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 FM radio Information - fm radio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
FM radio is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong toronto fm radio stations that uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast am and fm radio waves radio.
Random noise has a 'triangular' cb and fm radio antennas spectral fm 97.1 talk fm radio stations south florida radio distribution dallas fm radio stations in an FM system, with the effect that noise occurs predominantly chicago fm radio fm radio transmitter at the highest frequencies within the baseband.
It san antonio fm radio stations is normal practice to apply pre-emphasis to the left and right channels before matrixing, and to apply de-emphasis at the receiver after matrixing.
www.inanot.com /Ina-Electronics_Topics_Em_-_F-/FM_radio.html   (1057 words)

  
 FM broadcasting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the early 1960s, several systems to add stereo to FM radio were considered by the FCC, including one submitted by E. Armstrong, the inventor of FM, which avoided many of the problems that have haunted the Zenith-GE pilot tone multiplex system.
Despite being developed in the 1940s, FM broadcasting took a long time to be adopted by the majority of radio listeners.
In addition, much pirate radio activity is broadcast in the FM range, due to the band's greater clarity and listenership.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fm_radio   (2385 words)

  
 FM broadcasting in the USA - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
FM radio, and later stereo FM radio, were both developed in the United States primarily by Edwin Armstrong.
FM audio for television channel 6 is broadcast at a carrier frequency of 87.75 MHz, and many radios can tune down this low; a few low-power television stations licensed for channel 6 are operated solely for their right to use this frequency and broadcast only nominal video programming.
Image:US FM broadcast zones.png The USA is divided into Zone I (roughly the northeastern quarter of the US mainland, excluding the far northern areas), Zone I-A (California south of 40 degress latitude, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico), and Zone II (all other locations).
www.netipedia.com /index.php/FM_broadcasting_in_the_USA   (1250 words)

  
 Classical Online Radio in the USA
Founded in 1951, WBJC is a public, non-commercial radio station which broadcasts a 24 hours-a-day schedule of classical music and arts information across Maryland, the District of Columbia and portions of the surrounding states.
The station was the first FM signal in the marketplace and holds the record for the longest consecutive broadcast in the same format.
Broadcasting on 89.1 in stereo from studios located in the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, Classic 89 presents a distinctive blend of sounds: classical, jazz, folk, and world music; national, state, and local news; and special musical performances and public affairs programs.
classicalwebcast.com /usa.htm   (2583 words)

  
 Radio AM to FM - July 2, 1999   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Proving that radio broadcasting as we know it may soon change for the better, USA Digital Radio and Kenwood Corporation have announced an agreement to design and market radios capable of receiving what is known as In-Band, On-Channel (IBOC) broadcasts using an IBOC standard designed by USA Digital.
USA Digital is the company behind one of a handful of IBOC systems being studied by broadcasters and the Federal Communications Commission, and is the first to announce such an agreement with a major manufacturer.
While a traditional AM or FM radio would receive a radio station normally, one capable of receiving IBOC signals would be able to produce CD or near CD-quality sound by processing the digital portion of the broadcast.
members.cox.net /rwagoner/columns/1999/jul0299.html   (489 words)

  
 FM broadcasting in the USA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After World War II, the FCC moved FM to the frequencies between 88 and 106 MHz on June 27, 1945.The change in frequency was said to be for avoiding possible interference problems between stations in nearby cities and to make "room" for more FM radio channels.
FM stations in the U.S. are now assigned based on a table of separation distance values from currently licensed stations, based on station "class" (power output, antenna height, and geographical location).
FM broadcast zones in the U.S. The U.S. is divided into Zone I (roughly the northeastern quarter of the U.S. mainland, excluding the far northern areas), Zone I-A (California south of 40 degress latitude, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico), and Zone II (all other locations).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/FM_broadcasting_in_the_USA   (1259 words)

  
 LPFM Reply Comments
FM radio, in the hands of talented and innovative communicators, has the unique ability to foster community and enable those community members to quickly solve their own problems.
Use of a market-wide conventional broadcast signal would be a highly inefficient and ineffective means by which to reach persons attending such an event.
Absentee group owners or local broadcasters (who may have cultural or political differences with the event promoters) would be able to unfairly block event-radio opportunities.
www.lns.com /papers/lpfm   (1931 words)

