1st Edition

Contemporary Radio Programming Strategies

By David T. MacFarland Copyright 1990
228 Pages
by Routledge

228 Pages
by Routledge

225 Pages
by Routledge

This book, first published in 1990, offers an in-depth analysis of the ‘fundamental beliefs’ of radio. This refers to the common understanding of what the radio enterprise is – and should be – about: entertainment and information. A major thrust of this book is to arrive at a set of fundamental beliefs about the values and the realities of the radio business in regard to entertainment programming... Read more

1. An Overview of the Book  Part 1. Radio’s Arena, Attributes and Audiences  2. Radio’s Arena  3. Radio’s Attributes  4. What Radio Audiences Want  Part 2. Formats, Soundscapes and Voices  5. Format Structure and Management  6. The Structure and Appeal of Acoustic Space  7. Air Personality: the Structure of Spoken Gesture  Part 3. Music Programming  8. The Appeals of Radio Music  9. Music Moods Research  10. The Components of a Mood-Evoking Music Progression  11. Factors in MOST – Mood-Oriented Selection Testing  12. Factors in MEMO – Mood-Evoking Music Order  13. Toward MERIT

Biography

David T. MacFarland