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all about the English.
Well, welcome to the lesson for today and like you figured it out
already, it’s all about words related to radio. Now radios a fun medium, it’s an
interesting medium, it’s a live medium and people have enjoyed it for decades. Now there
are certain words, which are used only in radio. What I’m gonna do is, I’m gonna
take you through these words, so the next time you are tuned in to your favorite radio
show, you can actually use these terms and impress someone else and say, You know what
I know so much about radio.
So the first one on my list is, Radio Jockey. Now if you’re visualizing somebody whose
riding a horse and, you now probably carrying a radio set and trying to lean in on the horse
and trying to listen to radio, you are very far from the truth. Come back. So a radio
jockey is actually a person, who speaks on radio. A radio announcer or a presenter is
called radio jockey. Now in many countries, people who host radio shows are also called
DJ’S and some countries they are referred to as RJ’S meaning radio jockey. Radio Jockey
means a presenter or a radio show host or a radio announcer. Now these people are actually
celebrities in their own right, because you know you’re listening to them daily. Their
opinion actually makes a difference and they have a huge fan following. So radio jockey
almost the most important term on radio. Moving on I have for you Frequency. Now does this
reminds you of Science class? I’m sure it does, so we’ve all learnt about frequency
and amplitude in your science text book. So when it comes to the radio, the meaning is
quite simple. Now each radio station is available at a certain number, a certain frequency.
You know it could be 100, it could be 100.1, it could be 104 or 104.8 and so on and so
forth. So the number at which you can tune the frequency and listen to this particular
station. Which means the frequency at which, the radio station broadcast is available is
called the radio station frequency. So frequency actually for the number, where the station
is available, so there’s lots of stations, you know wherein the radio jockey comes on
air and says something like, Hey welcome you’re listening to 104 fm, which means the frequency
of that station is 104 and moving on I have for you, Cans. What are cans? What can they
do? What cant they do? Just trying to confuse you. Cans are very simple. Actually cans are
the slang word for headphones. Now every radio jockey or RJ, actually puts on headphones
before going live on the radio station. So in radio terms, it’s a slang word, cans
actually mean headphones. So we’re actually told something like you know, check your cans.
Can you hear yourself? Yes I can, okay you’re good to go live. So that’s what cans means,
it means headphones. Moving on Cume, now this is actually Cumulative Audience. Now cume
is a very very important term in radio, because it is a method to measure how many people
are listening to the radio show. So it actually helps you measure the cumulative audience,
so it basically just means that when you know, you’re posting your radio show. How many
unique people are tuned into yours show? And for how long? All of this is given to you
by the cume, which is cumulative audience. Now this is very important, because if there
is no audience, if no one’s listening to you, there’s really no point in hosting
a show. So if you’re a very good RJ, your cumes are very high. Up next, this is something
every RJ is actually scared off. It’s called Dead Air. How can air be dead? Air is actually
what we breathe in and we’re alive, but how can air be dead? Well dead air actually
means a gap or a pause on radio. So imagine you’re listening to your favourite song
on radio and suddenly, you can’t hear anything. There’s just a slight buzzing sound, which
is almost silent, but not quite silent and then suddenly the song comes back right on,
so that gap, that pause, which is dreaded by everybody o radio is called dead air. So
if I’m hosting a radio show, I have to be careful that I don’t cause any dead air.
Which means when I’m talking, I seamlessly put in a song after I finish talking and I
don’t waste precious radio seconds in dead air. So this is something to be careful on
radio. Dead air which means a gap or a pause. Up next there is White Noise. Now white noise
is actually a very technical term and it has a very loaded and difficult meaning in your
science text book. But on radio it just means rubbish. So if you have an RJ or a radio show
host, whose just talking nonsense for a long period of time and his or her voice is screechy,
high pitched and unpleasant to the ear . Most people just say, Oh I hate the way, she just
host her show. It’s just white noise or if you play a very unfamiliar boring song,
which is just draining the energy of the radio show, then you just call that song white noise
and make sure that you never play it again, so white noise on radio just means rubbish.
You know stuff that you don’t wanna listen to or stuff that will make you tune out and
tune into another radio station. Now you don’t want your listeners going to the competition,
right? So make sure, if you’re an RJ, white noise is a no no. Moving on, Voice Track.
Now voice track is a great way of fooling your audience, which means you’re really
not present in the radio studio. Your show is recorded, but with the method of voice
track, you can make it appear, like you’re hosting your show live. So to voice track
your radio show means to record the voice bits on your show. So it’s like, you know
imagine there is no RJ in the studio, but as an audience you get to hear, Hello welcome
to my show, it’s a brand new day and a great morning. You’re listening to me Rima and
yes up next I have fantabulous song for you. What it actually means is that, I’m actually
giving you the impression that I’m there in the studio, but I may or may not be there,
so when you record your show in a particular format and you voice track it and you align
the songs after it. It appears like a live show, but it may not be a live show. Moving
on there is a Live. So live is really simple, it’s just real time, so the complete opposite
of voice tracking is going live. Which means I wear my cans, headphones and I switch on
my mike and i start speaking in real time. Which means I’m live on radio. Now imagine
if I sneeze or if I cough or if I decide to breathe really loudly like, now all of these
things will go right to your listener’s ear, that’s right. That’s what being live
means all real time. If I make a mistake, if I fumble, if I say the wrong word. It’s
all going right there, because it’s live. There are no retakes and trust me, when you’re
an RJ going live is the biggest privilege that you’ll ever have, it’s a lot of fun
and it has some great energy. Moving on I have for you, Playlist. Now playlist is the
list of songs that you’re going to play on your show. Now sometimes radio shows actually
use a software, you know like a programme, where you can programme the songs that you’re
going to play. In the olden days the songs had to be manually arranged, which means you
took a paper and you wrote down a list of songs that you’re going to play on your
show and manually played each one on yours show. It happens at some places nowadays,
but most places they actually use a software, wherein the list of songs can be programmed,
so that once the RJ has finish talking, he just needs to hit play and the songs play.
So playlist is a list of songs that you’re going to play in your show today. So most
RJ’S you’ll see actually promote their show by saying, you know what I have a great
playlist for you, don’t go anywhere stay with me. So that’s what playlist means.
A list of songs. And the last one on my list is again related to music. Music on radio
to be precise,Cue track. It means to line up the next song. So if I’m an RJ and if
I’m talking on my show and I’m saying things like, up next I have a fabulous song
for you. This ones the biggest hit of the year and here it comes. Now moment I finish
talking, there can’t be dead air. There can’t be that five second or two second
of gap, wherein the song is taking its time to come on. The song needs to play instantly;
there can’t be even one second in the middle. So for that reason, what the RJ does? Is the
RJ queues the track, which means the RJ lines up the next track that has to be played and
while he or she is talking. Like you know, up next a fabulous song for you coming right
up and before I finish talking or he or she, whoever the RJ is finishes talking, the song
starts playing in the background and then suddenly the volume goes up and you get to
enjoy the biggest hit of the year. The song is referred to as a track, so when your track
is queued as in lined up, then you can’t go wrong. Well, that’s my list of terms
related to radio. I hope you were able to learn new words today? New meanings related
to the medium of radio, so the next time you’re listening to radio. I hope all of these terms
come to your mind. I really hope you enjoyed the lesson for today and in case, you have
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