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How we commission

大象传媒 Radio: Who's Who

大象传媒 Radio is the home of:

  • 10 UK-wide radio stations
  • 大象传媒 Sounds
  • 大象传媒 Performing Groups
  • 大象传媒 Proms
  • Speech, classical and pop music production across radio, television and online

The commissioning process

Each Network runs one or more commissioning round a year. Other commissioning opportunities may arise outside the rounds. These may use a direct approach in order to meet topical or other urgent or specialist programme/strand requirements. In this instance, commissioners will approach 3 or more suppliers and invite them to submit a proposal against the brief.

If suppliers have an idea they鈥檇 like to submit outside the main rounds, they can find the relevant contact details on the Network pages on the Radio Commissioning Site.

Each Network publishes guidelines for the commissioning round, setting out the brief for each genre of programme it wants to commission, as well as any subjects or areas (e.g. an important anniversary) in which it is specifically interested, guide prices, important dates in the process and other useful information.

Independent producers who would like to pitch an idea to a Network must first register using the .

Radio Commissioning Framework

大象传媒 Radio believes in creativity, quality, and value for money, and serving the changing needs of its audiences. We want to work with strong and innovative content suppliers from both 大象传媒 Audio and the independent sector.

The 大象传媒 recognises that:

It is in the interest of the UK radio audience that there is a competitive and thriving production supply sector, both inside and outside the 大象传媒

The 大象传媒 has a role as the nation's principal public service broadcaster to help stimulate and support the development of the production sector across the UK

大象传媒 Radio must reflect the diversity of the UK, and the perspectives and voices of the UK鈥檚 nations and regions.

Each network publishes guidelines for the commissioning round, setting out the brief for each genre of programme it wants to commission, as well as any subjects or areas (e.g. an important anniversary) in which it is specifically interested, guide prices, important dates in the process and other useful information. 

Radio Tariffs

The 大象传媒 has set tariff ranges for Speech-based and Music-based audio programming. These tariffs set out the price the 大象传媒 expects to pay for programmes commissioned from across network radio, including on demand. Where each title falls within each tariff will depend on the amount of work required to make each title, which is largely driven by the editorial brief for the commission.

Tariffs for Speech-based programming can be viewed here:

Tariffs for Music-based programmes will follow soon.

Current commissioning opportunities

The principal commissioning process for Radio is run by each network through one or more commissioning rounds per year, details of which can be found below.

Some programmes/strands are commissioned outside these rounds - for more information, please visit individual network pages.

For details of commissioning for non-Network Radio stations, please see the Local Radio and Nations Radio pages.

Working with 大象传媒 Radio

We want 大象传媒 Radio to be a place where 大象传媒 Audio and independent producers bring their best ideas. The Radio Commissioning Framework is designed to be fair, robust and transparent, it's a tool to help us reinvent and grow radio.

If you have any comments or complaints about your experience of the commissioning process, please contact the network controller (contact details can be found on the relevant station page) or contact Fergus Dudley, Head of Editorial Standards and Complaints 大象传媒 Radio, so we can improve how we work.

We also ask for feedback through an annual survey.

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