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In the News (Fri 4 Dec 09)

  
  Ham Radio and Radio Astronomy
Ships were equipped with radio, huge commercial stations were set up to handle intercontinental messages after the fashion of the telegraph companies, and many other uses were found for the new technology.
Thus, when the first government regulations were imposed on radio in 1912, the amateur operators ("hams"), whose interest in radio was personal and experimental, rather than commercial, got the short end of the stick.
Reber's radio astronomy work continued for a number of years, and his results were published in the Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers, the Astrophysical Journal, Nature, and the Journal of Geophysical research.
www.nrao.edu /whatisra/hist_ham.shtml   (1070 words)

  
 Commercial Radio Australia National Radio Conference
The proposed reform of media ownership, as it relates to radio; the issue of new commercial radio licences; and how the Government is tackling radio fl spots I know are issues of particular interest to this audience.
The Government's $5 million Commercial Radio Blackspots Program is helping to provide new or improved commercial radio services to regional and remote communities where it has not been commercially viable for licensees.
This is a good opportunity to talk through some of the big issues facing commercial radio in the coming year and to come up with strategies to ensure that Australians continue to have reliable and ready access to high quality, diverse commercial radio services into the future.
www.darylwilliams.dcita.gov.au /Article/0,,0_7-2_4011-4_117106,00.html   (1801 words)

  
 FCC - Commercial Radio Operator Licenses
The FCC currently issues eight types of commercial radio operator licenses and two types of endorsements.
Who needs a Commercial Operator License depends on whether you wish to operate or repair and maintain radio stations.
To obtain a new or upgraded FCC commercial operator license, you must pass an examination administered by one of the Commercial Operator License Examination (COLE) Testing Managers.
wireless.fcc.gov /commoperators   (135 words)

  
 First Commercial Transistor Radio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Their application to the new radio receiver accounts for a large part of the increased production and employment in the two divisions in recent weeks.
The radio receiver measures 5 x 3 x 1 1/4 inches - the smallest set commercially available - with the semiconductor devices themselves occupying less than 1/10 of a cubic inch.
Gain at radio frequency with the germanium transistor is sufficient to permit a combined mixer-oscillator stage.
www.ti.com /corp/docs/company/history/radio.shtml   (382 words)

  
 W5YI : Resources for Amateur & Commercial Radio
The W5YI Group distributes Amateur Radio and Commercial Radio Operator license study materials and preparation aids.
The W5YI-VEC sponsors and conducts Amateur Radio Operator examinations at hundreds of locations throughout the United States and in several foreign countries.
National Radio Examiners administers commercial radio operator license examinations throughout the United States.
www.w5yi.org   (179 words)

  
 Business Unlimited | Business latest | Commercial radio plans national fightback to take Wogan's scalp
The commercial radio industry pledged a joint fightback against the BBC yesterday after the corporation opened up a 10% ratings lead over its advertising-funded rivals.
Commercial stations saw their share slip to 43.8%, giving the BBC its second largest margin of victory since the current ratings system was launched in 1999.
The headlines in commercial radio, apart from the crushing BBC ratings, were the miraculous revival of Chrysalis Group's Heart FM in London.
www.guardian.co.uk /business/story/0,3604,1477422,00.html   (823 words)

  
 Commercial Radio Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
One of the founders of FM radio in Australia, Rod Muir, and the talkback presenter credited with bringing The Beatles to Adelaide during their 1964 tour were tonight inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame at the 2005 Australian Commercial Radio Awards.
Voting for the winner by commercial radio music directors is based on eight criteria including the artists’ potential to succeed, the appeal of original material performed, credibility as a performer, willingness to participate in commercial radio promotions, level of listener requests, CD sales, chart position obtained and willingness to tour Australia.
His award-winning radio monitoring service uses digital audio watermarking to encode the commercials with a 48bit ID that is repeatedly embedded every five seconds.  The service has a web based reporting system that allows advertisers and account managers to log on and receive post times on their spots within minutes of broadcast.
www.commercialradio.com.au /news.cfm   (14822 words)

  
 A report of Access Broadcasting - The future of Non-commercial Local Radio and Television in Sweden 2004
Along with public service broadcasting and private commercial broadcasting in Sweden non-commercial local radio stations are operating in 165 cities and non-commercial local cable television in 90 cities.
The report states that 25 years of non-commercial local radio in Sweden will soon come to end if there will be no significant changes in rules and regulation.
Commercial or private interests have begun taking dummy by proxy control of frequencies and thus preventing access for NGO:s.
www.ideosphere.se /public/summary.htm   (794 words)

