A snapshot of breakfast radio

Jenny

I tuned into six radio stations one morning in November…..

…….and the gender break down of the presenters was as follows…….

Solo presenters

Radio 2: one male presenter

Two presenters

Radio 5 Live: a female and male presenter BBC Bristol: a female and male presenter Radio 4: two male presenters

A team of presenters

Radio 1: a team of four presenters, 3 male and 1 female

Heart Radio: a team of three presenters, 2 male and 1 female

Solo presenters: male only

Two presenters: mixed but males dominate

Team of presenters: mixed but males dominate

MALES DOMINATE

MALES DOMINATE

‘side-chick’ (Dan O’Day): the cheerleader for the boys on the team

MALES DOMINATE

The representations of women in a team fall into two categories:

‘side-chicks’ embrace ‘lad culture’ and become ‘one of the lads’

MALES DOMINATE

BBC Bristol Radio 5 Live Radio 4

From this snap shot, it appears that women on breakfast radio either:

support men (through laughing at their jokes and

listening to them), adopt hyper-masculine behaviours (‘laddish’), or have no presence.

(except for Radio 5 Live!)