WorksheetsWeek 9 - First Year (Station Sound)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
At time of recording, Dan Prior works for which national radio station?
Radio X
BBC Radio 1
Absolute Radio
BBC Radio 2
Dan describes the job of 'Station Sound' as:
making as much noise as possible
keeping the station broadcasting
playing the best music
making the station sound as good as possible
When talking about 'audio branding', Dan refers to the HBO 'static and ahhh' sound as what?
a sonic logo
an ident
a jingle
a sweeper
Dan describes making a trail for Dave Berry's Breakfast Show. How does he describe this trail?
a trailer full of EQs
a creative idea with good writing
very funny
made with no planning
How did Dan get into station sound production?
He met another student who showed him some techniques
He read lots of books
He was passionate about editing software
He hated being an on-air voice on radio
Dan refers to Malcolm Gladwell's book 'Outliers'. What section does he mention specifically?
Reading is important to learn
Making great radio is about listening
Podcasting is the future of radio
Ten thousand hours is the magic number of greatness
Dan presents a popular podcast about what?
Audio Production
Film and TV
Tottenham Hotspur
Fantasy Premier League
Deborah Bishop talks about BBC Local Radio guidelines for station sound. How do the BBC categorise different station sound elements?
With numbers
With names of monarchs
With colours
With programme names
Terry reminisces about the station sound of the 1990s from which radio station?
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 2
Absolute Radio
Capital FM
Deborah talks about a bad example of a radio station promoting a new 'text number'. What is her conclusion?
there is no room for bad imagining
all station sound is good
never try to make something that sounds different
as long as people remember it, the job is done