  
 New Life Broadcasting of Pa., Inc.
New Life Broadcasting of Pa., Inc. provides an avenue by which the gospel of Jesus Christ can be advanced through various radio ministries.
Currently, this takes the form of owning and operating an FM translator which brings Family Radio to the Lancaster/Lebanon area on 97.7 FM.
FM Translators are designed to receive a desired distant FM radio station and rebroadcast it into local communities.
www.newlifebroadcasting.org   (572 words)

  
 iBiquity Digital Corporation - HD Radio
HD Radio broadcasting is dramatically higher quality audio, far more programming choice and compelling new wireless data services brought to you by your local AM and FM radio stations.
Today, thousands of radio stations are upgrading their broadcast technology; hundred are currently broadcasting with digital HD Radio technology, with many also offering new HD2 multicast channels.
Approved by the Federal Communications Commission in October 2002 as the only system for digital AM and FM broadcasting in the U.S., HD Radio technology is developed and licensed by iBiquity Digital Corporation and supported by the leaders of the broadcasting, consumer electronics and automotive industries.
www.ibiquity.com /hdradio   (423 words)

  
 Better FM
Compared to "ancient modulation", FM broadcasting is supposed to suppress static and eliminate heterodynes from adjacent stations.
These claims may be true, but I’ve consistently experienced problems listening to FM broadcasts in most places I’ve lived.
Most places I have lived are near population centers, with plenty of stations squeezed into the FM broadcast band.
home.computer.net /~pritch/betterfm.htm   (1854 words)

  
 The X Online > About WMCX-FM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
It has a broadcast radius of approximately 35 miles in various towns located in Monmouth and Ocean counties in New Jersey.
September 17, 1987: The FCC approves WMCX to become a 1000 Watt station, broadcasting at 88.9.
Fall 2002: WMCX moves their broadcast facility into the new state of the art Jules Plangere Center for Communication and Instructional Technology with all new advanced equipment.
zorak.monmouth.edu /~wmcx/about.php   (246 words)

  
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Stereophonic AM broadcasting in the USA uses the C-Quam system of encoding the stereo signal.
Contrary to the circumstances which motivated the rule amendments authorizing and standardizing stereophonic transmissions by FM broadcasting stations, there is little evidence of public need or industry desire for similar rule changes with respect to stereophonic transmissions by standard broadcast stations.
As neither broadcasters nor receiver manufacturers wanted to invest in what could be a losing system, effective implementation of AM stereo in the USA was delayed.
www.fcc.gov /mb/audio/includes/49-amstereo.htm   (566 words)

  
 Federated Media Publishing
FM looks for passion, integrity, authority, and strong community support in all the sites we invite into our network.
An FM site has influence not because its author is well known, but because the author has earned the trust of an influential community.
In addition to his current role as Chairman and Publisher of FM, Battelle was the founder and publisher of The Industry Standard, and a co-founding editor of Wired magazine.
www.federatedmedia.net /authors/index   (4299 words)

  
 FM Query -- FM Radio Technical Information -- Audio Division (FCC) USA
Please refer any comments or suggestions on the FM Query to Dale Bickel, dale.bickel@fcc.gov.
Only FM records with current engineering data will be retrieved.
FM List provides faster response for larger inquiries.
www.fcc.gov /mb/audio/fmq.html   (518 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Listen up for data on digital's latest DJ domicile: HD radio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Supporters are hoping to do for radio what the folks championing high-definition television are doing for TV — namely, taking a technology that has been analog forever, and making it over for the digital age.
Moreover, through "multicasting," broadcasters can compress the digital signal to let FM stations offer one or more additional channels at the same frequency.
You can also attach an optional FM antenna to improve on the wire one that is included.
www.usatoday.com /tech/columnist/edwardbaig/2006-01-25-hd-radio_x.htm   (966 words)

  
 World-Wide Web Resources - Broadcasting and Media
Museum of Broadcast Communications, pop culture and latter-day U.S. history through the lens of radio and television.
International Broadcasting Bureau, provides the administrative and engineering support for U.S. government-funded non-military international broadcast services.
To request a purchase for the broadcasting collection in the University of Kentucky Libraries, use this form.
www.uky.edu /Subject/broadcasting.html   (393 words)

  
 Radio programs articulate US values to the global community | csmonitor.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Sadly this means that language services beamed elsewhere are being cut or abandoned, so that broadcasting to Iran and the Arab countries of the Middle East in their own languages can be increased.
The budget proposed for US international broadcasting in the coming financial year is $671.9 million, actually about 4.3 percent more than the budget in fiscal year 2006.
The ideal would be a budget that could encompass the needs for broadcasting to Islamic lands but still maintain English programs for lower priority but nonetheless important regions.
www.csmonitor.com /2006/0222/p09s02-cojh.html   (854 words)

