COM 141, 142 to 441, 442 - Radio Performance Practicum/Seminar

Credit Hour(s): 1
This course introduces students to the basic principles and techniques required in the day-to-day operation of a college radio station. Students are taught to use the equipment necessary to do a radio broadcast. Students will begin developing voice and performance techniques for radio. Students learn how to maintain the proper records for reporting performance activities and the rules and regulations laid out by the Federal Communications Commission that govern broadcast in the United States. The laboratory for the class will be FerrumRadio.com, the Ferrum College radio station. The students involved in the practicum will maintain a regularly broadcast radio show throughout the semester they are enrolled in the course. The minimum show length will be two hours a week. Courses must be taken in order. 1 Credit(s).

Prerequisite(s): Starting with COM 142 each course has the preceding course as a prerequisite. (i.e. COM 141 for 142, 142 for 241 etc.).
Course Session Cycle: Every Semester
Course Yearly Cycle: Every Year