  
 The Promise of Radio Paradise: An Open-Source Challenge to Commercial Radio | Linux Journal
On the Supply side, we have on-line radio stations created and run by the same kind of connoisseurs that once thrived on commercial radio (and persist on some noncommercial stations).
Real.com's radio listings, which are dominated by licensed commercial and noncommercial stations that employ those companies' server software.
I believe Open Source Radio is the best hope--not only for on-line broadcasting but for over-the-air commercial broadcasting as well, mostly because it not only saves money but gives commercial broadcasters a cornucopia of connoisseurs that might well serve as sources for over-the-air "content".
www.linuxjournal.com /article.php?sid=5725   (1536 words)

  
 Radio Advertising
Listen to the radio commercial by pressing the "Play Audio" button of the audio type you want to hear, and answer the questions.
How does radio advertising differ from other forms of media including television, newspapers, billboards, and magazines.
Listening to radio commercials is a good way to improve your comprehension skills.
www.esl-lab.com /radio/radiord1.htm   (161 words)

  
 commercial radio
We are committed to working with the commercial broadcasters and Ofcom to ensure our legislative framework supports this through the development of new channels.
Radio listening remains a popular medium and listeners today have a wide choice of stations.
As at 12 June 2004, there were 3 national commercial stations (Classic FM, TalkSPORT and Virgin 1215); 277 independent local radio (ILR) analogue services; 1 national digital multiplex carrying 8 radio services; 46 local digital multiplexes carrying some 300 radio services.
www.culture.gov.uk /broadcasting/commercial_radio.htm   (171 words)

  
 Commercial Radio
Years later I obtained permission from RCA Communications, the subsidiary of the Radio Corporation of America which dealt with point-to-point communication, to visit their transmitting station at Rocky Point.
Commercial radio communication of this kind, either on short or long waves, has almost disappeared.
For a few more years short wave radio will continue to be used to talk to transoceanic airliners, but soon satellites will fill this need too.
home.columbus.rr.com /gfoley/radioc.html   (914 words)

  
 Salon.com Arts & Entertainment | Radio's big bully
Radio stations that once were proudly local are now being programmed from hundreds of miles away.
Radio companies used to be severely constrained from owning what from the government's perspective was too many stations.
Government policy enforced the notion that radio was broadcast on the public airwaves and had an accompanying public trust.
www.salon.com /ent/feature/2001/04/30/clear_channel   (992 words)

  
 broadband » News » Satellite Radio's Last Hurrah - Commercial radio gets FCC nod to go digital
Satellite radio provider Sirius was already in trouble, announcing last August that the company had only managed to sign up 6,510 customers (generating a whopping $70,000) and needed $600 million to keep going.
It's combination of both commercial and non commercial stations gives it a cable TV feel and they have the ability to focus on formats that wouldn't make it on the air.
The XM antenna has two leads coming from it to the radio, one is for the satellite signal and the other is for the ground based signal.
www.dslreports.com /shownews/22619   (4584 words)

  
 Living - The Cincinnati Post
The awards perhaps drive home the decade-long trend that, thanks to radio consolidation and deregulation, commercial radio news departments have been decimated, while public stations have generally maintained small but active news staffs.
In the Cincinnati market, WLW is the only commercial radio station with a significant news presence.
A decade ago, there were at least three high-powered, highly competitive commercial radio news operations that included WLW along with WKRC-AM and WCKY-AM and even such FM stations as WUBE and WEBN with significant news departments.
www.cincypost.com /2004/10/05/radio100504.html   (776 words)

  
 Salon.com Arts & Entertainment | Pay for play
Radio is an entity unique to the music industry.
Sure, once in a while the indies showed their appreciation by sending some cocaine or hookers to station employees, but the colorful crew of fix-it men were basically providing a service: forging relationships with the gatekeepers in the complex world of radio, and turning that service into a deceptively simple and lucrative business.
There are 10,000 commercial radio stations in the United States; record companies rely on approximately 1,000 of the largest to create hits and sell records.
www.salon.com /ent/feature/2001/03/14/payola   (812 words)

  
 Prometheus Radio Project!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
To celebrate and activate on this important bill, we need thousands of low power radio supporters to call their congresspeople to tell them to support this legislation so critical to the future of low power, community radio.
Volunteers from across the grassroots radio world worked furiously with Houston Indymedia to build a low power radio station to serve evacuees at the Astrodome.
Radio Barnraisings are conferences where we build an entire Low Power Radio Station from the microphone to the antenna, and gather radio activists, engineers, and community media makers from around the world to trade skills, learn, and plan the microradio movement for the next months.
www.prometheusradio.org   (3008 words)

  
 FCC - General Radiotelephone Operator License (PG)
A PG is required to adjust, maintain, or internally repair FCC licensed radiotelephone transmitters in the aviation, maritime, and international fixed public radio services.
To obtain an FCC Commercial Operator License, applicants must submit, to the Commission, proof of passing written and/or telegraphy Elements as illustrated in the following table.
Element 1 - Basic radio law and operating practice with which every maritime radio operator should be familiar.
wireless.fcc.gov /commoperators/pg.html   (319 words)

