Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Comblage

English translation:

Filler; filler programming

Added to glossary by Carol Gullidge
Feb 26, 2010 16:13
14 yrs ago
French term

Comblage

French to English Tech/Engineering Media / Multimedia Radiophonie
En radio, un concept qui permet de "combler" un vide audio en fin de pubs par exemple (medley musical p.e.)
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Proposed translations (English)
3 +3 Filler
Change log

Mar 3, 2010 09:26: Carol Gullidge Created KOG entry

Discussion

polyglot45 Feb 26, 2010:
not sure if a real term exists time-filling, waffling, time-killing....

Proposed translations

+3
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Filler

seems to fit the bill. Often used as a gap-fill between 2 more important/main features...

Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) Program Materials
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
recordings from AFRTS radio program materials only for continuing local AFRTS use. ..... AFRTS-BC television fillers are brief visual "snapshots" ...
www.nsf.gov/about/...ant/.../dod_5120-20-r_appendix-f_tagge... - Similar

www.fillerradio.com/Bio.html - Cached
Becoming a Broadcaster - International Radio Station WWRB
Q: I'd like to start a radio program on WWRB. What are your rates? ... Unfortunately, filler programming rarely benefits a radio station's paying ...
www.wwrb.org/faq_pages/faq_sect2.php - Cached

Filler | filler.com.au
LIKE the best accidental success stories, a Melbourne community radio program devoted to all things Beatles began as a filler. ...
www.filler.com.au/filler-articles/ -
Peer comment(s):

agree Chris Hall
4 mins
many thanks Chris!
agree Michel F. Morin : Fine...
56 mins
many thanks Michel!
agree Liliane Hatem
2 hrs
many thanks Liliane!
neutral Tony M : 'filler' would be what you put in it, but I'm not quite sure of the right term for the action of doing it, as 'comblage' here; sounds like 'vamp till ready' in musical terms!
4 hrs
the fillers are the programs. // according to one of my links, the action seems to be "filler programmig". No doubt there are also other possibilities
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Reference comments

15 mins
Reference:

GDT definition...

comblage n. m.

Définition :
Opération consistant à boucher un trou imprévu dans le programme ou à allonger une émission trop courte.
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree polyglot45 : I gather you have seen my point !
16 mins
This was posted 12 minutes before you made your point!
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