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[ABCDE] VOLUME 6, IssUE 1 F ro m P rin t to Air INSIDE TWP Launches The Format Special A Quiet Storm WTWP Clock Assignment: of Applause 8 9 13 Listen 20 November 21, 2006 © 2006 THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY VOLUME 6, IssUE 1 An Integrated Curriculum For The Washington Post Newspaper In Education Program A Word about From Print to Air Lesson: The news media has the Individuals and U.S. media concerns are currently caught responsibility to provide citizens up with the latest means of communication — iPods, with information. The articles podcasts, MySpace and Facebook. Activities in this guide and activities in this guide assist focus on an early means of media communication — radio. students in answering the following Streaming, podcasting and satellite technology have kept questions. In what ways does radio a viable medium in contemporary society. providing news through print, broadcast and the Internet help The news peg for this guide is the establishment of citizens to be self-governing, better WTWP radio station by The Washington Post Company informed and engaged in the issues and Bonneville International. We include a wide array and events of their communities? of other stations and media that are engaged in utilizing In what ways is radio an important First Amendment guarantees of a free press. Radio is also means of conveying information to an important means of conveying information to citizens individuals in countries around the in widespread areas of the world. In the pages of The world? Washington Post we learn of the latest developments in technology, media personalities and the significance of radio Level: Mid to high in transmitting information and serving different audiences. Subjects: Media Studies, Journalism, “To participate in a global society, we continue to extend English our ways of communicating. … Teachers and students need to expand their appreciation of the power of print Related Activity: Mathematics, and nonprint texts. Teachers should guide students in American Culture, Ethics, Careers constructing meaning through creating and viewing nonprint texts,” states The National Council of Teachers of English. In “On Viewing and Visually Representing as Forms of Literacy,” the NCTE resolved in 1996 that its “publications, conferences, and affiliates support professional development and promote public awareness of the role that viewing and visually representing our world have as forms of literacy.” Listening and responding to radio extend this statement. In addition, developing a daily reading habit during the NIE Online Guide school year should be encouraged. Each section of The Post Editor: Carol Lange offers material that can be used in the classroom and in Layout: Bill Webster family reading and discussion time. NIE Teacher Advisory Team Members The online guides provided by The Washington Post NIE contributing to this guide: Linda White, Parkland Magnet Middle School for program suggest activities to use with Post articles and Aerospace Technology, Rockville, Md. the reproducibles that we have created for you. Select the ones that are appropriate for the age of your students, time Send comments about this guide to available and curriculum fit. Margaret Kaplow, Educational Services Manager, [email protected]. 2 November 21, 2006 © 2006 THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY VOLUME 6, IssUE 1 An Integrated Curriculum For The Washington Post Newspaper In Education Program From Print to Air Teaching about Radio Post Launches a Radio Station (podcasts, streaming), why the FCC Radio Curriculum At 5:30 a.m. on March 30, regulates radio and TV companies, highschooljournalism.org/broadcast 2006, The Washington Post and and how newspapers and radio are A four-course radio curriculum, lessons Bonneville International, owner expressions of First Amendment begin with the basics and build to advanced of WTOP, launched a new radio guarantees. Teachers may wish to radio skills. Includes journalism, English station. “Because there’s always take a business approach — what Language arts, technical skills and sound more to the story,” WTWP began financial benefits and risks come engineering, law and ethics, and history of service, airing a different take on from a newspaper company owning radio. Student activity sheets, vocabulary radio news. Washington Post Radio a radio station, how is a target and Web resources accompany lessons. provides the usual mix of weather, audience determined and how traffic and news updates. Its a station knows it is a success Radio Pioneers & Core Technologies features and discussions with Post (Arbitron, listener interaction/e- www.fcc.gov/omd/history/radio/ reporters at home and abroad add mails, and community events). The Federal Communications Commission depth and define the station. provides a succinct history of radio Distribute “What’s On Air?” to Use a Format Clock personalities and technology: “The Ideas students. The first section (1-5) is a Regulations that affect that Made Radio Possible,” “The Power that survey of students’ listening habits. broadcasters are contained in Title Made