1. L2 BTEC Creative Media Production
IG1 Task 1 Worksheet
Broadcast and Non-Broadcast Audio Products and Formats
Stuart Preston
BROADCAST
Terrestrial radio FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS: EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS:
‘The wireless transmission through space of electromagnetic
waves in the approximate frequency range from 10 kilohertz to Radio Is wireless Transmitted Through The air
300,000 megahertz’. In A Local Area
BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 2 Capital FM
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Terrestrial+radio
Digital audio broadcasting (DAB) FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS: EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS:
‘Digital audio broadcasting (DAB), also known as digital radio
and high-definition radio, is audio broadcasting in which analog Radio Which Dos not get Static But is High
audio is converted into a digital signal and transmitted on an Quality and can get It In the Wider area Then
assigned channel in the AM or (more usually) FM frequency Terrestrial Radio
range. DAB is said to offer compact disc (CD) - quality audio on
the FM (frequency modulation) broadcast band and to offer FM- BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 2
quality audio on the AM (amplitude modulation) broadcast band.
The technology was first deployed in the United Kingdom in 1995,
and has become common throughout Europe’
http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/definition/digital-
audio-broadcasting
News and features packages FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS: EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS:
A news package is usually the longest type of storytelling found
on television newscasts. They are also found in long-form news A news Package Is Where They tell You All News
programming, such as the CBS News program 60 Minutes. To Be Known On the major TV/radio Channels
http://media.about.com/od/mediatermsandglossary/g/News- BBC

2. L2 BTEC Creative Media Production
IG1 Task 1 Worksheet
Broadcast and Non-Broadcast Audio Products and Formats
Stuart Preston
Package.htm
Music and speech based FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS: EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS:
programming Broadcast radio programming consisting of talk shows, often
including telephone conversations with members of the audience. To Paint A picture Of Scenes And Events
happening in the music and the conversation
Music intended to convey an impression of a definite series of BBC
images, scenes, or events. 1712 Overture
Symphony No 6
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/program+music
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Speech+radio
Radio drama FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS: EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS:
Radio drama is a form of audio storytelling broadcast on radio. It Is a Form Of Storytelling With The need of
With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, visual images Its just Dependant On the
music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the story. Storyteller To Paint it To the Listener
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_drama A culture case history
Commercials FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS: EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS:
A. Of or relating to commerce: a commercial loan; a commercial Commercials are a way of generating revenue
attaché. and getting brand awareness out there
b. Engaged in commerce: a commercial trucker.
c. Involved in work that is intended for the mass market: a Stations Like Real FM And Capital FM
commercial artist. These Stations Live Off Advertisements
2. Of, relating to, or being goods, often unrefined, produced and
distributed in large quantities for use by industry. Bury College
3. Having profit as a chief aim: a commercial book, not a scholarly Twix
tome. Mars

3. L2 BTEC Creative Media Production
IG1 Task 1 Worksheet
Broadcast and Non-Broadcast Audio Products and Formats
Stuart Preston
4. Sponsored by an advertiser or supported by advertising:
commercial television.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/commercial
NON-BROADCAST
Podcasts FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS: EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS:
An Internet Recordable Blog About Some Point
Or Another
A podcast is an audio or video program formatted to be played on
the iPod and made available for free or for purchase over the Toby Foster at breakfast
Internet. Weekend Wogan
Podcasts are shows, similar to radio or TV shows that are produced
by professionals or amateurs and posted to the Internet for
download and listening or viewing. Many podcasts are made
available for free, though some must be purchased.
http://ipod.about.com/od/itunes/g/podcast_define.htm*
Internet radio FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS: EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS:
An audio broadcasting service that is transmitted through the Radio Which Is transmitted Through the
Internet. Internet radio is similar in nature to Internet internet to be played to Different streaming
broadcasting, also called webcasting. However, those listening to service but Internet radio can Be Transmitted
the continuous stream audio broadcast have no control over the Worldwide
stream, similar to traditional radio broadcasting. Many radio
stations worldwide offer their broadcast via Internet radio to a BBC radio 1
worldwide audience. Today dedicated hardware devices, Capital
commonly called Web radio or Internet radio appliances, can be Galaxy
purchased that connect to a home network and then to the
Internet to play live audio streams. Internet radio is also called e-
radio.

4. L2 BTEC Creative Media Production
IG1 Task 1 Worksheet
Broadcast and Non-Broadcast Audio Products and Formats
Stuart Preston
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/I/Internet_radio.html
AUDIO FORMATS
CD FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS: EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS:
A small plastic disc on which music or other digital information is A Format That replace Cassettes Because It Is
stored, and from which the information can be read using Higher quality and has Increased Durability
reflected... Than Cassettes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disc Now 83
DNA
Unorthox Jukebox
Music TV FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS: EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS:
abbreviation for MTV Is a channel That was the first music
(Communication Arts / Broadcasting) music television: a Channel
US music channel that operates 24 hours a day With Video That Play Video killed the radio star
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Music+television Viva
Mtv
E4 Music
Wav EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS:
FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS: Just a different Platform To Play Music On
The format for storing sound in files developed jointly by Microsoft
and IBM. Support for WAV files was built into Windows 95 making
it the de facto standard for sound on PCs. WAV sound files end
with a.wav extension and can be played by nearly all Windows

5. L2 BTEC Creative Media Production
IG1 Task 1 Worksheet
Broadcast and Non-Broadcast Audio Products and Formats
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applications that support sound.
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/WAV.html
MP3 FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS: EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS:
A means of compressing a sound sequence into a very small file, High quality small files The Latest Format for
used as a way of downloading audio files from the Internet. music
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3