Students contribute to the Snow College student radio station, KAGE-FM. Lecture and lab situations combine to provide students with the background and skills required to meet the needs of the radio communications industry. Students are exposed to both analog and digital studio systems, including digital multitrack production techniques. Work may include station management, announcing, production of promos, public service announcements, underwriting, news, or sports reporting. Students will learn to create and organize a professional-quality radio portfolio consisting of a broadcast aircheck, production samples, resume, and related materials. Emphasis will be placed on voice, performance, and adapting to an audience.
This course covers creating, developing, producing, and presenting audio programming elements for broadcast. Emphasis is placed on the proper operation of professional audio equipment and the study of basic physical behavior and perceptual effects of sound.Upon completion, students should be able to correctly operateaudio recording and playback equipment and demonstrate anunderstanding of the basic components of sound, which is a marketable skill. This course will transfer as a COMM Elective to other USHE institutions.
The following topics will be covered in class: Terminology for broadcast news; Elements of radio broadcast news; Fundamentals of audio recorder operation; Digital editing techniques and principles; Performing techniques for reporters; Electronic news gathering.Students actively participate in scriptwriting, editing, producing commercials, public service announcements, and newscasters in a studio setting. Students will receive practical experience and basic knowledge of audio production, including the principles of sound, announcing, scriptwriting, microphone technique, board operation, storytelling, program production, leadership, and organization.