Television Station Vocab
Test your television station vocab knowledge!
- 1.
Who is the person who provides the studio focus for the news but calls upon others for weather, sports, local and on-the-scene reports?
- A.
Boom operator
- B.
Anchor
- C.
Affiliate
- D.
Correspondent
Correct Answer
B. Anchor -
- 2.
What is information solicited by survey companies indicating to the advertisers the size of the audience for a particular program, including news broadcasts?
- A.
Ratings
- B.
Footage
- C.
Affiliate
- D.
Numbers
Correct Answer
A. Ratings -
- 3.
Who is the head electrician at the production set, in charge of lighting the stage?
- A.
Boom Operator
- B.
Anchor
- C.
Gaffer
- D.
Affiliate
Correct Answer
C. Gaffer -
- 4.
What is a device that prompts the person speaking with an electronic visual text of a script?
- A.
Teleprompter
- B.
Microphone
- C.
Banjo
- D.
Projector
Correct Answer
A. Teleprompter -
- 5.
Who is a news reporter, based in another area or country, who gives regular reports on a developing story?
- A.
Anchor
- B.
Director
- C.
Affiliate
- D.
Correspondent
Correct Answer
D. Correspondent -
- 6.
What is a chain of many stations owned and operated by a parent company (NBC, CNN, ABC)?
- A.
Team
- B.
Network
- C.
Affilate
- D.
Parental Unit
Correct Answer
B. Network -
- 7.
What is a local station owned by the parent company, or an independent station, both subscribing to some network programming and producing their own local content?
- A.
Affiliate
- B.
Channel
- C.
Network
- D.
Parental Unit
Correct Answer
A. Affiliate -
- 8.
WHAS, WKKG, and WLKY are examples of this:
- A.
Call sign
- B.
Network
- C.
Parental Unit
- D.
Team
Correct Answer
A. Call sign -
- 9.
Where is equipment that is too noisy or runs too hot for the production control room kept?
- A.
Studio Floor
- B.
Main Control Room
- C.
Master Control Room
- D.
Green Room
Correct Answer
C. Master Control Room -
- 10.
Weeks when ratings as to which programs were watched are taken during:
- A.
Sweeps weeks
- B.
Network weeks
- C.
Ratings weeks
- D.
Affiliate weeks
Correct Answer
A. Sweeps weeks -
- 11.
What is the transmission tape put into the studio broadcast to add interest to the news presentation called?
- A.
Call Sign
- B.
Shot
- C.
Snippet
- D.
Insert
Correct Answer
D. Insert -
- 12.
A segment produced outside the studio is called this:
- A.
Stock
- B.
Clip/Footage
- C.
Still
- D.
Frame
Correct Answer
B. Clip/Footage -
- 13.
The place where taping takes place is called this:
- A.
Master Control Room
- B.
Studio
- C.
Production Control Room
- D.
Chromikey
Correct Answer
B. Studio -
- 14.
What is the name for the "green screen" that has a map projected onto it that a meterologist uses in a broadcast?
- A.
Chromakey
- B.
Moby
- C.
Weather Zone
- D.
Insert
Correct Answer
A. Chromakey -
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