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Radio Production Basics

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is Enunciation?
Pronouncing words clearly
Mistakes cannot be corrected - Nothing can be edited
With your diaphragm
With your diaphragm

2. What are the disadvantages of voice tracking?
Give a call to ACTION - after interest is peaked - give listener something to do about it
Being able to read copy and breathe at the same time
Your personality - A story of local interest - A sponsor - A Backsell - A Return
Lack of spontenaity - Cannot have callers - Can not be fresh - Not happening live

3. What is a Backsell?
END the commercial - should be memorable and reinforce objective
The opposite of a live show. Everything is prerecorded
Cliches
End of the music - and the beginning of a stop set

4. What is Inflection?
At most commas - and at all semicolons and periods.
Honesty in reporting - Keeping Fresh - Everything is happening as the reporter reports it - Can have callers - Allows interaction with your listeners
Honesty in reporting - Keeping Fresh - Everything is happening as the reporter reports it - Can have callers - Allows interaction with your listeners
Showing emotions through tones

5. What is Reading?
Enunciation
Comprehending messages - read ahead - pay attention to punctuation
Honesty in reporting - Keeping Fresh - Everything is happening as the reporter reports it - Can have callers - Allows interaction with your listeners
The manner at which you say a word

6. What is Vitality?
Being able to read copy and breathe at the same time
Lack of spontenaity - Cannot have callers - Can not be fresh - Not happening live
Energy in your voice
At the end of each sentence

7. How do you breathe?
Enunciation
With your diaphragm
Cliches
6-8 seconds

8. What does breathing control?
Your vocal power
Showing emotions through tones
One to one communication
At most commas - and at all semicolons and periods.

9. What is Articulation?
Comprehending messages - read ahead - pay attention to punctuation
Brainstorming - coming up with ideas - Refinement - narrow down ideas and make sure they fit the client's needs
At the end of each sentence
The way your tongue - palate - teeth - and lips move to form words and sounds

10. What is Volume?
Dialogue - Narration - Testimonials - Product Comparisons - Lifetime Experiences - Humor - News
Controlling loudness of speech. Just come closer to a mic if you are quiet
All aspects are recorded - Show can be edited - No fear of failure - everything can be re-recorded - It takes 30 minutes to record 4 hours of shows
The manner at which you say a word

11. What does breathing control?
The way your tongue - palate - teeth - and lips move to form words and sounds
Reading - Articulation - Pronunciation - Phrasing - Inflection - Tempo - Personality - Volume - Vitality
Your vocal power
At most commas - and at all semicolons and periods.

12. What is Phrasing?
Being able to read copy and breathe at the same time
END the commercial - should be memorable and reinforce objective
Station ID and footprint (KCOZ 91.7 Point Lookout - MO)
Your personality - A story of local interest - A sponsor - A Backsell - A Return

13. What is voice tracking?
The opposite of a live show. Everything is prerecorded
Showing emotions through tones
6-8 seconds
Lack of spontenaity - Cannot have callers - Can not be fresh - Not happening live

14. Story Styles
Showing emotions through tones
Dialogue - Narration - Testimonials - Product Comparisons - Lifetime Experiences - Humor - News
Cliches
Pronouncing words clearly

15. When do you break in scripts?
Energy in your voice
Being able to read copy and breathe at the same time
Mistakes cannot be corrected - Nothing can be edited
At most commas - and at all semicolons and periods.