  
 Dolby FM - Vintage Broadcasting
Dolby FM Dolby Labs introduced this technique in June 1971 in an attempt
The FM system has a triangular noise spectrum, rising at 6 dB per octave.
This worked quite well in the late 1940s when the spectral distribution of the programmes broadcast were fairly limited in high frequencies.
www.zen77094.zen.co.uk /vintagebroadcasting/dolbyfm.htm   (404 words)

  
 History of American Broadcasting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A Broadcasting article from 1947: "142 FM Stations Operating in 33 States"
Lists of U. FM, apex, and high frequency stations from: 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, another 1942 list, Feb.
I also maintain these sites: History of Broadcasting in West Virginia, Some History of Tampa-St. Petersburg Radio, and a page about WDBS, the old campus radio station at Duke University.
members.aol.com /jeff560/jeff.html   (261 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - California radio station changes format from God to sex   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Now it calls itself "Porn Radio" — "all sex radio, all the time," with a suggestion that people under 21 not listen.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Copyright 2006 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Inc.
www.usatoday.com /news/offbeat/2006-07-27-sexradio_x.htm?csp=34   (283 words)

  
 NPR - Everywhere
HD Radio is the future of radio broadcasting.
In the USA, it's NPR Now for news and entertainment, or NPR Talk for public radio's best call-in talk shows.
Free on-demand audio archive covering years of NPR programming, hourly newscasts, a 24/7 program stream, live concerts, and more.
www.npr.org /everywhere   (161 words)

  
 MPX2000
In the USA and certain other countries, signal radiation must be kept to a level low enough so as not to exceed specific field strength levels and not to interfere with other stations using the FM broadcast band.
In the USA Part 15 of the FCC rules and regulations applies.
This enables coverage of a village or community and is useful where regulations permit as a low cost alternative to a commercial FM transmitter.
www.northcountryradio.com /Kitpages/mpx2000.htm   (1300 words)

  
 Sangean America Product Showroom
FAIL (the browser should render some flash content, not this).
It's the most significant advancement in radio broadcasting since the introduction of FM stereo more than 50 years ago.
HD Radio technology enables AM and FM radio stations to broadcast their programs digitally - a tremendous technological leap from the analog broadcasts of the past.
www.sangean.com   (55 words)

  
 Shively Labs FM Antennas and Accessories
Shively Labs was founded by Ed Shively, a pioneer in the development of circularly polarized FM broadcast antennas.
Ed believed that as FM broadcasting grew and the spectrum became more crowded, demand would increase for more sophisticated and rigorously engineered products.
In particular, Ed understood that signal coverage was a station’s life blood and the ability to predict and control it would become increasingly important.
www.shively.com   (348 words)

  
 The Big Picture | Read it here first: Losing the Signal
This morning, Barron's cover story hits on many of the same themes: Internet broadcast and streaming, Satellite Radio, iPods, and P2P and how they are (heh heh) killing the industry.
Its the EXACT same thing here: Radio -- defined as the broad swath of FM stations broadcasting across the USA -- has become the Hamburger Helper of music.
By attaching a transmitter to her iPod and setting it on a certain FM frequency, she can play the 983 tunes she has downloaded to the iPod through the radio, whether at home or in the car.
bigpicture.typepad.com /comments/2004/08/read_it_here_fi_2.html   (1077 words)

  
 MPX96 PLL FM STEREO XMTR
It is far superior to free running FM transmitters and will not drift off channel, and is perfectly compatible with digitally tuned FM receivers.
Use as a short range FM station in remote areas where no other FM reception is possible, or no suitable stations can be received.
However, the MPX96 is strictly an entertainment device and is not meant for commercial broadcasting, therefore no guarantees of any kind can be offered nor technical assistance be given for export use, details of which must be worked out by the user.
www.northcountryradio.com /Kitpages/mpx96.htm   (1054 words)

  
 LPFM, FM and Television Broadcast, STL Systems, FM Antennas,TV Antennas, FM Transmitters,FM Translators, Broadcast ...
NT 700 and NT1000 compact and light in weight FM series transmitters delivering 700w or 1000w in output power!
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NT 350, 350W+ FM Exciter, compact and efficient !
www.nicomusa.com   (146 words)

  
 WKTZ 90.9 FM Jones College Radio
Jones College Radio began transmitting in October 1964 and has been broadcasting Beautiful Music in Jacksonville since that time.
Jones College Radio, WKTZ 90.9 FM, is Jacksonville’s leading “Beautiful Music” station as reported by the Florida Times-Union.
For over 44 years, the trademark Jones College sound has enjoyed a loyal following of dedicated listeners and can be heard 24 hours per day in private homes, businesses and professional offices throughout northeast Florida.
wktz.jones.edu   (168 words)

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