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Madrid, Spain - Course Descriptions - Producing Radio Programs

Course Information

Subject: Broadcasting (BDCST)
Number: 100 Level
Language of Instruction: English
Prerequisites: Scripts and Production in Radio I and Introduction to Radio and Television Journalism

Contact Hours and Credits

Semester Session: 45 contact hours, 3 semester credits

Availability

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Summary

OBJECTIVES
To offer the student a general overview of radio programming, and to analyse the elements that condition a radio program and its broadcasting.

COURSE DESCRIPTION
The course studies various radio stations in Spain, types of stations that determine the characteristics of the broadcasts. Other elements that determine what radio broadcasts will be like: programming grid, length, timing, type of audience, technical and human equipment. Requirements for broadcasting a program. Types of program: specialized, news, musical, etc.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
NÚÑEZ MAYO, O.: La radio sin fronteras. Eunsa, Pamplona 1980.
SANTOS DIEZ, M.T.: Radios comerciales...ondas libres. Onda Cero Radio, Bilbao 1994.

METHODOLOGY
Lectures; listening to real radio broadcasts, which are analysed according to the conditions presented.

EVALUATION
Ongoing: class attendance and individual and group assignments. Final exam.

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