Strip programming

<p>Strip programming or stripping is a technique used for <a href="/facts/Scheduling/EVTapQ4a">scheduling</a> <a href="/facts/Terrestrial_television/3nTUr9cY">television</a> and <a href="/facts/Radio_broadcasting/FLJVq8Ec">radio</a> <a href="/facts/Broadcast_programming/fXlDQcTE">programming</a> to ensure consistency and coherency. <a href="/facts/Television_program/eooTEhwW">Television</a> or <a href="/facts/Radio_program/VByUdhNU">radio programs</a> of a particular style (such as a <a href="/facts/Television_series/eooTEhwW">television series</a>) are given a regular daily time slot during the week, so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule. For example, radio and television <a href="/facts/Broadcasting/AV1f3dGy">broadcasters</a> may program a <a href="/facts/News/BrNUWM1c">news</a> program at <a href="/facts/Rush_hour/c2mG9cPQ">rush hours</a> every day, or at least every weekday.
</p><p>Strip programming is used to deliver consistent content to targeted audiences. Broadcasters know or predict the times at which certain <a href="/facts/Demographics/VktYwWUD">demographics</a> will be listening to or watching their programs and play them at that time. Most television <a href="/facts/Dayparting/ToFWCKvl">dayparts</a> outside of <a href="/facts/Prime_time/6NYMrYPL">prime time</a> use strip programming five days a week (with some selected programs also being stripped on one or both days of the weekend), with the same programs being broadcast every day at the same time to target specific demographics. Strip programming is sometimes criticized as making programming too predictable, and reducing diversity and uniqueness.
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