Following are the commonly used acronyms used in television broadcast, cable, audio and related industries.
ACRONYM | MEANING |
AA | Average Audience |
AAAA | American Association of Advertising Agencies |
AAAA | Associated Actors and Artists of America |
AAF | American Advertising Federation |
AAPOR | American Association for Public Opinion Research |
ABES | Association for Broadcast Engineering Standards |
AC | Adult Contempoary |
ACA | Advertising Council of America |
ACBB | American Counciil for Better Broadcasting |
ACC | Automatic Chrominance (or Contrast) Control |
ACE | American Cinema Editors |
ACSB | Amplitude Compandored Sideband |
ACT | Action for Children’s Television |
ACTS | All-Channel Television Society |
ACTS | Association of Cable Television Suppliers |
ACTVA | American Community TV Association |
ACU | Antenna Coupling Unit |
ADC | Analog-to-digital Converter |
ADI | Area of Dominent Influence |
ADS | Alpha Delta Sigma (Advertising Fraternity) |
AEA | Actors Equity Association |
AER | Alpha Epislon Rho – College Broadcast Fraternity |
AES | Audio Engineering Society |
AF | Audio Frequency |
AFC | Automatic Frequency Control |
AFCCE | Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers |
AFI | American Film Institute |
AFM | American Federation of Musicians |
AFN | Armed Forces Network |
AFRTS | Armed Forces Radio & Television Service |
AFT | Automatic Fine Tuning |
AFTRA | American Federation of Television & Radio Artists |
AFTRCC | Aerospace Flight Test Radio Coordinating Council |
AGAC | American Guild of Actors & Composers |
AGC | Automatic Gain Control |
AGMA | American Guild of Musical Artists |
AGVA | American Guild of Variety Artists |
AHAAT | Antenna Height Above Average Terrain |
AIAA | Association of International Advertising Agencies |
AID | Arbitron Information on Demand |
AIM | Accuracy in Media |
AITS | Association of Independent Television Stations |
ALC | Automatic Level Control |
ALF | American Legal Foundation |
ALJ | Administrative Law Judge |
ALPTVA | American Low Power TV Association |
AM | Amplitude Modulation |
AMOL | Automated Measurement of Lineup |
AMPAS | Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences |
AMST | Association of Maximum Service Telecasters |
AMVB | Association of Music Video Broadcasters |
ANA | Association of National Advertisers |
ANPA | American Newspaper Publishers Association |
ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
AOR | Album Oriented Rock (program format) |
AOR | All Over the Road (Undefined program format) |
APA | Administrative Procedures Act |
APL | Average Picture Level |
APR | American Public Radio |
ARCH | Automatic Remote Cassette Handler |
ARF | Advertisers Research Foundation |
ARRS | Association of Radio Reading Services |
ASC | American Society of Cinematographers |
ASCAP | American Society of Composers |
ATFP | Alliance of Television & Film Producers |
ATR | Audio Tape Recorder |
ATS | Applications Technology Satellite |
ATS | Automatic Transmission System |
ATSC | Advanced Television Systems Committee |
ATU | Antenna Tuning Unit |
AWG | American Wire Gauge for electrical wiring |
AWRT | American Women in Radio & Television |
BAPSA | Broadcast Advertising Producers Society of America |
BAR | Broadcast Advertisers Reports |
BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation |
BEA | Broadcast Education Association |
BEDA | Broadcast Executive Directors Association |
BER | Bit Error Rate |
BET | Black Entertainment Television |
BFM | Broadcast Financial Management Association |
BIAC | Broadcast Interassociation Council |
BIB | Board for International Broadcasting |
BICIAP | Broadcasting Industry Council to Improve American Productivi |
BM | Beautiful Music-Easy Listening Format |
BMI | Broadcast Music Incorporated |
BNC | Bayonett Connector (for small coaxial cable) |
BOC | Bell Operating Company |
BPA | Broadcast Promotion Association |
BPME | Broadcast Promotion and Marketing Executives |
BRC | Broadcast Rating Council – See EMRC |
BSC | British Society of Cinematographers |
BSS | Broadcast Satellite Service |
BTA | Best Time Available |
