The BBC There are two main types of radio, commercial and public radio. The BBC is an example of a commercial radio. BBC Radio 1: This radio focuses on current artists or current music. They may show older music made by current artists to try and show there work they done in previous years. they use current pop music. The host talks to the audience about the music they listen to and talk about the current big music news of the day. They are normally younger as the audience they are trying to appeal to is current youth. BBC Radio1 extra: