Radio 1
Contains the Call Sign and Station Handle
Station ID
Live announcement of the exact clock time.
Time check
Fast short narration of a program’s body or content.
Spiel
Official introduction of the station and it is played before the station starts its daily broadcast. It is required by law.
Sign on
What the official introduction contains
National Anthem
• Name of the station/company,
• its Operator Category & Address
• Frequency Assignment
• Operating Power
• License Details
• Technical Staff
• Operating Power
• License Details
• Technical Staff
Official statement to end the day’s broadcast.
Sign off
OBB meaning
Opening Billboard.
▪ It introduces a program or segment
• Commercial OBB
o Tells the sponsors of the program or segment
▪ “This portion is brought to you by...
CBB meaning
Closing Billboard.
▪ It closes a program or segment
• Program CBB/Extro
• Commercial CBB
o Tells the sponsors of the program or segment
▪ “This portion WAS brought to you by...
Paid advertisements by a known sponsors with a specific duration
Commercial break
Non-paid message either a program advisory or info-development information. It is either produced by the station or by other outfit organization.
Plug
The very brief, yet visually complex, program material separating a show from a commercial gap or other program segments.
Bumper
AOB meaning
Announcement-On-Board - live mention of an announcement or sponsorship.
Live mention of an acknowledgment, especially minor sponsors (make-up artists, etc.)
Live credits
Found at the end of the program (TV) which details the production staff, sponsors, and other people/groups behind the success of a production.
Closing credits
Refers to a period-- three or more seconds of “unnecessary” silence.
Dead air
- speech or action that has not been scripted or specifically rehearsed.
Ad lib
Music or sound effects -- used to stress a statement
Stinger
Influences our moods and experiences.
Music bed
helps “complete” the pictures that we create in our minds.
Sound effects
TOA
Taped-On-Air – it’s the recording of the program’s episodes. The National Telecommunications Commission requires all
broadcast stations to preserve the recordings for 10 days.
It is the schedule of programs.
Program grid
It shows the sequence of the segments/portions of the program that guides the announcers and technicians for the smooth flow of the program.
Sequence guide
the basic requirement for a documentary.
Reality
to make a transition from one musical number or sound effect directly to another without interruption
segue
to bring music sound effects into the background of a spot or program at a low level by increasing the
volume until the desired level is reached. The process can be reversed to sneak out music or sound effects.
sneak in or out