NZQA registered unit standard 10214 version 5
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Title Schedule and manage playlists for radio
Level
Purpose
4 Credits 15
People credited with this unit standard are able to: determine playlist requirements; manage a playlist; and organise a music system.
Classification
Available grade
Electronic Media > Radio
Achieved
Explanatory notes
Definitions
Station practice refers to the documented procedures which set out the standard practices of the station.
Station format means the presentation structure required by the programme director.
Target audience means the audience the station targets expressed in terms of gender, age, and socio-economic status.
Rotate means the category that the song is placed into.
Outcome 1
Determine playlist requirements.
Evidence requirements
1.1 Style of music is selected to meet station format requirements and target audience.
1.2 Total playlist and rotation levels are selected to meet station format requirements.
1.3 Playlist format is selected to reflect target audience.
Outcome 2
Manage a playlist.
Evidence requirements
2.1 Each rotate contains songs appropriate to the station format.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020

NZQA registered unit standard
Range
10214 version 5
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2.2
2.3
Playlist rotates are massaged and updated in accordance with station format.
New songs are introduced in to match the station’s target audience’s preferred music as defined by the results of the station
’s research.
Range may include but is not limited to – sales charts, other stations' airplay, television exposure, artist history, music research.
Outcome 3
Organise a music system.
Evidence requirements
3.1 Music to be played is available in the studio on time, in play order, in the required format, and is of the required technical standard.
3.2 Performance and phono rights are documented in accordance with station format requirements.
Replacement information This unit standard replaced unit standard 1374.
Planned review date 31 December 2016
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment
Registration
Revision
1
2
28 February 1997
11 March 1998
31 December 2010
31 December 2010
Revision
Review
3
4
8 February 2001
20 March 2009
31 December 2010
31 December 2010
Review 5 18 February 2011 N/A
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference 0002
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020

NZQA registered unit standard 10214 version 5
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NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Consent requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
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Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020