Audio
Broadcasting
Cable
Ratings/Money
Misc.
100

A room with soft absorbing materials is called...

What is a dead room?

100

The original way TV was broadcast?

What is an "over the air"? 

100

The reason cable was developed. 

What is "to reach valleys with poor reception"?

100

The estimate of the audience out of TV households.

What is a rating?

100

Electricity was invented by...

Who is no one? 

200

A room with hard reflecting materials is called...

What is a live room? 

200

Two types of audiences.

What are live (studio) and at television (home audiences)? 

200

The altitude of the geostationary orbit.

What is 22,300 miles?

200

The estimate of an audience out of HUTS.

What is a share?

200

The acronym NAB stands for...

What is National Association of Broadcasters? 

300

This pickup pattern picks up audio from all around the microphone. 

What is omnidirectional?

300

The call letter stations east of the Mississippi River begin with this letter.

What is "W"?

300

The first ever artificial earth satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. 

What is "Sputnik 1"?

300

Advertising that generates revenue. 

What are commercials?

300

The first and last name of the CNN 10 host.

Who is Carl Azuz?

400

This type of microphone is tough and durable and ideally would be used by a news reporter out on the field. 

What is a dynamic mic? 

400

The Ultra High Frequency Channels in the Philadelphia Market. 

What are channels 14-83?

400

The signal strength pattern sent to Earth by satellites.

What is a footprint? 

400

How the cost to run a commercial is determined. 

What are ratings and shares?

400

A broadcast TV station that is also transmitted by a satellite carrier. 

What is a Superstation?

500

Name the four parts of a microphone. 

What are magnet, coil, back plate and diaphragm?

500

The Very High Frequency Channels in the Philadelphia Market. 

What are channels 2-13?

500

The dish reception from a satellite. 

What is Downlink?

500

Where revenue for Public TV comes from. 

What are CPB, the government, foundations, and "viewers like you"?

500

Radio uses this to help audiences conjure images through sound. 

What is theater of mind?