16. Stop sets should include
Your personality - A story of local interest - A sponsor - A Backsell - A Return
Mistakes cannot be corrected - Nothing can be edited
Cliches
Station ID and footprint (KCOZ 91.7 Point Lookout - MO)

17. What is part of the process of a stop set?

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18. How long do you have to catch the audience's attention?
The rate of message delivery
Comprehending messages - read ahead - pay attention to punctuation
With your diaphragm
6-8 seconds

19. What are the disadvantages of live delivery?
Cliches
End of the stop set - and back to the music or advertisements
Mistakes cannot be corrected - Nothing can be edited
The manner at which you say a word

20. What is Vitality?
A story - A break between programming - Can be news - commercials - etc. - Makes the listener aware of - become interested in - and desire a product - then put them into action to buy the product
Energy in your voice
Your personality - A story of local interest - A sponsor - A Backsell - A Return
Voice

21. What is part of the process of a stop set?

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22. What is a stop set?
A story - A break between programming - Can be news - commercials - etc. - Makes the listener aware of - become interested in - and desire a product - then put them into action to buy the product
End of the music - and the beginning of a stop set
Energy in your voice
Mistakes cannot be corrected - Nothing can be edited

23. When do you break in scripts?
All aspects are recorded - Show can be edited - No fear of failure - everything can be re-recorded - It takes 30 minutes to record 4 hours of shows
Honesty in reporting - Keeping Fresh - Everything is happening as the reporter reports it - Can have callers - Allows interaction with your listeners
Dialogue - Narration - Testimonials - Product Comparisons - Lifetime Experiences - Humor - News
At most commas - and at all semicolons and periods.

24. Format of a commercial
The rate of message delivery
Announcing and conveying who you are at the same time
Reading - Articulation - Pronunciation - Phrasing - Inflection - Tempo - Personality - Volume - Vitality
NAME the price and product - introduce price and qualities to keep listener interested

25. How long do you have to catch the audience's attention?
Pronouncing words clearly
A story - A break between programming - Can be news - commercials - etc. - Makes the listener aware of - become interested in - and desire a product - then put them into action to buy the product
6-8 seconds
Voice

26. Format of a commercial
Being able to read copy and breathe at the same time
Your vocal power
OPEN commercial - catch the attention of the audience.
Dialogue - Narration - Testimonials - Product Comparisons - Lifetime Experiences - Humor - News

27. Format of a commercial
Cliches
At most commas - and at all semicolons and periods.
Give a call to ACTION - after interest is peaked - give listener something to do about it
End of the stop set - and back to the music or advertisements

28. What is Personality?
Announcing and conveying who you are at the same time
All aspects are recorded - Show can be edited - No fear of failure - everything can be re-recorded - It takes 30 minutes to record 4 hours of shows
A story - A break between programming - Can be news - commercials - etc. - Makes the listener aware of - become interested in - and desire a product - then put them into action to buy the product
Give a call to ACTION - after interest is peaked - give listener something to do about it

29. What makes you sound more professional?
Enunciation
Honesty in reporting - Keeping Fresh - Everything is happening as the reporter reports it - Can have callers - Allows interaction with your listeners
The way your tongue - palate - teeth - and lips move to form words and sounds
All aspects are recorded - Show can be edited - No fear of failure - everything can be re-recorded - It takes 30 minutes to record 4 hours of shows

30. What is Enunciation?
One to one communication
Lack of spontenaity - Cannot have callers - Can not be fresh - Not happening live
Pronouncing words clearly
End of the music - and the beginning of a stop set

31. Stop sets should include
Station ID and footprint (KCOZ 91.7 Point Lookout - MO)
Your vocal power
NAME the price and product - introduce price and qualities to keep listener interested
Energy in your voice

32. What is a stop set?
END the commercial - should be memorable and reinforce objective
Controlling loudness of speech. Just come closer to a mic if you are quiet
A story - A break between programming - Can be news - commercials - etc. - Makes the listener aware of - become interested in - and desire a product - then put them into action to buy the product
At the end of each sentence

33. When do you breathe?
At most commas - and at all semicolons and periods.
6-8 seconds
6-8 seconds
At the end of each sentence

34. What should you avoid in Stop sets?
6-8 seconds
Cliches
OPEN commercial - catch the attention of the audience.
Dialogue - Narration - Testimonials - Product Comparisons - Lifetime Experiences - Humor - News

