TV Station Field TripGeneral TourClayton VandiverTEC580Grand Canyon UniversityCollege of EducationSpring 2010

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AgendaThe Introduction will tell you general information about TV stations. You will also learn about the station we will be visiting on our field trip.Follow along on your Field Trip Guide to find interesting facts about your visit.This first Module will take about 30 to 45 minutes depending on pauses for class discussion.Each Module is followed by a short quiz.The Teachers Support Guide has a list of follow-up activity suggestions for your class.

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AgendaReady? Set? Lets Go!First our field trip will meet in the parking lot at the TV station and learn some fun things about TV.

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Just what is TV, anyway?Television is a system of electronics that changes pictures and sounds into radio signals called waves and lets us broadcast them through the air.Broadcasting means just what it sounds like. Cast means to throw, and Broad means across a big area. Broadcasting simply means throwing a TV or radio signal over a really big area.

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The Beginning of TVRadio and television antennas come in many shapes and sizes.Radio was invented before television. TV is a lot like radio, just with pictures!Radio was invented by a man named Marconi in 1895. That is just a little over 100 years ago.When George Washington was President, TV would still not be around for over 150 years (until the late 1930s).

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Television was invented just before which world war?(Take a few moments to discuss the question while the video plays. Raise your hands if you know the answer. Click to see the correct answer appear below)

(World War II)The Beginning of TV

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Early TV did not have any color, just like old photographs you may have seen. Early TV is generally called black and white.Why do you think black and white TV shows (and pictures) look older than shows that are in color?The Beginning of TVPause for discussion, then Click to continue

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Introduction Welcome to WJXT TV 4 in Jacksonville, FloridaDuring this tour you will see where television programs and news come from.Have you ever been to a TV station before?If so, did you get to be on TV? The tower is usually the first part of a TV station you see from far away.Pause for discussion, then Click to continue

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Introduction Television stations are where programs and commercials come from. Many programs come from other stations far away. They send programs to local stations through satellites orbiting the Earth.Big satellite dishes receive those programs for the local station to broadcast.As you get closer, you will see many satellite dishes around the station.

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Introduction We see TV in our homes because powerful electronic signals are transmitted through the air from the tower to our home.

The signals in the air can be received at your TV set by an antenna sometimes called rabbit ears.Every TV tower has a transmitter building nearby with all the electronics needed to send the signal over the air.

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Introduction The TV signal in the air goes to our cable company too. Then it travels to your home through wires on telephone poles that connect to the TV.This is called cable TV because of how the signal gets to you.

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Introduction Some homes get their TV signals directly from a tiny satellite dish on the roof or in the yard.Do you get your TV signals from a local TV station over the air, through a local cable company wire, or from your own small satellite dish at your home or apartment?What do you think the differences might be in these three ways to receive TV?Pause for discussion, then Click to continue

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Ok. Now you know more about what TV is and how it gets to your home.

Its time to go inside the TV station and see what makes TV happen. Then we will meet some of the people who work in TV every day of the year.

(There are no holidays where the company closes in television or radio. Thats rightCan you think of a single day when you turn your TV on and theres nothing there?)

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Introduction The first thing we see when we arrive at Channel 4 is the large, modern building.

WJXT is called Channel 4 because to tune in the station you select number 4 on the TV set. (On local cable in Jacksonville, you would select channel 3).

Inside TV4 it is very busy with many different departments and many highly skilled employees.The outside of WJXT TV 4 in Jacksonville, Florida.

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IntroductionA TV station is made up of many different departments, or parts, that all work together.TV shows come to your home when the parts are all planned carefully by skilled people - and all the equipment works just as it should.TrafficEngineersOperationsAdminProductionWeatherSalesPromotionsNewsTV station departments are like puzzle pieces. They all work together to get the job done!

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IntroductionNow we are going to visit some of those departmentsLets go inside!

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The Entrance

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Long hallways and modern stairways take you through the many different departments of the TV station. It would be easy to get lost until you learn your way around

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TV Station Field Trip 1bPlease continue your field trip with

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