RADIO NEWS GLOSSARY:Actuality, Cut, Voicer, Wrap, Hourly, Lead

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LESSON 26

RADIO NEWS GLOSSARY

Actuality

Recorded segment of a newsmaker speaking generally lasting from 10 to 20 seconds is called an actuality.

Cut

Tape containing the recording of a voicer, wrap, and actuality is called cut.

Voicer

Recorded report containing only the reporter's voice is called voicer.

Wrap

Recorded report in which a reporter's voice occurs at the beginning and the end, and an actuality is played

in between; the report is "wrapped around" the actuality.

Hourly

Network newscast beginning at the top of the hour. The hourly newscast generally contains a commercial

break.

IQ stands for "in cue" -- the first words of the speaker recorded on a cut.

Lead

First Sentence of a News Story is called lead and it should concisely reveal the story's basic events and

provide an introduction to the details given in the rest of the story.

Live Shot

Report introduced by an anchor that has not been recorded but is read live by another journalist, often at a

news scene is called live shot.

Lockout

Final words of a report spoken by a journalist in which the reporter's name, channel's name and place are

given, such as "Amjad Ali, Radio Pakistan, Lahore."

MOS

Abbreviation for "Man On the Street" interviews; i.e., the interviews of passers-by chosen at random in a

public place and asked their opinions about events or people in the news.

Nat or Natural or Raw Sound

"Raw Sound" is recorded sound that is not of a newsmaker speaking, such as the sound of an airplane

landing or a marching band playing or a crowd cheering; sometimes known as "Natural Sound" or "Nat

Sound," especially when the source of the sound is from nature.

"Out Cue" -- the last words recorded on a cut are called OQ.

Reader

Script of a news story in which no actualities are to be played; this script is read live on the air by the

newscaster.

Script

Written-out version of a news story, the text of which is read on the air, is called Script; a newscast is made

up of a collection of scripts read by an anchor

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Slug

The title of a script; used for reference purposes is called a Slug. News agency items are each given one. For

instance, if a news story is about Pak-India talks the slug of this news story may be `Pak-India Talks.'

Sounder /Signature Tune

Sounder is the recorded tune used to introduce segments of the broadcast, such as at the beginning of a

traffic report or sports; the networks use sounders at the beginning of the hourlies.

Spot

Recorded Commercial Advertisement is called Spot.

Tease

Tease is the brief phrase spoken by the newscaster immediately before playing a spot to tell the listener

about a story coming up later.

Zinger

Unusual and generally humorous feature story often placed at the end of a newscast is called Zinger.

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