35. RAPPIT PVV
Dialogue - Narration - Testimonials - Product Comparisons - Lifetime Experiences - Humor - News
At the end of each sentence
Announcing and conveying who you are at the same time
Reading - Articulation - Pronunciation - Phrasing - Inflection - Tempo - Personality - Volume - Vitality

36. RAPPIT PVV
Your personality - A story of local interest - A sponsor - A Backsell - A Return
Give a call to ACTION - after interest is peaked - give listener something to do about it
Reading - Articulation - Pronunciation - Phrasing - Inflection - Tempo - Personality - Volume - Vitality
Voice

37. Radio is a _____________.
End of the stop set - and back to the music or advertisements
At the end of each sentence
One to one communication
6-8 seconds

38. What makes you sound more professional?
Comprehending messages - read ahead - pay attention to punctuation
A story - A break between programming - Can be news - commercials - etc. - Makes the listener aware of - become interested in - and desire a product - then put them into action to buy the product
Enunciation
All aspects are recorded - Show can be edited - No fear of failure - everything can be re-recorded - It takes 30 minutes to record 4 hours of shows

39. Format of a commercial
OPEN commercial - catch the attention of the audience.
At most commas - and at all semicolons and periods.
All aspects are recorded - Show can be edited - No fear of failure - everything can be re-recorded - It takes 30 minutes to record 4 hours of shows
Give a call to ACTION - after interest is peaked - give listener something to do about it

40. What is Tempo?
The rate of message delivery
At the end of each sentence
END the commercial - should be memorable and reinforce objective
At most commas - and at all semicolons and periods.

41. What are the disadvantages of live delivery?
Mistakes cannot be corrected - Nothing can be edited
Give a call to ACTION - after interest is peaked - give listener something to do about it
Pronouncing words clearly
Station ID and footprint (KCOZ 91.7 Point Lookout - MO)

42. Format of a commercial
NAME the price and product - introduce price and qualities to keep listener interested
End of the stop set - and back to the music or advertisements
At most commas - and at all semicolons and periods.
Pronouncing words clearly

43. What is a Return?
Reading - Articulation - Pronunciation - Inflection - Tempo - Vitality - Phrasing - Volume - Personality
Energy in your voice
Voice
End of the stop set - and back to the music or advertisements

44. What is a Backsell?
End of the music - and the beginning of a stop set
Your vocal power
Enunciation
All aspects are recorded - Show can be edited - No fear of failure - everything can be re-recorded - It takes 30 minutes to record 4 hours of shows

45. What is Tempo?
Reading - Articulation - Pronunciation - Phrasing - Inflection - Tempo - Personality - Volume - Vitality
A story - A break between programming - Can be news - commercials - etc. - Makes the listener aware of - become interested in - and desire a product - then put them into action to buy the product
Controlling loudness of speech. Just come closer to a mic if you are quiet
The rate of message delivery

46. What is voice tracking?
Cliches
Station ID and footprint (KCOZ 91.7 Point Lookout - MO)
The opposite of a live show. Everything is prerecorded
END the commercial - should be memorable and reinforce objective

47. Format of a commercial
One to one communication
Reading - Articulation - Pronunciation - Phrasing - Inflection - Tempo - Personality - Volume - Vitality
END the commercial - should be memorable and reinforce objective
With your diaphragm

48. Radio is a _____________.
Lack of spontenaity - Cannot have callers - Can not be fresh - Not happening live
Being able to read copy and breathe at the same time
Pronouncing words clearly
One to one communication

49. Format of a commercial
All aspects are recorded - Show can be edited - No fear of failure - everything can be re-recorded - It takes 30 minutes to record 4 hours of shows
Energy in your voice
A story - A break between programming - Can be news - commercials - etc. - Makes the listener aware of - become interested in - and desire a product - then put them into action to buy the product
END the commercial - should be memorable and reinforce objective

50. What is a Return?
Cliches
The manner at which you say a word
End of the stop set - and back to the music or advertisements
Being able to read copy and breathe at the same time