BTSC | Broadcast Television Systems Committee |
C/CS | County Coverage Service |
CAB | Canadian Association of Broadcasters |
CAMS | Cable Audience Measurement Study |
CARS | Community Antenna Relay Service |
CATA | Community Antenna Television Association |
CBA | Community Broadcasters Association |
CBC | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
CBO | Congress of Broadcast Organizations |
CC | Closed-Captioned |
CCAUS | Component Analog Video Signal |
CCB | FCC Common Carrier Bureau |
CCC | Citizens Communication Center |
CCD | Charge Coupled Device Camera |
CCIR | International Radio Consultative Committee |
CCR | Central Control Room |
CCSB | Clear Channel Broadcasting Service |
CCTA | Canadian Cable Television Association |
CCTV | Closed Circuit Television |
CD | Compact Disk (Audio Recordings) |
CD-ROM | Compact Disk Read Only Memory (in computer systems) |
CE | Chief Engineer (Chief Station Operator) |
CEBA | Communications Excellence to Black Americans |
CEG/EIA Consumer Electronics Group of Electronics Industries Asscn. | |
CFR | Can’t Find the Road (Undefined Program Format) |
CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
CH | Critical Hours |
CHR | Contemporary Hit Radio (Format) |
CHUT | Cable Households Using Television |
CIRT | Mexican Association of Broadcasters |
CLI | Cumulative Leakage Index |
CMOS | Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
CONTAM | Committee on Nationwide Television Audience Measurement |
CP | Circular Polizariation |
CP | Construction Permit |
CPB | Corporation for Public Broadcasting |
CPCS | Common Program Control Station for EBS |
CPD | Committee for Prudent Deregulation |
CRT | Cathode Ray Tube (Video Monitor) |
CRT | Copyright Royalty Tribunal |
CRTC | Canadian Radio Television & Telecommunications Commission |
CS | Close Shot in Video or Film Production |
CTAM | Cable Television Administration & Marketing Society |
CTCM | Chrominance Time-Compression Luminance Multiplex |
CTS | Communications Technology Satellite |
CTY | Country Music Program Format |
CU | Close up shot in video or film production |
CUB | Council for UHF Broadcasters |
CUME | Cumulative Audience |
CUT | Coordinated Universal Time |
CV | Composite Video |
CVCC | Canadian Videotext Consultative Committee |
CVSD | Continuously Variable Slope Delta Modulation |
CWA | Communications Workers of America |
DA | Directional Antenna |
DA | Distribution Amplifier |
DAC | Digital-to-Audio Converter |
DAF | Demographic Adjustment Factor |
DAMA | Demand Assigned Multiple Access |
DASH | Digital Audio Stationary Head Tape Recorder |
DATS | Digital Audio Transmission Service |
DATV | Digitally Assisted Television |
DB | Delayed Broadcast |
DBA | Daytime Broadcasters Association (disbanded) |
DBS | Direct Broadcast Satellite |
DBSA | Direct Broadcast Satellite Association |
DCPM | Differential Pulse Code Modulation |
DE | Director of Engineering |
DGA | Directors Guild of America |
DIP | Dual Inline Package integrated circuit assembly |
DJ | Disk Jockey (announcer for programs of recorded music) |
DMA | Designated Market Area |
DMM | Digital Multimeter (used for servicing electronic equipment) |
DMM | Direct Metel Master (for LP record manufacturing) |
DNA | Data Not Available |
DOC | Department of Commerce (USA) |
DOC | Department of Communications (Canadian) |
DRAW | Direct Read After Write (Optical Data Disk) |
DSK | Downstream Keyer |
DTMF | Dual Tone Multiple Frequency (telephone tone calling system) |
DTTR | Digital Television Tape Recorder |
DVE | Digital Video Effects |
DW | Deutsche Welle (German International Broadcast Service) |
DX | Long Distance Communications |
EAN | Emergency Action Notification |
EBR | Electron Beam Recording |
EBS | Emergency Broadcast System |
EBU | European Broadcasting Union |
ECU | Extreme close up shot in video or film production |
EEPA | Electromagnetic Energy Policy Alliance |
EFP | Electronic Field Production |
EIA | Electronic Industries Association |
EIAJ | Electronic Industries Association of Japan |
EIRP | Equivilent Isotropic Radiated Power |
EJ | Electronic Journalism (now ENG) |
EMP | Electromagnetic Pulse |
