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Characteristics of Radio
Chapter: 9
TEXT BOOK QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
INTEXT QUESTIONS 9.1
1. Given below is a list of description. Relate them to the respective term used in the medium of radio.
(i) A person or a group of people who forms the target audience of radio programmes ………… .
Ans. Listener/s.
(ii) A person who presents or announces programmes over radio for the public. ………….. .
Ans. Broadcaster.
(iii) Any communication or transmission of any message or signal to the public through electronic apparatus. ………….. .
Ans. Broadcasting.
(iv) The programme recorded on magnetic tape, phonographic discs or compact disc for broadcasting it later. ………….. .
Ans. Pre-recorded programme.
(v) The written copy of the words to be spoken during a radio programme. ………….. .
Ans. Script.
2. You have learnt that one of the objectives of radio is to inform its listeners. Name the other two objectives and give your own examples of such programmes on radio.
INTEXT QUESTIONS 9.2
1. Name any three characteristics of radio.
Ans. (i) Radio entertains
(ii) informs
(iii) educates.
2. State whether the following statements are true or false:
(i) Radio makes pictures.
Ans. True.
(ii) Radio is a slow medium.
Ans. False.
(iii) Radio is an expensive medium.
Ans. False.
(iv) One has to be literate to listen to radio.
Ans. False.
(v) Radio is not a portable medium.
Ans. False.
INTEXT QUESTIONS 9.3
1. List any three limitations of radio.
Ans. Disadvantages of a radio.
(i) It is one chance medium.
(ii) It has no visual images.
(iii) Messages on radio are easily forgotten.
2. State whether the following statements are true or false.
(i) Radio gives visual images.
Ans. False.
(ii) If the commentator is dull, his broadcast will also be dull.
Ans. True.
(iii) Radio messages are easily forgotten.
Ans. True.
(iv) Radio is not a useful medium for people who cannot see.
Ans. False.
(v) A listener gets only one chance to listen and understand messages on radio.
Ans. True.
TERMINAL QUESTIONS
1. Make a list of the common terms that you have learnt on radio broadcast and explain each one of them.
Ans. The common terms used in the medium of radio are:
- Audience: The group of people whom radio or media reaches for a particular programme.
- Listener/s: A person or a group of people who forms the target audience of radio programmes.
- Broadcaster: A person who presents or announces programmes over radio for the public.
- Broadcasting: Any communication or transmission of any message or signal to the public through electronic apparatus.
- Tuning into radio: You have to switch on your radio and tune into the station you want to listen to.
- Live broadcast: It means a programme being broadcast directly without any pre-recording or the sounds made at the moment of broadcast.
- Pre-recorded programme: The programme recorded on magnetic tape, phonographic discs or compact disc for broadcasting it later.
- Script: The written copy of the words to be spoken during a radio programme.
2. Describe the objectives of radio with examples.
Ans. Let us take the example of ‘Gyanvani’. This is a radio station through which educational programmes are broadcast for the benefit of learners.
From the above example, we can say radio informs.
Radio stations broadcast film songs. Even the casual comments and announcements on radio entertain us. So, radio also entertains.
3. Radio as a medium has certain characteristic features. Explain.
Ans. The characteristics of radio are as follow:
(i) Radio makes pictures: Remember the running commentary on radio of the Republic Day Parade in Delhi?
(ii) The speed of radio: Radio is the fastest medium. It is instant. As things happen in a studio or outside, messages can be sent or broadcast.
(iii) Simplicity of radio: Compared to all other media, radio is simple to use.
(iv) Radio is inexpensive: As it is simple, it is also a cheaper medium.
(v) Radio does not need electric power supply: You can listen to radio using dry battery cells even if you do not have electric power. supply or a generator.
(vi) A radio receiver is portable: Don’t we move our radio set at home from the living room to the kitchen or as you go out some where?
