1. L2 BTEC Creative Media Production
IG1 Task 1 Worksheet
Broadcast and Non-Broadcast Audio Products and Formats
BROADCAST
Terrestrial radio FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS: EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS:
‘What most of us knew simply as "radio" before there was satellite radio, One of the first types of radio
before satellite, Internet and
Internet radio, podcasts, etc’. podcasts. Terrestrial is broadcasted
through am and fm.
www.buzzwhack.com/buzzcomp/indy.htm
Digital audio broadcasting FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS: EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS:
(DAB) The type of radio that can
‘Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB,) is a digital radio technology for broadcast from different
broadcasting radio stations, used in several countries, particularly in countries and is broadcasted
Europe. As of 2006, approximately 1,000 stations worldwide broadcast in the digitally.
DAB format’.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 Can be a 2:00 long report on
are also found in long-form news programming, such as the CBS News program 60 Minutes. A
package is a self-contained taped news report. Usually, the news anchor will read an the radio about something in
introduction live, then the pre-recorded story will be shown. A common part of a news package the news on websites.
is the appearance of a reporter talking into the camera. This is called a "standup" because the
reporter is often seen standing in front of the camera on the scene of the story. News packages
usually run for 1:15 to 2:00 in length. In the case of magazine-style news programming,
packages can be 20 minutes or longer. This type of news presentation is best for complicated
stories or ones that have multiple interviews’.
http://media.about.com/od/mediatermsandglossary/g/News-Package.htm

2. L2 BTEC Creative Media Production
IG1 Task 1 Worksheet
Broadcast and Non-Broadcast Audio Products and Formats
Music and speech based
programming FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS: EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS:
An algorithm is presented for the estimation of the fundamental frequency (F0) of Music based programming is a
speech or musical sounds. It is based on the well-known autocorrelation method with range of music played on
a number of modifications that combine to prevent errors. The algorithm has several
desirable features. Error rates are about three times lower than the best competing
radio, for example Capital
methods, as evaluated over a database of speech recorded together with a plays popular music and BBC
laryngograph signal. There is no upper limit on the frequency search range, so the radio 1 uses more relaxed
algorithm is suited for high-pitched voices and music. The algorithm is relatively music, for speech BBC radio 4
simple and may be implemented efficiently and with low latency, and it involves few
has more interviews.
parameters that must be tuned. It is based on a signal model (periodic signal) that
may be extended in several ways to handle various forms of aperiodicity that occur in
particular applications. Finally, interesting parallels may be drawn with models of
auditory processing. © 2002 Acoustical Society of America.
http://asadl.org/jasa/resource/1/jasman/v111/i4/p1917_s1?isAuthorized=no
Radio drama FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS: EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS:
dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published Radio Drama is mostly speech
on audio media, such as tape or CD based, with interviews and
reports.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/radio_drama
Commercials FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS: EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS:
(commercial) connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in Commercials are from companies
that pay to advertise on radio for
commerce or commercial enterprises; "commercial trucker"; "commercial example PPI companies.
TV"; "commercial
diamonds"http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=commercial
NON-BROADCAST
Podcasts FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS: EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS:
Podcasting) An electronic communication tool similar to RSS except that the feeds Podcasts are recorded conversations
about random subject for example
are digital media files and are available for playback on computers and MP3 these are used on YouTube a lot
players such as iPodsÒ. Individuals can subscribe to feeds by submitting the feed with YouTubers like Roosterteeth.
address to an aggregator, e.g.

3. L2 BTEC Creative Media Production
IG1 Task 1 Worksheet
Broadcast and Non-Broadcast Audio Products and Formats
http://digitalseminarian.com/glossary/
Internet radio FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS: EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS:
Internet radio (also known as web radio, net radio, streaming radio and e- Internet radio is just the radio but
through the Internet, for example
radio) is an audio service transmitted via the Internet. Music streaming on Capital Fm uses this feature.
the Internet is usually referred to as webcasting since it is not transmitted
broadly through wireless means.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_radio
AUDIO FORMATS
CD FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS: EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS:
A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an optical disc used to store digital data. It A CD is a circular media device that
you can burn audio onto and play
was originally developed to store sound recordings exclusively, but later it also back through stereos and PCs.
allowed the preservation of other types of data. Audio CDs have been commercially
available since October 1982.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD
FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS: EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS:
Music TV
(Communication Arts / Broadcasting) music television: a US music channel that operates Music TV plays music videos form a
range of different artists, examples
24 hours a day of shows that do this are Viva and
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Music+television MTV.
FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS: EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS:
Wav
A standard protocol for voicemail messaging. (WAV stands for Waveform WAV is an audio file that can be
used for pre-recorded messages on
Audio.) the radio.
http://www.about-the-web.com/shtml/glossary.shtml

4. L2 BTEC Creative Media Production
IG1 Task 1 Worksheet
Broadcast and Non-Broadcast Audio Products and Formats
MP3 FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS: EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS:
An audio compression format specially designed for easy download over
the Internet.
http://www.megaadvertising.co.nz/Graphic_Designers_Christchurch_glossary.html