  
 Howard Sterns leaves commercial radio - Oct. 6, 2004
Calling satellite radio "the next big thing," Stern said on his morning show that commercial radio is no longer a safe haven for shock jocks like him.
The decision also fostered talk about whether recent moves by Stern and other radio personalities, including former NPR host Bob Edwards, to satellite spelled the beginning of the end of traditional commercial radio.
Stern is not the only shock jock eyeing satellite radio, a subscription-based, commercial-free medium that, like cable television, is largely unregulated.
money.cnn.com /2004/10/06/news/newsmakers/stern_sirius?cnn=yes   (1073 words)

  
 W5YI NRE : Resources for Commercial Radio Licensing
The W5YI Group through its commercial radio operator licensing division, National Radio Examiners also administers all commercial radio operator license examinations.
It is the only organization that administers both the amateur and commercial radio operator examinations.
A list of the National Radio Examiners testing locations can be found here or you can call (toll free) to 1-800-669-9594 to reach our NRE Office during normal business hours (9 a.m.
www.nationalradioexaminers.com   (109 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Radio Authority will cease to exist on 29 December 2003 and its duties will be assumed by Ofcom, the Office of Communications.
Ofcom is the new communications sector regulator and will have wide-ranging responsibilities when it assumes its powers at the end of 2003.
As part of the transition process the material on the Radio Authority website is being transferred to the Ofcom website.
www.radioauthority.org.uk   (109 words)

  
 Commercial radio station   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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sunspotsproductions.com /dcvoicetalent/commercial.radio.station.html   (619 words)

  
 National Business Review (NBR) - Business, News, Arts, Media, Share Market & More
Of those, the survey says 84.8 per cent listen to a commercial radio station at some time during the week.
Newcomer networks Radio Live and Viva enter the commercial radio survey with 116,300 and 88,200 listeners respectively.
Radio Live shows a national share of 2.3 per cent and Viva a result of 1.9 per cent in their first survey.
www.nbr.co.nz /home/column_article.asp?id=13409&cid=4&cname=BusinessToday   (464 words)

  
 Commercial Radio Ratings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This is a realistic option if you will be in the business for five or more years, and you are willing to work at least 30 hours a week at it.
The radio portion is what this entire site is about; radio is the most complicated part of the music industry, and the most expensive part of the budget of a major record label.
If you hire an independent radio promoter, they can also help a little with PR, gigs and retail, provided the airplay campaign is large enough.
news.p2.net /radio.html   (555 words)

  
 Broadcast History
The orthodox answer to the matter of the first paid commercial has been that it was developed by WEAF in New York by ATandT in August of 1922.
But by the middle of April, the District 1 Radio Commissioner, Charles Kolster, had written WGI a cease and desist order, since at that time, doing "direct advertising" was not permitted, according Herbert Hoover's interpretation of the DOC Regulations.
In fact, he wanted radio broadcasting to be an educational and entertaining medium only, paid for by the makers of receivers out of profits they made selling his "radio music boxes."
www.oldradio.com /current/bc_spots.htm   (766 words)

  
 AA9PW's Commercial Radio Exam Practice Page
There are another five exams in use in the FCC Commercial examination system (Elements 2,4,5,6 and 7).
These contain useful FAQs and examination requirements, where to take the real exams, etc. You might also try the FCC Commercial Radio exam pages.
This site is intended to provide practice for the US Commercial Radio Examinations required to obtain a US Commercial Radio Licence.
www.aa9pw.com /radio/commercial.html   (217 words)

  
 Radio Stations in Sedona Arizona   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The greatest music and the latest news are what you can expect from these radio stations in the Sedona Area.
Find your favorite format and radio personalities and see what stations are in your area.
Whether you are looking for AM or FM, rock and roll, top 40, jazz, country and western, golden oldies, classical music, talk radio, sports, or the news, you can find the radio station that has it here.
www.azlife.net /Arizona/AZ-Radio-Stations-Central.htm   (266 words)

  
 Radio Adventures - Amateur Radio Equipment, Ham Radio Equipment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Radio Adventures is a small engineering company specializing in the design and manufacturing of ham radio equipment components, kits, and accessories for both the amateur radio and commercial communications markets.
The amount of time required for these tasks is often beyond the desires of many ham radio equipment operators.
While many of these products have commercial applications, we wish to stay in touch with the home builder.
www.radioadv.com   (309 words)

  
 The RBA - NZ Commercial Radio
The Radio Broadcasters Association (RBA) exists to maintain high standards of commercial radio broadcasting in New Zealand and to represent the commercial radio industry to its many partners and stakeholders within government, business and the community.
We work with Local Communities - commercial radio stations in centres throughout New Zealand support countless community activities and events.
We work to promote radio broadcasting excellence - we organise the annual NZ Radio Awards.
www.rba.co.nz   (129 words)

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