EMRC | Electronic Media Rating Council |
ENG | Electronic News Gathering |
ENP | Electronic News Processing |
EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
EPM | Equipment Performance Measurements |
EPROM | Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
ERP | Effective Radiated Power |
ET | Electrical Transcription |
ETV | Educational Television |
FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
FCBA | Federal Communications Bar Association |
FCC | Federal Communications Commission |
FDM | Frequency Division Multiplex |
FEC | Federal Election Commission |
FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
FET | Field Effect Transistor |
FIM | Fairness in Media (Organization) |
FIT | Foundation to Improve Television |
FM | Frequency Modulation |
FMX | FM Extended Range Transmission System |
FNG | Film News Gathering |
FOB | FCC Field Operations Bureau |
FOIA | Freedom of Information Act |
FSK | Frequency Shift Keying |
FSS | Fixed Satellite Service |
FTC | Federal Trade Commission |
FWH | Fast Weekly Household Audiences Report |
GAO | General Accounting Office |
GMT | Greenwich Mean Time (Obsolete see UTC) |
GOE | Group of Experts (International Radio Conferences) |
GPO | Government Printing Office |
GRP | Gross Rating Points |
HAAT | Height Above Average Terrain |
HASL | Height above Mean Sea Level |
HBI | Horizontal Blanking Interval |
HDTV | High Definition Television |
HF | High Frequency (shortwave broadcasting) |
HFR | Hold for Release |
HID | High Intensity Discharger for lighting lamps |
HPA | High Power Amplifier (used in SNG terminals) |
HSD | Home Satellite Dish |
HTR | Household Tracking Report |
HUT | Household Using Television |
IAAB | Inter-American Association of Broadcasters |
IATSE | International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees |
IBA | Independent Broadcasting Authority |
IBEW | International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers |
IBS | Intercollegiate Broadcasting System |
ICPM | Incidental Carrier Phase Modulation |
ICR | Inter-City Relay Station |
ICTV | Independent Community Television Alliance |
ID | Station identification |
IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
IFB | Interuptable fold-back for SNG circuits |
IFRB | International Frequency Registration Board |
IHF | Institute of High Fidelity (merged into EIA) |
IM | Intermodulation |
IMD | Intermodulation Distortion |
INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite Organization | |
INTV | Association of Independent Television Stations |
IPA | Intermediate Power Amplifier |
IPS | Inches per Second (linear recording tape speed) |
IRAC | Interdepartmental Radio Advisory Committee |
IRE | Institute of Radio Engineers (now IEEE) |
IRTS | International Radio and Television Society |
IRTV | International Radio & Television Foundation |
ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
ISL | Inter-satellite Link |
ITFS | Instructional Television Fixed Service |
ITNA | Independent Television News Association |
ITS | Institute of Telecommunication Sciences (div. of NTIA) |
ITS | International Transcription Service (FCC Copy Service) |
ITU | International Telecommunication Union |
IX | Interference |
JCIC | Joint Council on Intersocietal Coordination |
JFET | Junction Field Effect Transistor |
LAPLPS | North American Presentation Level Protocol Standard (Vidtex) |
LCU | Line Coupling Unit in transmission systems |
LED | Light Emitting Diode |
LFCC | Local Frequency Coordinating Committee |
LIDIA | Local ID Insertion Automatically |
LMRS | Land Mobile Radio Service |
LNA | Low Noise Amplifier |
LOP | Least Objectionable Program |
LP | Long Play Phonograph Recording (33-1/3 rpm microgroove) |
LPAS | Low Power Auxiliary Service for Broadcast Stations |
LPTV | Low Power Television |
LS | Local Sunset |
LS | Long shot in video or film production |
LSI | Large Scale Integrated Circuit |
LTU | Line Tuning Unit in transmission systems |
MAC | Multiplex Analog Component TV Transmission |
MAP | Media Access Project |
MCR | Master Control Room |
MCS | Multi-channel Sound for TV |
MCTV | Multichannel TV |
