Student Learning Outcomes

• Students will be able to list the major duties of a program director at a radio station.
• Students will be able to evaluate a station?s performance by utilizing Arbitron ratings data.
• Explain basic FCC requirements for keeping a radio station on the air.
• Evaluate and explain the value of an interview topic with respect to the demographics of a specific radio show and/or station.
• Evaluate the benefits of various programming elements such as news and traffic.
• Create format clocks incorporating a variety of programming elements such as news, traffic and music.
• Identify various programming techniques for a variety of different radio formats.