Radio & Television (RTV)

Focuses on the study of the market demands involving national, local and international uses of electronic media.

Focuses on radio programming, formats and audience rating survey, basic and sophisticated communications systems, history of broadcasting, broadcasting and production equipment, and program broadcast systems and propaganda.

Focuses on principles and techniques of television production in theory and the approach of studio and production. Emphasizes producing television programs, beginning with a concept through script to actual studio production, preproduction, and post production.

Explores writing techniques for television and radio emphasizing professional techniques, format and style.

Focuses on scriptwriting formats and techniques as they apply to creating corporate and institutional video productions and other broadcast and non-broadcast television productions.

Introduces basic videotape production and editing on linear and nonlinear editing systems. Covers producing, writing, directing, lighting, editing and shooting techniques. Enables the student to gain experience in paint and character generator graphics, image processing, transitions and techniques using the Avio and Casablanca nonlinear editors.

Focuses on basic audio production techniques to be used in television production. Includes the use of basic audio equipment and mixer to produce audio tracks for radio and television production.

Provides operational training and preparation for utilization of an Automated Production Control (APC) system in a studio environment.

Introduces students to the world of News and Sports writing, reporting, and production. Emphasizes gathering, writing, and reporting radio and television news and sports. Covers history, current trends, ethical issues, news and sports in print, radio, TV, and the Internet and the production of finished projects in both the mediums of TV and Radio

Explores and evaluates existing podcasts on content, delivery, and production values, culminating in the creation and distribution of the first episode of an original podcast.

Focuses on the basic tenets of starting and maintaining a live stream, as well as ways to create original and engaging content to build and keep an audience.

Provides experience in a commercial radio station or an allied industry.

Provides experience in a commercial television station or an allied industry.

Incorporates on-the-air experience on the college FM radio station, KEPC.

Provides experience in a commercial television station or an allied industry.

Examines principles and techniques of basic television production and direction in a laboratory setting using commercial television broadcast equipment for broadcast and institutional video productions.

Focuses on styles of writing and reporting news, editorials, interviews, and commentaries; station logs and announcing styles and techniques; the Federal Communications Commission with emphasis on politics and serving the public interest; job finding and advancing in broadcasting; women in broadcasting; drama; and specialized production. Includes sportscasting and weathercasting.

Introduces additional principles and techniques of television production in theory and the approach of studio and production in news, weather and sports. Emphasizes direction and production development to include single and multi-camera production. Examines use of effects and chroming. Includes laws and ethics governing the television broadcast industry and Institutional Television.

Includes the fundamentals of audio mixing from the audio source to final master. By explaining the principles of mixing and the technical foundations of audio recording. Analyzing the principles of acquiring, manipulating, recording, and final mixing of audio and discussing the differences between digital and analog recording. Each student will summarize the function of microphones, audio sources, recording devices, and speakers and complete recording exercises and projects according to provided guidelines. Demonstration of linear and non-linear master mixing will also be required.

Develops advanced video production skills to prepare students for entry into the video production industry. Covers producing, directing, lighting, shooting, and editing techniques, as well as production aesthetics from industry standards. Provides hands on experience with linear and non linear editing systems, and establishment of lighting and camera shooting techniques.

Introduces the field of broadcast management as applied to day-to-day radio and television station operations, broadcast law, broadcast promotion, sales, research, ratings, logs, demographics and human relations in the broadcast workplace and arena.

Introduces multi-media reporting, the fundamentals of reporting, gathering information, capturing compelling audio and video, and editing them all together to create engaging news stories across platforms.

Provides experience in a commercial television station or an allied industry.

Incorporates advanced experience in a commercial radio station or an allied industry.

Enables the student to cover news events, actualities, and report several regular newscasts on KEPC.

Incorporates advanced experience on radio station KEPC.

Provides experience in a commercial television station or an allied industry.