MCU | Medium Close Up Shot in Video or Film Production |
MDS | Multipoint Distribution Service |
MEOV | Maximum Expected Operating Value |
MERPS | Multiple Event Record & Playback System |
MIDI | Musical Instrument Digital Interface |
MIRF | Master International Frequency Register (of ITU) |
MLS | Medium Long Shot in Video or Film Production |
MM | Metered Market Service |
MMB | FCC Mass Media Bureau |
MMDS | Multichannel-Multipoint Distribution Service |
MNA | Multi-Network Area |
MO&O | Memorandum Opinion and Order |
MOL | Maximum Operating Level |
MOP | Minute of Program |
MOR | Middle of the Road Program Format |
MOSFET | Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor |
MOT | Main (Satellite) Operating Terminal |
MP | Modified Permit |
MP | Monitoring Point (for AM directional antenna systems) |
MPA | Multiple Product Advertisement |
MPAA | Motion Picture Association of America |
MSA | Metro Survey Area |
MSI | Market Statistics Inc. |
MSO | Multiple System OPerator (CATV) |
MSS | Mobile Satellite Service |
MST | Association of Maximum Service Telecasters |
MTBF | Mean Time Between Failure(s) |
MTBR | Mean Time Between Repair(s) |
MTS | Multichannel Television Sound |
MTV | Music Television |
MUF | Maximum Usable Frequency (in HF broadcasting) |
MUSE | Multiple Sub-Nyquist Sampling Encoding (for TV) |
MUX | Multiplex communications transmissions |
MX | Mutually Exclusive Condition |
N/T | News-Talk Program Format |
NAB | National Association of Broadcasters |
NABA | North American Broadcast Association |
NABB | National Association of Better Broadcasting |
NABET | National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians |
NABOB | National Association of Black-Owned Broadcasters |
NABTS | North American Broadcast Teletext Standard |
NAC | National Audience Composition |
NACT | National Association of Community TV Broadcasters |
NAD | National Audience Demographics |
NAEB | National Association of Educational Broadcasters (disbanded |
NAITPD | National Association of Independent TV Producers & Distribut |
NAL | Notice of Apparent Liability |
NAPTE | National Association of Television Program Executives |
NAPTS | National Association of Public Television Stations |
NARAS | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
NARBA | North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement |
NARTE | National Association of Radio & Television Engineers |
NARUC | National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NASB | National Association of Spanish Broadcasters |
NATAS | National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
NATO | National Association of Theater Owners |
NBI | Nielsen Broadcast Index |
NBMC | National Black Media Coalition |
NBN | National Black Network |
NCCB | National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting |
NCFM | Noncommercial FM |
NCPAC | National Conservative Political Action Committee |
NCTA | National Cable Television Association |
NCTV | National Coalition on Television Violence |
NEH | National Endowment for the Humanities |
NEMO | Not Emanating from Main Office (A Remote Broadcast) |
NHI | Nielson Home Video Index |
NHK | Japanese National Broadcast System |
NIAC | National Industry Advisory Committee (EBS) |
NILPTV | National Institute for Lower Power TV |
NNA | National Newspaper Association |
NOI | Notice of Inquiry |
NPACT | National Public Affairs Center for Television |
NPBS | Nielson Post-Buy Service |
NPR | National Public Radio |
NPRM | Notice of Proposed Rule Making |
NRB | National Religious Broadcasters |
NRBA | National Radio Broadcasters Association (merged with NAB) |
NSA | National Security Agency |
NSEP | National Security & Emergency Procedures |
NSI | Nielsen Station Index |
NTA | National Translator Association |
NTI | Nielson Television Index |
NTIA | National Telecommunications and Information Administration |
NTIS | National Technical Information Service (Dept. of Commerce) |
NTSC | National Television System Committee |
O&O | Owned and Operated |
OCPA | FCC Office of Congressional and Public Affairs |
OET | FCC Office of Engineering & Technology (formerly OST) |
