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Introduction to Broadcasting ­ MCM 411
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LESSON 10
DISC JOCKEY
The radio program production knows no limit. After having produced items of news, current
affairs, outdoor, dramas, features, interviews, music and documentaries there still remain
desire and room to do yet more. Radio produces almost on daily basis a range of programs
other than the ones mentioned just above, usually labeled as disc jockeys. The need of such
programs was felt when most radio stations decided to be on air for round the clock or more
than half the day. Earlier when the radio transmission was meant for limited hours of a day, the
length of radio program was also limited. There was little variety in the nature of programs. But
by going on air for longer spells of time, and with the involvement of commercial activities, the
radio stations felt a pressure to devise programs which must fill the time appropriately.
Early Morning Transmission
Almost every country experiences a different sort of early morning radio hearing. Most people
prefer religious programs, some wake up to news and some to music, though they are very
few.
Not that early transmission requires extra effort for a broadcasting house in the sense of
calling the technical and other staff at the station, the nature and timing of the programs have
to be set in a way that people must enjoy radio and at the same time it should cause delays in
making them leave home for offices or schools/colleges. Normally such programs are
produced as to allow the people to continue to get ready for their offices and keep listening to
the radio as well. Like airing small pieces of advice on health matters, a joke or how to behave
in a thick morning road traffic. Some radio stations also give weather reports regularly so that
people going out, particularly to other cities and towns, should know about the rain, snowfall or
the humidity. It helps people in selection of their dresses and the expected hazards in their
routine business life.
Women in Focus
As the day progresses, the nature of program changes. In most cases from morning to noon,
programs for house wives and light music do the job. Radio stations have done a great deal of
training for rural women in particular. Unlike urban women, their counterpart in the countryside
does not have educational and health facilities. Small bits of education in house keeping,
childcare, hygiene and social life, put across in light discussions and laced with film and folk
music seems to have done sufficiently well, to educate and entertain the women folk between
morning and afternoon transmissions. This practice is still in vogue.
General Interest
Most Broadcasting houses on air programs of general interest from noon to afternoon for
everybody. As this time of the day is not specific to their jobs but a transitional period, coming
back from offices and getting ready to relax in the evening. Light talks, jokes and music fill this
time. It is during this period that they would air regional news and regional language programs.
Since all the listeners, particularly the ones from the rural areas are having different routine;
radio stations bring those segments of society more in focus and broadcast programs of their
interest.
Daily/ Weekly Division
Planning radio programs is not an easy assignment. You need a program but you can't do it
daily like youth program, quiz shows, interviews and story tied in songs are but a few cases
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where a weekly arrangement seems a better option. Almost all the broadcasting houses
around the world have divided their programs on daily and weekly basis. Students, who
participate in quiz programs, can't do this exercise on daily basis. Likewise interviewing people
from the social sector is not possible to be done in daily basis. If this exercise is done so
frequently, it is likely to lose its interest among the listeners and sometime a very important
interview held with an important person is also taken lightly and may be not heard at all by the
majority of the listeners.
The Urban/ Rural divide
It has to be encountered. People in cities and country sides have different timings at their work
places. Mid-day program which must cater to both categories of people is a task which a
producer has to tackle. Usually this time is passed by airing regional news and analysis. The
common local issues which in a way concern most types of listeners are the best choice for
any broadcasting house.
Program for different segments
The afternoon rush of programs is the real test for any broadcasting house. In most cases the
radio stations have settled to air programs separately for forces, farmers, business people,
students etc which are fully laced with music insertions, jokes, light-talks, telephonic
conversations and some piece of advice on daily/ social/ and family life.
The day perhaps never ends for a broadcasting house. The evening programs have to be very
interesting, for every one is relaxing and expecting a radio transmission only adding to their
leisure.
Late Night Shows
Night and late night transmission usually comprise of serious political/ economic discussions
as most people get ready to go to the bed. A more classified approach is applied.
Usually disc jockey programs are a mix of live and recorded material. Recorded music,
interviews, talks, analysis and some time public comments feature prominently as a talent
weaves through the program. Never consider these programs as filler but an opportunity to
enhance listening of your broadcast.
Making Titles
All the radio programs, however close they are in their nature, have to be given an appropriate
title so that listeners could distinguish and listen to them on the time available to them. The
titles also help people who want to comment on the programs to be very specific in their
criticism. Then, programs on similar topics, like music programs, are broadcast in the morning,
mid-day and evening transmissions. Giving separate tiles to each of these programs would
help not only in managing them but also enabling listeners to send their observations pointing
to a program broadcast at a particular point of time.
