Dead air, the Glossary
Dead air, also known as unmodulated carrier, is an unintended period of silence that interrupts a broadcast during which no audio or video program material is transmitted.[1]
Table of Contents
27 relations: Broadcasting, Carrier wave, CBS Evening News, Comfort noise, Dan Rather, Dark (broadcasting), Federal Communications Commission, Girls' Generation, Green Bay Packers, Green Bay, Wisconsin, Los Angeles Times, MBC TV (South Korean TV channel), NBC, Radio broadcasting, Radio France, Radio jamming, Radio silence, Show! Music Core, Sign-on and sign-off, Station identification, Super Bowl LII, Super Bowl XLV, Television broadcaster, The New York Times, Transmitter, US Open (tennis), WFZZ.
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), in a one-to-many model.
Carrier wave
In telecommunications, a carrier wave, carrier signal, or just carrier, is a periodic waveform (usually sinusoidal) that carries no information that has one or more of its properties modified (the called modulation) by an information-bearing signal (called the message signal or modulation signal) for the purpose of conveying information.
CBS Evening News
The CBS Evening News is the flagship evening television news program of CBS News, the news division of the CBS television network in the United States.
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Comfort noise
Comfort noise (or comfort tone) is synthetic background noise used in radio and wireless communications to fill the artificial silence in a transmission resulting from voice activity detection or from the audio clarity of modern digital lines.
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Dan Rather
Daniel Irvin Rather Jr. (born October 31, 1931) is an American journalist, commentator, and former national evening news anchor.
Dark (broadcasting)
In broadcasting, a dark television station or silent radio station is one that has gone off the air for an indefinite period of time. Dead air and dark (broadcasting) are television terminology.
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Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States.
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Girls' Generation
Girls' Generation, also known as SNSD, is a South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment.
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Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County, Wisconsin, United States.
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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MBC TV (South Korean TV channel)
MBC TV (Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Television) is a South Korean free-to-air television channel and is considered the first private company in South Korea launched on 8 August 1969 and owned by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation.
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NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.
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Radio broadcasting
Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. Dead air and radio broadcasting are broadcasting.
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Radio France
Radio France is the French national public radio broadcaster.
Radio jamming
Radio jamming is the deliberate blocking of or interference with wireless communications.
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Radio silence
In telecommunications, radio silence or emissions control (EMCON) is a status in which all fixed or mobile radio stations in an area are asked to stop transmitting for safety or security reasons. Dead air and radio silence are silence.
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Show! Music Core
Show! Music Core, or simply Music Core is a South Korean music television program broadcast by MBC.
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Sign-on and sign-off
A sign-on (or start-up in Commonwealth countries except Canada) is the beginning of operations for a radio or television station, generally at the start of each day. Dead air and sign-on and sign-off are television terminology.
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Station identification
Station identification (ident, network ID, channel ID or bumper) is the practice of radio and television stations and networks identifying themselves on-air, typically by means of a call sign or brand name (sometimes known, particularly in the United States, as a "sounder" or "stinger", more generally as a station or network ID). Dead air and station identification are television terminology.
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Super Bowl LII
Super Bowl LII was an American football game played to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2017 season.
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Super Bowl XLV
Super Bowl XLV was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Green Bay Packers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2010 season.
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Television broadcaster
A television broadcaster or television network is a telecommunications network for the distribution of television content, where a central operation provides programming to many television stations, pay television providers or, in the United States, multichannel video programming distributors. Dead air and television broadcaster are television terminology.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Transmitter
In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter (often abbreviated as XMTR or TX in technical documents) is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna with the purpose of signal transmission up to a radio receiver.
US Open (tennis)
The US Open Tennis Championships, commonly called the US Open, is a hardcourt tennis tournament held annually in Queens, New York.
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WFZZ
WFZZ (104.3 FM) is an alternative rock-formatted radio station licensed to Seymour, Wisconsin and serving the Fox Cities and Northeast Wisconsin.