CM 400 Broadcast Station Operation

12/2/98


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Table of Contents

CM 400 Broadcast Station Operation

Part I

What is a Manager

Levels of Management

Qualifications of Managers

Part II

Jobs at a Broadcast Station

Simple Administrative Structures

Medium-Market Radio Station Organizational Chart

Where to Find Personnel

Other Forces Affecting Personnel

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

Part III

Why Do Research

Types of Audience Research

Qualitative station data

Elements of a Survey

Ways to Obtain Data

Who is Your Audience

Basic Audience Research Terms

Other Audience Terms

Important terms used in Sales

Important Terms for Comparison

Part IV

Radio Programming

Basic Influences on Programming

Who is in the Audience?

Programming Departments

LARGE MARKET

Traditional Distinctions

Television Programming

TV Dayparts

Some Basic Differences

Public TV Licensees

Public TV Programming

Sources of Programming for PTV

PBS Production Sources

Sources of Programming

Network Produced Programs

Hourly Cost for PT Programs

1992-93 License Fees

Longest Running Network Series as of 1995/96

Network Soap Opera Ratings July 1994

Network Nightly News Ratings

Network Compensation Rates CBS Example

Types of Syndicated Programs

Samples of Syndicated Program Types

1995 Early-Fringe Talk Shows

1995 Early Fringe Magazine Shows

1995 Top Prime Access Shows

Ways to Buy Syndicated Programming

TV Scheduling Strategies

Part V

Basic Kinds of Promotion

Influences on Increased Emphasis on Promotion

TV Promotion Staff Size by Market

Annual Promotion Budgets (1988)

Audience Promotion

Promotional Strategies

Models of Promotional Strategies

Types of On-Air Promotions

Types of Off-Air Promotions

Sales Promotion

Types of Sales Promotion

Part VI

Basic Kinds of Advertising

Five Steps to Selling

Time Spent by Ad Exec

Prospecting

Qualifying

Research & Targeting

Presenting

Servicing

Network Advertising (9/7/98-9/13/98)

Part VII

Broadcasting is a Business!!!

Broadcast Station Expenses

Broadcast Station Revenues

Author: Ted Schwalbe

Email: schwalbe@fredonia.edu

Home Page: www.fredonia.edu/department/communication/schwalbe/cm400