Radio Realistic” and “The Quality Compiling the responses and 47 of the U.S. Code. Licensees that Made Radio Popular.” creating bar graphs to organize data (stations) must keep accurate is the first of several mathematics records in program logs. This Museum of Broadcast Communications applications embedded in the includes the time each station www.museum.tv/ suggested activities of this guide. identification announcement (call “The MBC examines popular culture and Form five to six groups to tally letters and location) is made and contemporary American history through the the information and to create bar an entry briefly describing each sights and sounds of television and radio.” graphs to present their findings to program broadcast, such as “music,” Check out the archives and the Radio Hall the class. Use Question #6 to get “drama,” “speech,” with its title, of Fame. each student’s evaluation of the the sponsor’s name, and when the compiled data. program began and ended. Museum of Television and Radio Distribute copies of “TWP In addition to maintaining logs, www.mtr.org/ Launches WTWP.” This article stations keep track of programming The MT&R collects and preserves television introduces the intended audience with a format clock. Distribute and radio programs and makes these and purpose of the new Washington “Format Clock.” Explain that the programs available to the public. Their Post Company venture. Visit www. circle graph is used to present programs include distance learning classes washingtonpost.com and select information for the host, station for teachers. WTWP schedule. Have students manager and others. This is called read the chart. What program is a format clock by radio stations. Library of American Broadcasting broadcast during your class? Do Discuss the kind of information that www.lib.umd.edu/UMCP/LAB/ students see any programs that is provided, for example: The library is located on the campus of might interest them? If possible, • Kind of programming (news, the University of Maryland, College Park. listen to a segment of the current music, listener comments), Explore the site for online exhibits and broadcast. • Specific content (songs and resources. This article can serve as a performers), springboard for several approaches. • Required information (promos, Teachers may wish to keep the time of broadcast, and station ID in focus on media — why a newspaper the U.S.). company would want to own a radio station, how an older technology (radio) is using current technology to keep and reach new audiences CONTINUED ON paGE 4 3 November 21, 2006 © 2006 THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY VOLUME 6, IssUE 1 An Integrated Curriculum For The Washington Post Newspaper In Education Program CONTINUED FROM paGE 3 other than or in addition to English. In the Know In the early 1980s there were two radio stations that broadcast in Actuality: In print, a quotation; in Apply Mathematics Skills Spanish, now there are nearly a Review the key to “An Hour of dozen in the Washington area, for television, a sound bite or SOT. In Radio.” Ask students to answer the example. Distribute “Reporting in radio, the recorded voice of a speaker; following questions: Familiar Languages” to students. recording on tape of an interview for • How many minutes in the hour This is not an all-inclusive listing, later use. are spent on music? On station so teachers may wish to add to it or promotion? have students add media that they • A consultant who helped are aware of from their homes or Ambience: Sound occurring naturally design the broadcast formula said neighborhoods. The purpose of this in a location. This sound captured on “in a typical hour, 16A minutes activity is to acquaint students with tape brings realism to a report or story; of programming is devoted to the ethnic media in the D.C. area. news.” Is the example format clock In addition to making students listeners feel as if they are on site. representative of a typical hour? In aware of alternative media, this can what portion of the hour is most be used as a research assignment. Anchor: The person who delivers the news broadcast? Do your student journalists and news on air from a studio. • For what percent of the hour other students know how to locate are Persian songs heard? Western information about businesses? The songs? What percent is given phone book and the Web are natural Call Letters: The radio call signs that to listener comments? To U.S. starting points. At cdrtv.com am identify a station. The FCC compares headlines? stations (www.dcrtv.org/mediawa. them to “license plates that identify Have students create a html) teachers will find some format clock either for WTWP background information on the AM communication traffic on the radio programming or that of a station of stations. highways.” There are exceptions, but their choice. The circle graph could After research is completed, most that begin with the letter W are relate one hour of programming, students should share their findings a portion of a day or a 24-hour in written and oral presentation located east of the Mississippi River and period.

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