How My TV-Listings Magazine 'Today's Telly' Establishes a Target Auidience

My TV-listings front cover targets a broad age range between 25 and 40, along with families. My magazine's main focus is on Soap (like the majority of TV-Listings magazines)  My dominant main image features a picture from a story from my imaginary soap 'The Cull-De-Sac'. It features the main story of the week (a conventional storyline of adultery). I also feature sub pictures and story's of soap, like a controversial homosexual plot in another soap 'The Street', which will likely grab viewers attention, many likely being negotiated and oppositional viewpoints due to controversial issues being raised not everyone will go along with this story. These Story's on soap will appeal mostly to 30-40 year old's as they'll be able to relate to the larger cast as well as the story line's better, perhaps experiencing some themselves. Some younger  people will likely be interested in the genre also, especially with the younger cast and more controversial story-lines like 'homosexuality' or 'drugs' etc.

My TV-Listings magazine doesn't only feature soap however but a range of new programmes. In my case I have used a panel show which I have called 'Nonsense' to attract viewers of around 20-35 featuring comedian David Mitchell. I have also introduced a new 'Family Horror' program called 'Scares' this may seem like an odd concept however  it has been done before one example is BBC's 'Fungus The Bogeyman' This will attract a large range of families to the program.

Along with a range of stories for different age groups , panel shows,soaps, family flicks etc. My magazine should also appeal to it's audience with its eye catching colours, some of which are quite unique (purple and green are two examples which make the magazine appeal further to the audience, showing of some unconventionality to help it stand out. I have also used quite modern unconventional font for my pug strap line. Along with this the price (40 pence) is heavily advertised, this should greatly appeal to lower-middle class who want a bargain.

The titles on the magazine such as the cover line "Jacob cheats again? Sarah's agony" use a lot of emotive language to draw the readers attention to the story, the emotive language also a bigger size font to bring further attention, a lot like many tabloids do as well. Such language,font and image manipulation will hopefully draw my target audience's attention.