Acronyms
TV Terms
Broadcast & Cable
Satellite
Electricity
100

ABC

What is American Broadcast Company? 

100

The Very High Frequency Channels in the Philadelphia Market. 

What are channels 2-13?

100

The type of TV that sends a signal "over the air". 

What is broadcast TV?

100

A place on Earth that send a signal to a satellite.

What is Uplink?

100

The electron movement from one atom to another. 

What is electricity? 

200

FCC

What is Federal Communications Commission?

200

The Ultra High Frequency Channels in the Philadelphia market. 

What are channels 14-83?

200

The type of signal that sends it signal through wires. 

What is Cable TV?

200

A place on Earth that receives a satellite signal. 

What is Downlink?

200

The pressure needed to move electrons.

What is EMF (Electromotive Force)?

300

EMF

What is Electromotive Force? 

300

The estimate of an audience out of TV households. 

What is a rating? 

300

To reach valleys in central PA with poor reception. 

Why was cable developed? 

300

A signal strength pattern sent to Earth by satellite. 

What is a Footprint. 

300

This creates EMF. 

What is voltage? 

400

ENG

What is Electronic News Gathering?

400

The estimate of an audience out of Households Using TV.

What is a share?

400

The reason broadcast TV is not considered free. 

What are purchased products advertised on TV?

400

An orbit of a satellite where it remains in the same place. 

What is a Geostationary orbit? 

400

Materials with loosely attached electrons. 

What are conductors?

500

EFP

What is Electronic Field Production? 

500

Broadcast TV station that also sends its signal by satellite.

What is a Superstation? 

500

The definition of "Live on Tape". 

What is a show that is taped, edited and shown at a later time? 

500

The altitude of the Geostationary orbit. 

What is 22,300 miles? 

500

Materials with firmly attached electrons. 

What are insulators?