jockey’s  (DJ’s)  show?  These  types  of  questions  and many more are to be answered within the station SOP book. Recall rosters for the command should also be placed  in  the  SOP.  All  emergency  action  plans  should be  placed  in  the  book  and  exact  copies  should  be distributed to each board operations site. (More than likely,  emergencies  will  occur  after  normal  working hours are over.) DoD 5120.20-R contains information on station identifications and emergency announce- ments and that will help you when writing an SOP for your station. A periodic review of the SOP by all hands is a must. CONTINUITY The  continuity  department  writes,  receives  and checks all spot announcement copy before it is aired. The  continuity  department  makes  sure  the  copy  is according to station SOP to include format, time and good taste, and so forth. The copy is usually kept in a continuity book used for on-air purposes and an alibi file is maintained that will hold the announcements for one year. (It is a good idea to keep all news copy in an alibi file  for  one  year  also.)  The  continuity  department interacts with virtually everyone in the station. It must interact  with  the  operations  manager  and  program manager concerning station policies, procedures and spot  programming,  and  with  production  personnel  about any equipment, props or graphics that might be needed. It must also interact with the on-air talent to make sure that  intended  messages  or  objectives  of  locally  produced spots  are  met. Continuity could be a single department at very large stations, but within NBS detachments, it is more than likely one of the functions of the radio department. Again,  this  organizational  decision  is  made  by  the station OIC based on available resources. However, there   should   always   be   someone   specifically accountable  for  continuity  at  the  station.  Always remember:  the  primary  objective  of  the  Armed  Forces Radio  and  Television  Service  (and  thus  NBS detachments)  is  the  timely  dissemination  of  command information  to  military,  DoD  personnel  and  their  family members.  One  of  the  most  effective  methods  of fulfilling this mission is by radio and television spot announcements. TRAINING Most often a senior petty officer is appointed as the training PO for the detachment, and it is that PO’s job to make sure each person filling a position at the station is  adequately  prepared  for  the  job.  Every  journalist  at the station should be trained as a basic broadcaster. As stated earlier, knowing how to teach the fundamentals is the underlying mission of this chapter. Later in this chapter, we explore what the senior JO should know before attempting to teach the two most basic tasks of broadcast  journalism:  announcing  and  interviewing. CROSS-TRAINING You read about the importance of cross-training in Chapter 1. Cross-training at an NBS detachment, as in a  public  affairs  office,  is  extremely  important  for  a number of reasons. First, you want all your people to have  the  benefit  of  experience  at  every  position  in  the detachment. This will produce well-rounded leadership in  the  future  Navy.  Second,  no  one  should  ever  be indispensable.   You   never   know   when   tragedy, emergency transfers, TADs or combat casualties might occur.  Third,  cross-training  for  most  sailors  is  fun. There are countless business school text books crying for management to keep employees interested in the job by  letting  them  see  the  big  picture  and  accomplish different tasks. In Navy broadcasting, keeping young sailors away from the equipment on their days off is often a problem. TELEVISION  PROGRAMMING Learning  Objective:  Recognize  the  principles,  capa- bilities  and  requirements  of  television  programming. Preparing a master television schedule is a lot more than  just  taking  available  program  material  and  falling in  the  blanks  on  a  schedule.  For  the  military  pro- grammer, it is a complex blend of what the audience wants  and  when,  fulfilling  command  information requirements and adhering to policies laid down by everyone from AFRTS to your local station manager. Your primary objective is to pass command information onto the viewer. The trick to doing this effectively is for you to program your station in a way that attracts the viewer  and  keeps  him  watching.  In  other  words,  hook ’em,  keep  ’em  and  inform  ’em.  You  are  simply responding to and meeting the needs of the audience and that makes for effective programming, In   this   section,   we   will   cover   the   primary considerations  in  making  programming  decisions.  We will  also  cover  the  mechanics  of  preparing  the  master television  schedule  and  how  to  promote  it  once  the schedule is complete. The examples given in this section 8-3