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Radio Production Basics

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Format of a commercial
OPEN commercial - catch the attention of the audience.
Reading - Articulation - Pronunciation - Inflection - Tempo - Vitality - Phrasing - Volume - Personality
Give a call to ACTION - after interest is peaked - give listener something to do about it
At the end of each sentence

2. Stop sets should include
Brainstorming - coming up with ideas - Refinement - narrow down ideas and make sure they fit the client's needs
Being able to read copy and breathe at the same time
Station ID and footprint (KCOZ 91.7 Point Lookout - MO)
Energy in your voice

3. When do you break in scripts?
Controlling loudness of speech. Just come closer to a mic if you are quiet
End of the music - and the beginning of a stop set
At most commas - and at all semicolons and periods.
Lack of spontenaity - Cannot have callers - Can not be fresh - Not happening live

4. Format of a commercial
End of the stop set - and back to the music or advertisements
END the commercial - should be memorable and reinforce objective
Mistakes cannot be corrected - Nothing can be edited
OPEN commercial - catch the attention of the audience.

5. What does breathing control?
Your vocal power
Lack of spontenaity - Cannot have callers - Can not be fresh - Not happening live
Being able to read copy and breathe at the same time
Announcing and conveying who you are at the same time

6. What are the benefits of voice tracking?
Comprehending messages - read ahead - pay attention to punctuation
Being able to read copy and breathe 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
Reading - Articulation - Pronunciation - Phrasing - Inflection - Tempo - Personality - Volume - Vitality

7. Stop sets should include
Reading - Articulation - Pronunciation - Inflection - Tempo - Vitality - Phrasing - Volume - Personality
Honesty in reporting - Keeping Fresh - Everything is happening as the reporter reports it - Can have callers - Allows interaction with your listeners
Station ID and footprint (KCOZ 91.7 Point Lookout - MO)
Your vocal power

8. What is Enunciation?
Station ID and footprint (KCOZ 91.7 Point Lookout - MO)
NAME the price and product - introduce price and qualities to keep listener interested
End of the music - and the beginning of a stop set
Pronouncing words clearly

9. When do you breathe?
NAME the price and product - introduce price and qualities to keep listener interested
END the commercial - should be memorable and reinforce objective
Mistakes cannot be corrected - Nothing can be edited
At the end of each sentence

10. What is Phrasing?
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
Being able to read copy and breathe at the same time
6-8 seconds
Dialogue - Narration - Testimonials - Product Comparisons - Lifetime Experiences - Humor - News

11. Format of a commercial
Being able to read copy and breathe at the same time
Honesty in reporting - Keeping Fresh - Everything is happening as the reporter reports it - Can have callers - Allows interaction with your listeners
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

12. What is a Backsell?
Station ID and footprint (KCOZ 91.7 Point Lookout - MO)
Reading - Articulation - Pronunciation - Phrasing - Inflection - Tempo - Personality - Volume - Vitality
The way your tongue - palate - teeth - and lips move to form words and sounds
End of the music - and the beginning of a stop set

13. What makes you sound more professional?
The rate of message delivery
Enunciation
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

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

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15. Format of a commercial
END the commercial - should be memorable and reinforce objective
Mistakes cannot be corrected - Nothing can be edited
OPEN commercial - catch the attention of the audience.
Enunciation

16. What are the benefits of live delivery?
Honesty in reporting - Keeping Fresh - Everything is happening as the reporter reports it - Can have callers - Allows interaction with your listeners
END the commercial - should be memorable and reinforce objective
Dialogue - Narration - Testimonials - Product Comparisons - Lifetime Experiences - Humor - News
Controlling loudness of speech. Just come closer to a mic if you are quiet

17. Story Styles
Give a call to ACTION - after interest is peaked - give listener something to do about it
Your vocal power
The opposite of a live show. Everything is prerecorded
Dialogue - Narration - Testimonials - Product Comparisons - Lifetime Experiences - Humor - News

18. What is Pronunciation?
The manner at which you say a word
NAME the price and product - introduce price and qualities to keep listener interested
Cliches
OPEN commercial - catch the attention of the audience.

19. What is Tempo?
Reading - Articulation - Pronunciation - Phrasing - Inflection - Tempo - Personality - Volume - Vitality
Voice
The rate of message delivery
Cliches

20. What is Pronunciation?
6-8 seconds
Brainstorming - coming up with ideas - Refinement - narrow down ideas and make sure they fit the client's needs
The manner at which you say a word
Reading - Articulation - Pronunciation - Phrasing - Inflection - Tempo - Personality - Volume - Vitality

21. What are the disadvantages of voice tracking?
The opposite of a live show. Everything is prerecorded
NAME the price and product - introduce price and qualities to keep listener interested
END the commercial - should be memorable and reinforce objective
Lack of spontenaity - Cannot have callers - Can not be fresh - Not happening live

22. What is voice tracking?
The opposite of a live show. Everything is prerecorded
End of the stop set - and back to the music or advertisements
Your vocal power
At the end of each sentence

23. How long do you have to catch the audience's attention?
One to one communication
Voice
NAME the price and product - introduce price and qualities to keep listener interested
6-8 seconds

24. Stop sets should include
Lack of spontenaity - Cannot have callers - Can not be fresh - Not happening live
Reading - Articulation - Pronunciation - Phrasing - Inflection - Tempo - Personality - Volume - Vitality
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

25. Format of a commercial
The manner at which you say a word
END the commercial - should be memorable and reinforce objective
Station ID and footprint (KCOZ 91.7 Point Lookout - MO)
The rate of message delivery

