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  Broadcasting - MSN Encarta
The term broadcasting refers to the airborne transmission of electromagnetic audio signals (radio) or audiovisual signals (television) that are accessible to a wide population via standard, readily available receivers.
Broadcasting is a crucial instrument of modern social and political organization.
The story of radio begins in the development of an earlier medium, the telegraph, which was the first instantaneous system of information movement.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761566157/Broadcasting.html   (1329 words)

  
  Broadcasting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video signals (programs) to a number of recipients ("listeners" or "viewers") that belong to a large group.
American radio network broadcasters habitually forbade prerecorded broadcasts in the 1930s and 1940s, requiring radio programs played for the Eastern and Central time zones to be repeated three hours later for the Pacific time zone.
Ewbank Henry and Lawton Sherman P. Broadcasting: Radio and Television (Harper and Brothers, 1952).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Broadcasting   (1411 words)

  
 Radio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Radio waves are a form of electromagnetic radiation, created whenever a charged object (in normal radio transmission, an electron) accelerates with a frequency that lies in the radio frequency (RF) portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Radio was used to pass on orders and communications between armies and navies on both sides in World War I; Germany used radio communications for diplomatic messages once its submarine cables were cut by the British.
Radio remote control: Use of radio waves to transmit control data to a remote object as in some early forms of guided missile, some early TV remotes and a range of model boats, cars and aeroplanes.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Radio   (4650 words)

  
 Through the Wires: Broadcasting
A radio or television broadcast is a program that is transmitted over airwaves for public reception by anyone with a receiver tuned to the right signal channel.
Radio waves cannot be seen, heard or felt in any way, but radio receivers can pick them up and turn them into sounds.
The advantages of FM broadcasts are that they are not as affected by static as much, and that they produce a truer reproduction of the original sound.
library.thinkquest.org /27887/gather/fundamentals/broadcasting.shtml   (851 words)

  
 Radio and Television Broadcasting
Broadcast signals travel over the airwaves from a station’s transmission tower to the antennas of television sets and radios; personal computers can also be equipped to receive the transmissions.
Broadcast stations produce some of these programs in their own studios, notably news programs; however, much of the programming is produced outside the broadcast industry.
Radio and television broadcasting establishments are found throughout the country, but jobs in larger stations are concentrated in large cities.
www.umsl.edu /services/govdocs/ooh20002001/512.htm   (3247 words)

  
 First International Workshop on Farm Radio Broadcasting
Rural Radio signifies a two-way process, which entails the exchange of views from various sources and the adaptation of media for use by the communities.
Public broadcasters should become independent of government in terms of management and programming so that they can seek other sources of funding for community programmes and be more adaptive to their audiences' requirements.
The field extension workers also need to be trained in basic broadcasting and communication skills so that they can organise radio recordings at their level and document important messages for farmers which recordings can be distributed to remote areas that are not easily accessed by the extension workers.
www.fao.org /docrep/003/x6721e/x6721e31.htm   (4394 words)

  
 RADIO BROADCASTING   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
To neglect the former, however, would be to omit a major part of the story, for broadcasting was an outgrowth of the earlier experimental amateur work and, except for a highly significant period of operation during the 1920’s,did not come completely into its own until the early 1940’s.
Broadcasting was once again a going concern on the campus, and this time it was established on a pretty firm footing.
Included in the program fare are such items as broadcasts of away football games, sometimes hundreds of miles from the campus, weather bulletins, “music to study by” during the evening hours, and the only daily program of classical music available to AM listeners in the Schenectady area.
w2uc.union.edu /Radio.html   (4757 words)

  
 History of Radio Broadcasting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The birthplace of broadcasting at WWJ was the Detroit News.
Sarnoff was a powerful figure in the development of radio broadcasting in the 1920s and '30s, and a key mover in the development of television from its beginning in the late 1920s through maturity in the '50s and beyond.
Hanson's vision in broadcast facilities design is implicit in the radio network's 55-year occupancy of 30 Rock, with the continually expanding TV network as a co-occupant since the late 1930s.
www.tvhandbook.com /History/History_radio.htm   (5071 words)