OFS | Operational Fixed Service |
OIRT | International Radio and Television Organization |
OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
OMD | FCC Office of Managing Director |
OPP | FCC Office of Plans and Policy |
OROM | Optical Read Only Memory (for data storage) |
ORTF | French National Broadcasting Organization |
OS | Off Screen |
OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
OST | FCC Office of Science & Technology (renamed OET) |
OSTP | Office of Science & Telecommunications Policy |
OTO | One Time Only |
OTP | Office of Telecommunications Polity (now NTIA) |
PA | Power Amplifier |
PA | Public Address System |
PA | Public Affairs |
PAC | Political Action Committee |
PACCT | Political Action Committee for Cable Television |
PACT | Private Access Communications Terminals (Satellite Service) |
PAL | European Color Television System |
PBS | Public Broadcasting Service |
PBX | Private Branch (Telephone) Exchange |
PC | Personal Computer |
PCB | Polyychlorinated Biphenyl (fluid used in electrical equip.) |
PCM | Pulse Code Modulation |
PD | Program Director – Production Director |
PD | Public Domain Material |
PDM | Pulse Duration Modulation |
PDT | Published Data Tapes |
PE | Professional Engineer Registered or Licensed |
PGA | Producers Guild of America |
PI | Per Inquiry |
PLL | Phase Lock(ed) Loop |
PLP | Presentation Level Protocol |
PLT | Private Line Telecommunications Circuit |
PM | Permanent Magnet |
PMRC | Parents Music Resource Center |
POE | Panel of Experts |
POM | Professional Owners & Managers |
POV | Point of View Shot in Video or Film Production |
PPI | Peak Program (level) Indicator |
PPM | Peak Program Meter |
PPV | Pay per View |
PRB | FCC Private Radio Bureau |
PRS | Program Rating Summary Report |
PSA | Presunrise Service Authorization |
PSA | Public Service Announcement |
PSK | Phase Shift Keying |
PSRA | PreSunrise Authority |
PSSA | Post Sunset Authority |
PSSC | Public Service Satellite Consortium |
PTAR | Prime Time Access Rule |
PTT | Postal Telephone & Telegraph Administration |
PTT | Push to Talk (microphone) |
PTV | Public Television |
PVC | Polyvinyl Chloride (common plastic) |
QM | Quadrature Modulation |
QPSK | Quadrature Phase Shift Keying |
R&F | Reach & Frequency |
R&O | FCC Report & Order in Rulemaking Proceeding |
RAB | Radio Advertising Bureau |
RADAR | Radio All Dimension Audio Research |
RADAR | Radio Detection and Ranging |
RADET | Rapid Deployment Earth Terminal for SNG |
RAM | Random Access Memory (in computer systems) |
RARC | Regional Administrative Radio Conference |
RASO | Radio Allocations Study Organization |
RCA | Radio Club of America |
RCC | Radio Common Carrier |
RCI | Radio Canada International |
RCL | Remote Control Location |
RDD | Random Digital Dialing (for audience surveys) |
RFA | Regulatory Flexibility Act |
RFE | Radio Free Europe |
RFI | Radio Frequency Interference |
RFR | Radio Frequency Radiation |
RGB | Red-Green-Blue Color Monitor Signal |
RIAA | Recording Industry Association of America |
RIAS | Radio in American Sector (Berlin) |
RL | Radio Liberty |
RMS | Root Mean Square |
RN | Radio Nederland (Dutch International Broadcast Service) |
RNA | Radio Network Association |
RO | Receive-Only Earth Terminal |
ROM | Read Only Memory (in computer systems) |
ROS | Run of Schedule |
ROSP | Report on Syndicated Programs |
RP | Rear Projection |
RP | Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit |
RPU | Remote Pickup Unit |
RSS | Root Sum Square |
RTCA | Radio-Television Correspondents Association |
RTES | Radio & Television Executives Society |
RTNDA | Radio & Television News Directors Association |
RTRC | Radio & Television Research Council |
S/I | Signal to Interference Ratio |
S/N | Signal to Noise Ratio |
SAC | Sales Advisory Committee of TBA |
SAG | Screen Actors Guild |
SAP | Second Audio Program on TV subcarrier |
SAR | Specific Absorption Rate of Radio Frequency Radiation |
SAW | Surface Acoustic Wave (type of electronic filter) |
SAWA | Screen Advertising World Association |
SBA | Small Business Administration |
SBC | Standard Broadcast Calendar |