26. What is a stop set?
Station ID and footprint (KCOZ 91.7 Point Lookout - MO)
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
Mistakes cannot be corrected - Nothing can be edited
Announcing and conveying who you are at the same time

27. What is Phrasing?
END the commercial - should be memorable and reinforce objective
Lack of spontenaity - Cannot have callers - Can not be fresh - Not happening live
6-8 seconds
Being able to read copy and breathe at the same time

28. What is Personality?
With your diaphragm
Announcing and conveying who you are at the same time
Honesty in reporting - Keeping Fresh - Everything is happening as the reporter reports it - Can have callers - Allows interaction with your listeners
Reading - Articulation - Pronunciation - Inflection - Tempo - Vitality - Phrasing - Volume - Personality

29. What is Volume?
NAME the price and product - introduce price and qualities to keep listener interested
Controlling loudness of speech. Just come closer to a mic if you are quiet
With your diaphragm
The opposite of a live show. Everything is prerecorded

30. Stop sets should include
End of the stop set - and back to the music or advertisements
At most commas - and at all semicolons and periods.
Your personality - A story of local interest - A sponsor - A Backsell - A Return
Honesty in reporting - Keeping Fresh - Everything is happening as the reporter reports it - Can have callers - Allows interaction with your listeners

31. How do you breathe?
Comprehending messages - read ahead - pay attention to punctuation
Reading - Articulation - Pronunciation - Phrasing - Inflection - Tempo - Personality - Volume - Vitality
Give a call to ACTION - after interest is peaked - give listener something to do about it
With your diaphragm

32. What are the disadvantages of live delivery?
Give a call to ACTION - after interest is peaked - give listener something to do about it
The manner at which you say a word
Mistakes cannot be corrected - Nothing can be edited
Your personality - A story of local interest - A sponsor - A Backsell - A Return

33. What is a stop set?
Reading - Articulation - Pronunciation - Phrasing - Inflection - Tempo - Personality - Volume - Vitality
At the end of each sentence
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

34. Format of a commercial
Showing emotions through tones
Give a call to ACTION - after interest is peaked - give listener something to do about it
One to one communication
Cliches

35. What is a Return?
Brainstorming - coming up with ideas - Refinement - narrow down ideas and make sure they fit the client's needs
Your vocal power
Dialogue - Narration - Testimonials - Product Comparisons - Lifetime Experiences - Humor - News
End of the stop set - and back to the music or advertisements

36. What is Articulation?
The manner at which you say a word
6-8 seconds
Your personality - A story of local interest - A sponsor - A Backsell - A Return
The way your tongue - palate - teeth - and lips move to form words and sounds

37. What is Personality?
The way your tongue - palate - teeth - and lips move to form words and sounds
Announcing and conveying who you are at the same time
The rate of message delivery
The rate of message delivery

38. What is Tempo?
END the commercial - should be memorable and reinforce objective
The rate of message delivery
6-8 seconds
Reading - Articulation - Pronunciation - Inflection - Tempo - Vitality - Phrasing - Volume - Personality

39. What is Volume?
End of the stop set - and back to the music or advertisements
The rate of message delivery
End of the stop set - and back to the music or advertisements
Controlling loudness of speech. Just come closer to a mic if you are quiet

40. What is Enunciation?
Pronouncing words clearly
Voice
The rate of message delivery
6-8 seconds

41. The most important tool that a radio DJ has is his/her _______.
One to one communication
Energy in your voice
Mistakes cannot be corrected - Nothing can be edited
Voice

42. What are the disadvantages of live delivery?
NAME the price and product - introduce price and qualities to keep listener interested
Mistakes cannot be corrected - Nothing can be edited
Honesty in reporting - Keeping Fresh - Everything is happening as the reporter reports it - Can have callers - Allows interaction with your listeners
End of the stop set - and back to the music or advertisements

43. What are the benefits of voice tracking?
Brainstorming - coming up with ideas - Refinement - narrow down ideas and make sure they fit the client's needs
END the commercial - should be memorable and reinforce objective
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

44. When do you break in scripts?
Energy in your voice
Honesty in reporting - Keeping Fresh - Everything is happening as the reporter reports it - Can have callers - Allows interaction with your listeners
At most commas - and at all semicolons and periods.
Comprehending messages - read ahead - pay attention to punctuation

45. What are the benefits of live delivery?
Honesty in reporting - Keeping Fresh - Everything is happening as the reporter reports it - Can have callers - Allows interaction with your listeners
Voice
End of the stop set - and back to the music or advertisements
END the commercial - should be memorable and reinforce objective

46. Radio is a _____________.
Honesty in reporting - Keeping Fresh - Everything is happening as the reporter reports it - Can have callers - Allows interaction with your listeners
NAME the price and product - introduce price and qualities to keep listener interested
Dialogue - Narration - Testimonials - Product Comparisons - Lifetime Experiences - Humor - News
One to one communication

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

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48. What is Reading?
Comprehending messages - read ahead - pay attention to punctuation
The opposite of a live show. Everything is prerecorded
End of the stop set - and back to the music or advertisements
One to one communication

49. What are the disadvantages of voice tracking?
The manner at which you say a word
Cliches
Lack of spontenaity - Cannot have callers - Can not be fresh - Not happening live
6-8 seconds

50. Format of a commercial
NAME the price and product - introduce price and qualities to keep listener interested
Voice
End of the music - and the beginning of a stop set
Pronouncing words clearly