  
 100 Years of Radio Broadcasting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Federal Radio Inspector shuts him down saying "there is no place on the ether for entertainment." Most still believed that radio should be for two-way communication, and there was general agreement that the Navy would be in charge of all radio.
The Federal Radio Commission is formed and the Radio Act of 1927 is passed which re-assigns stations to clearer frequencies, and for the first time makes radio stations operate in the public interest, convenience and necessity.
Local radio is changed as some disc jockeys begin to sell records and mirror and influence the emerging youth culture, the baby boomers (born beginning in 1946) growing up into consumers.
www.californiahistoricalradio.com /100years.html   (2590 words)

  
 Philippine Radio Broadcasting
Since early Philippine radio stations followed the same nomenclature as US stations, confusion was eschewed by assigning new prefixes: DZ for those established in Luzon, DY in the Visayas, and DX in Mindanao-to replace the American "KZ".
Although the thrust for "Development Broadcasting" was already around since after the Second World War, this direction in programming "was given impetus during martial law period" as the establishment of the BMC and KBP brought forth support encouragement for Development Broadcasting.
Although Philippine Radio is relatively "free" in terms of its being a watchdog on government, and its censure of public figures, it is highly unlikely that it will match its "unrepressed" status of the pre-martial law days.
www.geocities.com /SoHo/Study/6779/A_Phradio.htm   (1000 words)

  
 Low Power Broadcasting FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Many broadcast engineers, ham radio operators, and avid radio listeners are also equipped with DF gear or have figured out ways to find transmitters by using receivers that have fairly directional antennas on them.
Broadcasters who want to remain on the air rather than becoming martyrs for the movement might be well-advised to consider some guerilla tactics.
Technically adept broadcasters have used timers to turn the transmitters on and off when the station personnel are at a safe distance, and have wired up motion detectors to turn off the transmitters when people get near them.
www.faqs.org /faqs/radio/broadcasting/low-power-faq   (4606 words)

  
 Lenny Zeltser - Early Stages of Soviet and American Radio Broadcasting
The significance of radio was magnified by the enormous size of the new federation, poor conditions of the roads, high levels of illiteracy, and the diversity of nationalities in the country.
Because radio receivers were still very expensive and unavailable for private use, sets of loudspeakers were installed in places of public gathering to make the spoken newspaper accessible to the people.
Radio companies were slowly realizing that the sales of radio receivers would not support their industry for long.
www.zeltser.com /radio-history   (1739 words)

  
 The Religious Broadcasting Page
Radio, as we now know it, began in 1896 with Guglielmo Marconi's discovery of wireless communication, but the first successful voice transmission occured a decade later when a Canadian engineer, Reginal Fessenden, beamed a signal from the coast of Massachuesetts to ships at sea.
Religious broadcasters, to the person, agree with broadcast historian J. Harold Ellens that "[i]t is not without significance that the first voice broadcast was a Christian religious celebration." Given the rapid expansion and experimentation with wireless transmission, any number of persons might have been the first to transmit a human voice.
In this context, the confluence of belief that the end of history was near and the creation of broadcast technologies took on a special significance.
religiousbroadcasting.lib.virginia.edu /radio.html   (781 words)

  
 Salon.com Arts & Entertainment | Radio's big bully   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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   (1018 words)

  
 Morris.com: Radio
The broadcast operation originated with two stations in Amarillo, Texas, and two stations in Topeka, Kan., which were acquired in 1995 with the purchase of Stauffer Communications.
The Morris broadcast division came into its own in 1997 and 1998 with the respective purchases of the Desert Radio Group in Palm Springs, Calif., and Pioneer Broadcasting of Washington state.
In 2000, the broadcast division became international with the addition of Riviera Radio, licensed to the principality of Monaco.
www.morris.com /divisions/mcc_radio/index.shtml   (226 words)

  
 broadcasting schools - radio broadcasting, television production
Their world famous “hands on” training in radio broadcasting, television production and film production has resulted in thousands of graduates now working throughout the world.
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 Broadcasting
Broadcast signals then travel over cable television lines, satellite distribution systems, or the airwaves from a station’s transmission tower to the antennas of televisions and radios.
Broadcast technicians on electronic news-gathering trucks must ensure that the mobile unit’s antenna is correctly positioned for optimal transmission quality and to prevent electrocution from power lines.
Radio broadcasters expect continued growth in revenues as national media companies that own multiple cable stations, network television stations, and/or radio stations use their combined marketing power to include radio advertising packages with other marketing deals.
www.bls.gov /oco/cg/cgs017.htm   (3921 words)

