Monday, 23 September 2013

Radio Questions #2

1) What is a station's "Music Format"?

A "Music Format" is a type of music a radio station plays. For example, Heart is a Hot Adult Contemporary Station that plays popular chart music.



2) What is an A B C Playlist?

The most popular artists will be played on playlist A, and they will get roughly 5 plays per day. The least popular artists on playlist C will get one play a day.


3) What is "Music Scheduling"?

Music Scheduling is compiling a music playlist.


4) Complete 2x of the printed worksheets of your choice and upload a photo of this using the copystand to your blog.









































5) Explain some techniques used by a music scheduler that keep the listener interested.

Some techniques include scattering popular items, which is useful because they're not using a large amount of popular items, so it's balanced.

Another technique is is playing a strong song after the news, which is good because the news is generally very serious and formal, so playing an upbeat song to lighten the mood is a good idea.





























1 comment:

  1. Good work Josh. Some nice descriptions of the different areas of music scheduling.

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