10 Econ Tv Station Project

ECONOMICS - TV STATION PROJECT Directions, Information, and Grading Rubric *

You or you & your partner have been hired as directors of programming for a new local Seattle Televison Station.

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The station will air in 6-months, you are helping to setup the station. You are responsible for getting all of the necessary information needed to make all programming choices.

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You will need to visit 3 different local or national TV websites and complete a sheet that analyzes the 3 stations.

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You will need to develop 4 questions to ask 15 different students. The questions need to be worded to get numbers or 1 word responses, because you will need to sort the answers. After surveying 15 students you will create 4 illustrations that show categories and percentatges representing the responses.

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You will create a new station number and station nickname. Channel 5, The Home Team; Nick @ Night, Nickelodeon; ESPN, Total Sports Nework

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Pick a theme for your station: sports, music, videos, reality TV, all reruns, talk show format, gardening, cooking, travel, comedy, etc..

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The last section will be a 24-hour programing schedule. You will need to complete each section in 1-hour blocks for 24 hours. Utilize copy & paste for repeat sections. TV Station Grading Rubric

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Project cover sheet (names/information/graphic) Interest survey page & illustration/charts Competition comparison (compare 3 stations) Station dial numbers, call letters, and logo 24-Hour programming schedule Due date is Thursday, May 8th Total Score

1 page 2 pages 1 page 1 page 2 pages

5/ 20/ 15/ 20/ 40/ 100/

Programing Interest Survey & Charts

**Question Ideas: Favorite shows, sitcoms, movies, talk, reality, etc… **Make sure that the responses are in numbers or 1 word answers, you will need to sort the answ NAME

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

AGE

SEX

Anika Gani Sam Shockley Tina Nguyen Lucy Lieu Czarina Ducay Sarah Carson Joan Sohn Reesa Reonal

Directions: Take the information from each question and create a graphic that illustrates the

Question # 1 what is your favorite tv category? i.e. reality, fashion, scary, mystery..

Question # 2 what time do you usually watch tv?

Question # 3 would you like a show about women and their needs?

Question # 4 would you like option men on this channel?

vey & Charts

ies, talk, reality, etc… will need to sort the answers for charts below QUESTION # 1

QUESTION # 2

raphic that illustrates the topics & percentages

QUESTION # 3

QUESTION # 4

TV Station Project - Analysis of Competing TV Stations in the Seattle/National Market Station & Channel

Station #1 Bravo Morning Afternoon Evening Late Night

Station #2 NBC Morning Afternoon Evening Late Night

Station #3 CW11 Morning Afternoon Evening Late Night

Primary Audience

Primary Shows

Primary Advertisers

Gender/age/interest

List format or style

Gender/age/interest

TV Project - Station ID & Logo Sample Station: M Modern

W Women

T Tele

V vision

"For the women in the know!"

ECONOMICS - 24-HOUR PROGRAMMING CHART Time - AM

30 Minute Shows

60 Minute Shows

Misc. Minute Shows News

Name & Summary

Name & Summary

Name, Summary, time

12:00 - 1:00 1:00 - 2:00 2:00 - 3:00 3:00 - 4:00 4:00 - 5:00 5:00 - 6:00 6:00 - 7:00 7:00 - 8:00 8:00 - 9:00 9:00 - 10:00 10:00 - 11:00 11:00 - 12:00

ECONOMICS - 24-HOUR PROGRAMMING CHART

Advertising

Name, Summary, time # and Time

Miscellaneous

Time - PM

1:00 - 2:00 2:00 - 3:00 3:00 - 4:00 4:00 - 5:00 5:00 - 6:00 6:00 - 7:00 7:00 - 8:00 8:00 - 9:00 9:00 - 10:00 10:00 - 11:00 11:00 - 12:00

30 Minute Shows

60 Minute Shows

Misc.MinuteShows

News

Advertising

Name and summary

Name and summary

Name, summary, time

Name, Summary, Time # and Time

Miscellaneous