  
 Pan American Broadcasting, Manx Radio, Reflections Radio, Hope Radio, European Gospel Radio, WWCR.
Eventually though Manx Radio did obtain a broadcast license and it now beams programming via AM and FM signals throughout all of the Isle of Man, Eastern Ireland including Dublin and Belfast, Northern Wales, Southwest Scotland and Lancaster, England.
Broadcasting from Ireland on three frequencies Reflections Europe transmits a clear signal throughout England, Ireland and Scotland.
Hope Radio, which has been on the air since 2000, has over 20 years experience in the broadcast industry.
www.radiopanam.com /europe.htm   (456 words)

  
 CBN History: Radio/Broadcasting Timeline
The American Radio League establishes contact via a shortwave radio with Paul Godley in Scotland, proving that shortwave radio can be used for long distance communication.
The studios in the UM dormitories jorn forces, and "The Campus Broadcasting Network" is born as WCBN-AM.
This RDS (radio data system) is used to transmit messages on display screens to radios.
www.wcbn.org /history/wcbntime.html   (1001 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.
HD Radio broadcasting is transforming the radio experience in ways never thought possible.
www.ibiquity.com /hd_radio   (423 words)

  
 Radio magazine - The Radio Broadcast Technology Leader
The station engineer for Virginia Tech radio station WUVT was injured during the campus shootings, but he is recovering.
The attention to the tragedy has brought attention to the campus radio station as well, which is currently trying to raise funds to replace its transmitter facility.
Today, however, radio faces challenges from new technologies that are eroding the traditional radio audience.
radiomagonline.com   (254 words)

  
 RADIO BROADCASTING IN GUYANA
Radio broadcasts were started in Guyana (then British Guiana) in the 1920s by a number of enthusiasts.
Under the terms of its license, Radio Demerara was required to broadcast BBC material for 21 hours a week, and Colonial Government programs for 10 1/2 hours a week.
It may be a human interest story, a piece of radio history, or of Guyana's history in which radio played a part, or an amusing event, or a sad event, or an important event, whatever, provided it relates to radio in Guyana.
www.silvertorch.com /g_radio_bcast.htm   (1865 words)

  
 Salem Communications Corporation - Our Company / Radio Broadcasting
We are currently the third largest radio broadcaster in the top twenty-five radio markets, measured by the number of stations.
For the most part, radio broadcasters purchase stations based on a price that is a multiple of current cash flows of that station.
Most broadcasters are not only purchasing the radio frequency, but also the format that it broadcasts.
www.salem.cc /aboutRadioBroadcasting.htm   (659 words)

  
 Radio1 - Broadcast School
Radio1 Broadcast School is the radio school of radio schools, with quality radio training and radio education.
This broadcasting school, or announcer school, is unlike other radio colleges, broadcast schools, and broadcasting schools, because our broadcast training is all hands-on.
Radio1 is a radio broadcasting school where our announcer training leads you right into your radio career.
www.radio1school.com   (200 words)

  
 Triad Broadcasting Company, LLC
Triad Broadcasting Company is one of the nation’s fastest-growing radio broadcasting groups, with a focus on quality local programming and customized advertising and marketing services that deliver results for advertisers.
Triad Broadcasting was formed in July 1999, for the purpose of acquiring and operating premier radio stations in small and mid-sized markets across the U.S. Triad has built a dynamic group of 40 owned and operated stations in diverse markets from Hilton Head, SC/Savannah, GA to Lincoln, Nebraska.
These exciting stations are setting a new standard of radio broadcasting excellence through a successful marriage of innovative programming with value-added marketing solutions.
www.triadbroadcasting.com   (228 words)

  
 Broadcasting Schools and Broadcast Careers Guide
Here are the 7 common sense principles that broadcasting schools would prefer you not know...which, if applied in many other industries, would work almost as well as they do in broadcasting.
Of course, getting your foor inside a radio station means you're often one of the first to know of job openings before anyone else.
I’m not interested in discovering what the top 10 mistakes are newcomers make when seeking to break into radio broadcasting.
www.freeradioreport.com   (473 words)

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