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Table of Contents:
  1. BROADCASTING:Historical Facts about Radio, Wireless and Radio
  2. CLASSIFICATION OF PROGRAMS:NEWS, Language, Sensationalizing
  3. CURRENT AFFAIRS:Talk Shows, Discussions, Seminars, Live Shows
  4. OUTDOOR BROADCASTING I:VIP Movement, Suddenly Assigned Events
  5. OUTDOOR BROADCASTING II:Pakistan Day March Past, General Elections
  6. CURTAIN RAISER:Political, Financial, Sports, Academics
  7. RADIO FEATURE:Personality Features, Features on Events
  8. MUSICAL PROGRAMS:Classical Music, Light and Film Music, Folk Music
  9. RADIO DOCUMENTARY:Narrative, Dramatized, Imagination, Close to places
  10. DISC JOCKEY:Women in Focus, Daily/ Weekly Division, Making Titles
  11. VOICE IN BROADCASTING:Speech, Accent, Loudness, Stress
  12. NOISE:Physical, Medium itself, Problem at sender’s end, Semantics
  13. STUDIO:Drama Studio, Studios for Talk Shows/ Discussions, Music Studios,
  14. RADIO DRAMA I:Stage Dramas, Early Radio Dramas, Ethics, Classification
  15. RADIO DRAMA II:Selection of director, The Playwrights, Script, Voices
  16. ADVERTISEMENT – INCOME GENERATION:Similarities, More Analysis
  17. ADVERTISERS’ APPROACH:Dramatized, Dialogue based, News
  18. FM – A NEW GENERATION IN BROADCASTING:Low Cost, The Difference
  19. MICROPHONE TO TRANSMITTER:Amplifiers, Modulator, Transmitter
  20. WRITING SCRIPT FOR RADIO BROADCAST:NEWS Script, Interviews
  21. INTERACTIVE BROADCASTING:On-line, E-mails, Interview, Views in News
  22. REVISION:CURRENT AFFAIRS, RADIO FEATURE, MUSICAL PROGRAMS
  23. HISTORY OF TELEVISION:Early History, The Black & White Images, Color Television
  24. PAKISTAN TELEVISION (PTV):The Excitement, Timing, Live Broadcast
  25. BROADCASTING LAWS:Laws in the 19th century, Press Council of Pakistan
  26. REPLICAS OF RADIO BROADCAST:The Staff, News Reading, Programming
  27. NEW SCRIPT WRITING AND DIRECTION TECHNIQUES:TV Script
  28. SETS:Permanent Sets, Hot & Cover Sets, Special Sets, Economical
  29. CAMERA SHOTS – THE VISUAL LANGUAGE:Angle Shots, Movement shots
  30. LIGHTS IN VISUAL BROADCASTING:Light Temperature, Light and Distance
  31. INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR:NEWS and Interviews, Dramas and Music
  32. BROADCASTING AND MEDIA IMPERIALISM:The truth in the debate
  33. ENVIRONMENT OF TV BROADCAST:Optical Illusions, POV, Depth of Field
  34. BUDGET:First Part, Second Part, Third Part, The Sponsors
  35. COMPARISON AND CONTRAST OF DIFFERENT RADIO AND TV FORMATS:TV NEWS
  36. CURRENT AFFAIRS – FROM RADIO TO TV:Seminars, Interviews
  37. PRE-PRODUCTION:Brain Storming, Scripting a new program, Approval
  38. PRODUCTION & POST-PRODUCTION:Booking Shifts, Rehearsals
  39. TV ADVERTISEMENTS – MONEY WITH ENTERTAINMENT:Early Phase, Getting Spots
  40. ENIGMA OF MORE CHANNELS:The Investment, Fresh Ideas, Closure of channels
  41. ANCHORPERSON:Appearance and Confidence, Job Opportunities
  42. COMPARISON BETWEEN RADIO AND TV BROADCAST:The Difference, Script
  43. TERRESTRIAL TO SATELLITE TO CABLE TV:Cable Network, CD Channels
  44. CAREER IN BROADCASTING:Production, Direction, Lighting Director, Script Writer
  45. REVISION (LESSON 23 TO 44):Broadcasting Laws, PEMRA, Budget