Broadcast Journalism Prefinals

Programmers blend different types and amounts of music, news, public affairs, features, public service announcements, commercials, contests, promotions, jingles, and announcing styles to attract audiences. This combination of elements is called

perhaps the most obvious and most important part of any format, with the exception of news, talk and sports.

while softer slow tempo songs are favored during what hours

An uptempo song may be coded with a

U/3/C/F

Which represents the tempo?

U/3/C/F

Which represents the orchestration?

U/3/C/F

Which represents the gender of an artist?

is used to establish a hierarchy by which programmers determine when and how often selections will be played on the station.

The most popular songs appearing in current surveys. Played in Ultra rotation.

• Power cuts

• Super cuts

• Recurrents

• Golds

Songs appearing in the remaining playlist slots. Played in High rotation.

• Power cuts

• Super cuts

• Recurrents

• Golds