Other Institutions producing Radio plays

The Mutual Broadcasting System (MBS) was an American radio network, in operation from 1934 to 1999.
Back in the 1930s, Orson Welles was involved in theatre and directed plays such as Hamlet. However in his second year in, he took an interest in radio and after gaining
a hour slot on the radio, which he named 'The music theatre on Air,' firstly produced the famous world of wars, which was what gained him national and international fame.

Radio Caroline is an English radio founded in 1964 by Ronan O'Rahilly, who broke the monopoly the BBC held on being the only broadcaster with radio.


The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), founded in 1927, is the largest broadcaster in the world. They offer a variety of television, radio, magazines and news. They have many different channels which are different genres, and this enables them to obtain a bigger/wider audience enhancing their status as the worlds largest broadcasters.
BBC Radio, also has different channels again aimed at different target audiences.
Radio 1; music, young audience
Radio 4; domestic UK radio station that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history
Radio 5 Live; live news and sport from the UK and worldwide
The BBC further launched the Radio Times magazine, which again aimed to promote their radio. BBc interlink their services aiming to sell themselves further and to as many people as possible.

Primarily the BBC was more aimed at the white class, however as time passed the BBC aimed to become more diverse, which meant employing asian presenters and programmes. This led to the arrival of the BBc Asian Network. This hosts a mixture of entertainment, news, bhangra music and also drama- Silver Street.