A & R Man Artists & Repertoire Manager (a staff producer at a record company.) One famous example was the head of the A & R Department at Columbia Records -- Mitch Miller -- who supervised [..]

A segment of a radio or television program. Typical television programs typically have a three-act structure between which are commercial breaks and/or station breaks.

A musical cue which begins or concludes one act of a television or radio show. Such a curtain may be an "Act Opener" or an "Act Closer". For example, an "Act Closer" ofte [..]

A person who takes the basic melody of a musical composition and creates a score to be performed by a particular musical ensemble; in the process the melody may be reharmonized or put into a different [..]

An announcement (or musical cue for such an announcement) that begins a TV or radio program to indicate the contents of the program which will follow. Since a musical overture (in the style of musical [..]

A commercial break or station break -- a pause between acts of a television or radio program during which are broadcast a sponsor's commercial message, "spot" commercials, public servic [..]

A musical cue which is meant to make a transition from one mood to another, or signifying a change of place or a change in time. Such cues may start in one tempo or key and end in another tempo or key [..]

A short musical bridge within a television show, which separates the show content from the following commercials or other announcements; memorable bumpers were Melvyn Lenard Gordon's "Tymp B [..]

The department or company which makes sure that uses of various musical compositions (and optionally recordings) are "cleared" for use within new recordings, motion pictures, television and [..]

An unusual technique of opening a program without a Billboard or Main Title Theme; The modern program "Law and Order" often starts out with a single short synthesized music effect and a cold [..]