISS FM were keen to get the pair to present their breakfast show.
Industry
1) When did KISS FM first launch and what type of station was it then?
2) Look at the Bauer Media Group's list of brands. How many different types of media can you find on there? What brands do you recognise?
1) When did KISS FM first launch and what type of station was it then?
2) Look at the Bauer Media Group's list of brands. How many different types of media can you find on there? What brands do you recognise?
3) How does KISS FM make money?
4) How many listeners does the KISS Breakfast show have and how has this changed in recent years?
5) How is KISS FM regulated and what can happen if they break the rules?
Grade 8/9 extension tasks
Read this BBC feature on Jordan and Perri taking over the KISS FM Breakfast show. Pick out three reasons KISS FM were keen to get the pair to present their breakfast show.
Read this On The Radio article on listener figures for UK radio stations. How does the KISS FM Breakfast show compare with rivals? Why are many traditional radio stations struggling?
Read this BBC feature on the previous KISS FM breakfast show hosts and how they were poached by BBC Radio 1. What can you find in the article regarding the importance of BBC Radio 1 and also KISS FM's success?
Finally, try this exam question on Radio: How successful have radio stations like KISS FM been in attracting a young audience to traditional radio?
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