| News: | |
| NEWS | Short accounts of facts, events and publicly | |
expressed views, reportage and actuality. | ||
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Current affairs:
AFFAIRS Topical program expanding or enlarging upon the news, generally in different presentation style or concept, including documentary debate, or analysis.
| INFO | Information: |
Program whose purpose is to impart advice | |
| in the widest sense, including |
| meteorological reports and forecasts, |
| consumer affairs, medical help, etc. |
Sport:
SPORT Program concerned with any aspect of sport.
Education:
EDUCATE Program intended primarily to educate, of which the formal element is fundamental.
Drama:
DRAMA All radio plays and serials.
Culture:
CULTURE Programs concerned with any aspect of national or regional culture, including
religious affairs, philosophy, social science, language, theatre, etc.
Science:
SCIENCE Programs about the natural sciences and technology.
| Varied: | |
| VARIED | Used for mainly | |
usually of | ||
| ||
| covered by above categories. Examples | |
| are: quizzes, panel games, personality | |
| interviews, comedy and satire. |
| Pop: |
| POP M | Commercial music, which would generally |
| be considered to be of current popular |
| appeal, often featuring in current or recent |
| record sales charts. |
| Rock: |
| ROCK M | Contemporary modern music, usually |
| written and performed by young musicians. |
| M.O.R. M | M.O.R.: |
(Middle of the Road Music). Common term | |
| to describe music considered to be “easy- |
| listening”, as opposed to Pop, Rock or |
| Classical. Music in this category is often but |
| not always, vocal, and usually of short |
| duration (<5 min.) |
| Light classics: |
| LIGHT M | Classical Musical for general, rather than |
| specialist appreciation. Examples of music |
| in this category are instrumental music, and |
| vocal or choral works. |
Serious classics:
CLASSICS Performances of major orchestral works, symphonies, chamber music etc., and
including Grand Opera.
Other music:
OTHER M Musical styles not fitting into any of the above categories. Particularly used for
specialist music, of which Jazz, Rhythm & Blues, Folk, Country, and Reggae are examples.
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