(vii) One does not have to be literate to listen to radio: Unless you are literate, you can’t read a newspaper or read captions or text on television.
(viii) For a majority of Indians in the rural areas, radio is the only source of news and entertainment.
4. Explain in detail the limitations of radio?
Ans. Limitations of radio are as follows:
(a) A one chance medium: When you read a newspaper, you can keep it with you and read it again. You have the printed word there and unless the paper is destroyed it will remain with you. Suppose when you read a news item, you do not understand the meaning of certain words. You can refer to a dictionary or ask someone who knows to find out the meaning.
(b) Radio has no visual images: A natural disaster like a cyclone when seen on television is more effective than what you hear on radio.
(c) Messages on radio are easily forgotten: The problem of not having visuals leads to another limitation of radio. What is seen is often remembered and may remain with us. For example if you have seen the fine visuals of the Taj Maha! in Agra, it will remain in your memory. But what you hear is normally forgotten fast.
(d) Poor performance on the part of announcers: Presents or participants in a radio programme can be boring or uninteresting that it can result in listeners switching off their radio sets. So listeners interest depends up on how information or messages are presented.
(e) Radio broadcasts are of no use to people who have no sense of hearing especially those with hearing disabilities.
Very Short Type Questions Answer
1. What are two objectives of a radio?
Ans. It inform and entertain us.
2. What is simple about radio?
Ans. Compared to all other media, radio is simple to use.
3. For whom radio are of no use?
Ans. Radio broadcasts are of no use to people who have no sense of hearing especially those with hearing disabilities.
Short Type Questions Answer
1. How radio are beneficial to even illiterate person?
Ans. One does not have to be literate to listen to radio: Unless you are literate, you can’t read a newspaper or read captions or text on television. But for listening to radio, you need not be literate at all. You can listen to programmes or news in any language on the radio.
2. What is the role of radio in economically backward area?
Ans. For a majority of Indians in the rural areas, radio is the only source of news and entertainment. Radio news can be heard anywhere using an inexpensive receiver. Even the most economically backward sections can afford to use the medium of radio.
- Radio is the best medium of entertainment. It provide healthy entertainment to the listeners.
- There is plenty of music of different types available to people.
- The popular types of music are classical, light classical, light devotional, folk and film music.
3. Why radio is called a one chance medium?
Ans. A one chance medium: When you read a newspaper, you can keep it with you and read it again. You have the printed word there and unless the paper is destroyed it will remain with you. Suppose when you read a news item you do not understand the meaning of certain words. You can refer to a dictionary or ask someone who knows to find out the meaning.
Now think of radio. Suppose you are listening to a news bulletin in English and you hear words that you don’t understand. Can you refer to a dictionary or ask someone else for the meaning? If you stop to do that, you will miss the rest of the news. You have to understand what is being said on radio as you listen. You have only one chance to listen. What is said on radio does not exist any longer, unless you record it. The words have momentary life.
4. Why radio is the fastest medium?
Ans. Radio is the fastest medium. It is instant. A things happen in a studio or outside, messages can be sent or broadcast. These messages can be picked up by anyone who has a radio set or receiver which is tuned into a radio station. If you have a television set and cable or satellite connection you may be using a remote to get your favourite channel. These days if you have a satellite connection, you can also receive radio signals of various AIR station. Otherwise your normal radio set give the meter or frequency on which various radio stations operate. You are tuned into that station and listen to news that happened a few minutes earlier. On the other hand, a newspaper give you the previous days’ news. Of course television can also cover events instantly. But television is a more complex medium where you need light and cameras for any coverage.
5. How radio makes pictures?
Ans. Remember the example of the running commentary on radio of the Republic Day Parade in Delhi? As you heard the commentary, you could visualize or ‘see’ in your mind what was being described. You could actively ‘see’ pictures in your mind of the parade even as you listened to the sounds of bands playing patriotic tunes or the sounds of marching and commands. You use power of imagination as you follow the running commentary.
