Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

Any equipment used to transmit from one television/radio device to another.

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Backsell

Broadcasting & receiving; Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

The technique where the DJ announces the song title and/or artist of the song that has just played. Also known as "back announcing".

Average quarter hour

Broadcasting & receiving; Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

The defined as the number of persons listening to a particular station for at least five minutes during a quarter hour.

Audio tape recorder (ATR)

Broadcasting & receiving; Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

A method of recording sound by electromagnetic pulses on a sensitised plastic strip.

Aston

Broadcasting & receiving; Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

An on-screen overlaid graphic, usually giving the name of the speaker, reporter or place in vision. Name derived from Aston Broadcast Systems Ltd. , an early manufacturer of this equipment.

Aspect ratio

Broadcasting & receiving; Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

The ratio between the width and the height of the picture. In 'traditional' television sets, this is 4:3; in widescreen sets, 16:9. Sometimes printed decimally as 1. 33:1 for 4:3 and 1. 78:1 for ...