Radio Production Glossary

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Across
  1. 3. When a presenter is forced to ab lib due to machine malfunction etc
  2. 7. Computer system used to log music returns
  3. 8. An ad promoting a forthcoming feature on the station
  4. 10. Allows the studio speakers to be kept on when the mic is on.
  5. 13. Long low single not played behine competition questions
  6. 14. Words used between songs or to introduce features like competitions
  7. 18. A type of echo
  8. 21. When an advert is the only advert in the commercial break
  9. 23. When a presenter is still talking when the vocals start on a song
  10. 25. Recording made of an event or speecy
  11. 26. Pre-recorded comedy segment
  12. 29. When a speech item is not time-specific
  13. 31. When someone speaks P's and B's too close to the microphone
  14. 32. A mistake
  15. 33. Used to convert signals from analogue to digital
Down
  1. 1. To stand in for a presenter while they are away
  2. 2. Used to mention the station name and frequency to listerners
  3. 4. Premium rate commercial placed after a news bulletin
  4. 5. When a popular programme is either side of a less popular programme
  5. 6. short jingle played at full volume at the end of bed
  6. 9. To operate the desk controls in a studio
  7. 11. Lower end of the musical scale
  8. 12. Headphones
  9. 15. Two words that mean the total minutes a station can broadcast music
  10. 16. A condensed version of the programme that contains links but no music/ads
  11. 17. Illegal practice where record companines paid stations to play their songs
  12. 19. Jingle that starts and ends with singing but has a music only hole
  13. 20. Presenter says at end of report which explains what was just heard
  14. 22. A short jingle
  15. 24. When audio from one source is unintentionally heard in backround of another
  16. 27. When visit proposed site to visualise and anticapate potential problems
  17. 28. Aerial
  18. 30. Funny story at the end of a news bulletin