SBE | Society of Broadcast Engineers |
SBS | Sound Broadcast Satellite |
SCA | Subsidiary Communications Authority |
SCG | Screen Cartoonists Guild |
SCPC | Single Channel per Carrier |
SCTE | Society of Cable Television Engineers |
SDX | Sigma Delta Chi (Journalism Society) |
SE | Sound Effects |
SECAM | French and Russian Color Television System |
SECC | State Emergency Communications Committee (for EBS) |
SEG | Screen Extras Guild |
SESAC | Society of European Songwriters Artists and Composers |
SFX | Sound Effects |
SH | Specified Hours (Licensed hours of operation) |
SIA | Storage Instantaneous Audimeter |
SID | Source Identification Signal (in TV VBI) |
SIU | Sets in Use |
SMA | Special Market Area |
SMATV | Subscription Master Antenna Television |
SMPTE | Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers |
SMSA | Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area |
SNG | Satellite News Gathering |
SOF | Sound on Film |
SOT | Sound on Tape |
SPACE | Society for Private & Commercial Earth Stations |
SPARS | Society of Professional Audio Recording Studios |
SPL | Sound Pressure Level |
SRA | Station Representative Association Inc. |
STA | Special Temporary Authority |
STC | Satellite Television Corp. |
STL | Studio Transmitter Link |
STV | Subscription Television |
STVA | Subscription Television Association |
SVI | Standard Volume Indicator (VU Meter) |
SVRC | Satellite Viewing Rights Coalition |
SWARC | Satellite World Radio Conference |
T&A | Tits and Ass |
T/R | Transmit – Receive Earth Terminal |
TARPAC | Television & Radio Political Action Committee |
TARPEC | Television and Radio Political Education Committee |
TASO | Television Allocations Study Organization |
TBA | To Be Announced |
TBC | Time Base Corrector |
TBD | To be Determined |
TBR | To be Recorded |
TD | Technical Director |
TDMA | Time Division Multiple Access (Satellite system) |
TF | Till Forbid (open-ended advertising schedule) |
TFN | Till Further Notice (scheduled for broadcast) |
THD | Total Harmonic Distortion |
TI | Terrestrial Interference to space communications |
TIM | Transient Intermodulation Distortion |
TIO | Television Information Office |
TMC | Time Multiplex Component Video |
TMP | Test Market Profile |
TNC | Threaded Connector (for small coaxial cable) |
TOC | Television Operator Council |
TPO | Transmitter Power Output |
TRF | Tuned Radio Frequency (type of receiver) |
TRL | Telemetry Return Link |
TSA | Total Survey Area |
TSL | Transmitter to Studio Link |
TVB | Television Bureau of Advertising |
TVI | Television reception interference |
TVRO | TV Receive-only Satellite Earth Terminal |
TWTA | Travelling Wave Tube Amplifier |
UC | Urban Contemporary (Program format) |
UHF | Ultra-High Frequency |
UL | Underwriters Laboratory |
USIA | United States Information Agency |
UT | Universal Coordinated Time (formerly GMT) |
VAC | Voltage – Alternating Current |
VAR | Video to Audio Carrier Ratio |
VBI | Vertical Blanking Interval |
VBIC | Vertical Blanking Interval Code |
VCO | Voltage Controlled Oscillator |
VCR | Video Cassette Recorder |
VDP | Video Disk Player |
VHF | Very High Frequency |
VHS | Video Home System (a video cassette recording format) |
VIMCAS | Vertical Interval Multi-channel Audio System |
VIRS | Vertical Interval Reference Signal |
VITC | Vertical Interval Time Code |
VITS | Vertical Interval Television Signal |
VOA | Voice of America |
VOM | Volt Ohm Meter (used in electronic service work) |
VPS | Viewers per Set |
VPVH | Viewer per Viewing Household |
VSWR | Voltage Standing Wave Ratio |
VTR | Video Tape Recorder |
VTVM | Vacuum Tume Volt Meter (used in electronic service work) |
VU | Volume Unit (measurement of program level) |
WARC | World Administrative Radio Conference |
WATCH | Washington Association of Television & Children |
WATS | Wide Area Telephone Service |
WGA | Writers Guild of America |
WHCA | White House Communications Agency |
WIC | Women in Cable |
WPFC | World Press Freedom Committee |
WST | World System Teletext |
WW | Working Women |
ZI | Zoom In |
ZO | Zoom Out |
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