Radio terminology

• podcast


  an audio broadcast that has been converted to an MP3 file or other audio file format for playback in a digital music player or computer
• public service broadcaster


  A radio and television broadcaster that is financed by public money (e.g. the licence fee in the UK) and is seen to offer a public service by catering for a range of audiences and providing information, as well as entertainment.
• Community Radio


  Radio stations that are owned and operated by communities they serve
• RAJAR


  Radio Joint Audience Research: organisation that measures radio audiences in the UK
• DAB radios


  Digital radios
• Instant Gratification


  an unwillingness to give up something now in return for something later
• licence fee


  the amount of money paid by television and radio owners that allows public broadcasters to fund programming
• Royal Charter


  Royal document granting a specified group the right to form a colony and guaranteeing settlers their rights as English citizens
• Public service remit


  limits on advertising and other public service requirements imposed on Britain's commercial broadcasters in exchange for the right to broadcast
• matriarch


  female head of the family
• Multi-stranded narrative


  a narrative that contains several different stories or plots running alongside each other
• omnibus


  broadcast of all episodes from a particular week - a "catch up" opportunity
• Uses and Gratifications Theory


  theory that looks at the ways media consumers choose media to meet their needs
• opinion leaders


  individuals who exert direct or indirect social influence over others
• pastiche


  media product that imitates other works: usually complimentary and not designed to mock the original