Radio Terms You Should Know | Broadcasting Terminology

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Radio is full of jargon and broadcasting terminology that sounds like complete nonsense to people outside of the industry. Here are ten radio terms you should know...
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TIME CODES ⏳
00:00 - Introduction
00:50 - Automation
02:18 - Bed
03:06 - Back Announce
03:29 - Back Timing
04:05 - Cans
04:38 - Delay Unit
05:22 - Donut
05:59 - Riding The Fader
06:41 - Sibilance
07:35 - Plosives
08:35 - Streaming
09:30 - Talkback
10:38 - Outro
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[@DJPHILGEE]

I knew most but I believe "cans" relates to the days when two people would have a can of beans(or something similar) and using a wire(or piece of string for the vibrations to go through to the other person) As I say I may be wrong, but was told when I was younger that before headphones this is what was used to communicate! I never heard a word my brother or sister said through the wire, but you never know! Hope that helps!

[@kemboibenjamin_]

Great Content Sir! More of this please.... following from Kenya.

[@JamesMulvanyTV]

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[@klassicman44]

I've been considering starting my own broadcasting platform I use to work at an radio station about 20 years ago

[@JamesMulvanyTV]

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[@tucarnal7439]

Did you ever launch a broadcasting platform?

[@cjharrison3349]

Talkback is also known as 'talk' radio, like a news radio, or talk radio but mostly talk back is where the On air talent 'talks' to callers on air.

[@MichaelRabbitBass3]

Why do stations not use back announce to tell you what the song was anymore. I just really don't hear it anymore. However when I was a kid I remember you could pretty reliably discover new music through the radio because the DJs would routinely tell you what the last was in a set list. Or you had album 88 that would list off all the last songs in the last hour

[@djstarrocks1357]

Thanks for the tip, some of these is what I did not know, your channel is very in fisting

[@switchstudio709]

Don't know if its still true but when I was in the business many years ago Americans called talkback units Squawk Boxes.

[@JamesMulvanyTV]

I have heard that before too! 🐧

[@TheAtticradio]

I’m guessing their called cans from original tin can telephone ( two tin cans tied together with a piece of string ) things children did ! not now their too busy on their phones !

[@DavidEsp1]

Sweeper, Stinger, TOTH, BOTH

[@JamesMulvanyTV]

Also good terms!

[@jeffdeboer1679]

What's the rude term for riding the fader? I never encountered a rude term for it during my radio career.

[@JamesMulvanyTV]

Fader W*nking

[@DavidEsp1]

@@JamesMulvanyTV Oh, thought it might have been more alliterative

[@TheAtticradio]

I’m guessing their called cans from original tin can telephone ( two tin cans tied together with a piece of string ) things children did ! not now their too busy on their phones !

[@JamesMulvanyTV]

Yea... I could never get that to work.

[@chanelgebangporjo]

Im.like you ..the station radio.

[@trillvisionarymedia5627]

I need this in pdf form

[@JamesMulvanyTV]

We have an extended version on our blog: radio.co/blog/radio-glossary-terms-phrases-explained

[@trillvisionarymedia5627]

@@JamesMulvanyTV thank you so much

[@narvelacook8672]

sounds like when kids used to use cans and a string to talk to each other????

[@SOTSMI-TV]

Bit? Liner? How about "You're fired?"