Purpose of this Course:
This course is designed to give you advanced training in broadcast radio management operations and procedures. Weekly classes will explore the structure and organization of radio stations through lectures and activities. You will practice your management skills by fulfilling a management position at WARP, assisting CMM209 students, and contributing to the WARP’s (cable access, tele-radio) radio broadcasting operations. Additional activities will include training and evaluation projects, as well as the development of a resume-ready audition CD. Also, participation in WARP’s sister station, WQKE, is strongly encouraged.

Prerequisites:
CMM 118, CMM 232, and CMM 209 

Required Readings:
The Radio Station (7^th Ed.) by Michael C. Keith. Focal Press, ©2007.

Recommended Readings:
Broadcast Announcing Worktext (2nd Ed.) by  David E. Reese, Mary E. Beadle, & Alan R. Stephenson. Focal Press, ©2005.

Course Policies:

• It is expected that all students enrolled in this class support the letter and the spirit of the Academic Honesty Policy as stated in the college catalog.Regarding class attendance:

• Attendance is required. More than 1 absence will result in a 5% grade drop for EACH  additional absence.
• Management set the example for station personnel. Airshifts are mandatory. There will be a 10% grade drop for EACH missed airshift.
• Due to the necessity of continuous, on-air broadcasting, it is important that attendance of on-air shifts be treated with regimented timeliness and courtesy. Although planned schedule changes can be made with other DJs, the originally scheduled DJ is still responsible for coverage when needs arise. Any scheduled changes must be made at least 24 hours in advance with approval of either the GM or Instructor.
• Even when scheduling changes, students are required to complete 1 airshift per week. Failure to do so will result in a 10% grade drop.
• Being late for an airshift 2 or more times (i.e. more than 5 minutes late) will result in a 5% grade drop for EACH additional late occurrence.
• Any makeup airshifts will only accrue 1 % toward your final grade.
• NOTE: There is a mandatory lab fee of $25 for media materials/lab maintenance for this course.

->Chapter comprehension will be monitored through class participation and chapter quizzes.

-->Testing will include a battery of comprehensive unit quizzes & final.

-> Chapter comprehension will be monitored through class participation and chapter quizzes. Testing will include: Chapter quizzes & in-class workshops. 

Student Expectations:
To successfully complete CMM409 Radio Management Practicum, students are expected to complete the following activities:

·         To complete 10, one-hour air-shifts (1 per week) as announcer/combo operator (including talk shows, voice-tracking, and co-hosting opportunities). 

·         To hold various WARP management positions involving the completion of separate weekly management duties OR to co-produce a bi-weekly talk show segment (requires GM approval).

·         To pass cumulative unit quizzes & a final exam based on class notes and the Radio Station textbook.

·          To assist with training and evaluations projects (with CMM209/232).

·          To submit both an aircheck tape and a Resume-ready audition CD.

FCC Production Standards:
As defined by FCC standards, the use of obscenity, indecency, and racial slurs are prohibited. Production work cannot use language or material that depicts or describes, in terms patently offensive as measured by contemporary local community standards for the broadcast media, sexual or excretory activities or organs. The work cannot depict or describe in a patently offensive way sexual conduct specifically defined by applicable state law. The work cannot include the use of obscene or indecent language, or material that is insensitive or defamatory with reference to race, creed, or color.

WARP:
WARP is is PSU’s radio broadcast training facility designated for cable-only broadcasting over Campus Channel 10 and Charter Cable Channel 17. Located near the Digital Media Laboratories in Yokum Hall, the WARP begins broadcasting mid-September and ends in early December.
Note: During the semester, WARP radio will be streaming on the Internet. Simply go to WarpRadio.com and type in call letters BRGY.  

.WQKE:
The college’s student-operated, FCC designated on-air broadcast radio facility. The Quake’s alternative, college-radio format broadcasts 10,000 milliwatts of power 7 days a week from 8AM to 2:30 AM daily, to both a campus-wide and a local community audience. WQKE also reaches out with its music, talk shows, and sports programming. All students enrolled in classes at Plattsburgh State who pay Student Association dues are qualified to be a member of WQKE.