Radio broadcasting involves the transmission of audio signals through radio waves to reach a wide audience. There are two main types of signals: analog audio and digital audio. Analog audio encodes sound as continuous waves while digital audio encodes it using pulses. The main types of radio broadcasting are AM, which uses amplitude modulation, and FM, which uses frequency modulation. Radio broadcasting can also be commercial, non-commercial educational, public, or non-profit varieties like community radio or campus radio.
Radio broadcasting involves the transmission of audio signals through radio waves to reach a wide audience. There are two main types of signals: analog audio and digital audio. Analog audio encodes sound as continuous waves while digital audio encodes it using pulses. The main types of radio broadcasting are AM, which uses amplitude modulation, and FM, which uses frequency modulation. Radio broadcasting can also be commercial, non-commercial educational, public, or non-profit varieties like community radio or campus radio.
Radio broadcasting involves the transmission of audio signals through radio waves to reach a wide audience. There are two main types of signals: analog audio and digital audio. Analog audio encodes sound as continuous waves while digital audio encodes it using pulses. The main types of radio broadcasting are AM, which uses amplitude modulation, and FM, which uses frequency modulation. Radio broadcasting can also be commercial, non-commercial educational, public, or non-profit varieties like community radio or campus radio.
Radio broadcasting involves the transmission of audio signals through radio waves to reach a wide audience. There are two main types of signals: analog audio and digital audio. Analog audio encodes sound as continuous waves while digital audio encodes it using pulses. The main types of radio broadcasting are AM, which uses amplitude modulation, and FM, which uses frequency modulation. Radio broadcasting can also be commercial, non-commercial educational, public, or non-profit varieties like community radio or campus radio.
way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. • Radio Signal types – Analog audio - (Greek, ana is "according to" and logos "relationship") is a technique used for the recording of analog signals which among many possibilities include audio frequency, analog audio and analog video information for later playback. – Digital audio refers to technology that records, stores, and reproduces sound by encoding an audio signal in digital form instead of analog form. Sound is passed through an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and pulse-code modulation is typically used to encode it as a digital signal. Analog Wave Types of Radio Broadcasting • AM • FM AM • Amplitude Modulation • AM broadcasting is the process of radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation. AM was the first method of impressing sound on a radio signal and is still widely used today. FM • Frequency Modulation • FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation (FM) to provide high- fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting". This term is slightly misleading, since it equates a modulation method with a range of frequencies. Subtypes of Radio Broadcasting • Commercial Broadcasting • Non-commercial educational • Public Broadcasting • Non-profit Varieties – Community radio – Campus Radio – Hospital Radio station Commercial Broadcasting • Commercial broadcasting (also called private broadcasting) is the broadcasting of television programs and radio programming by privately owned corporate media, as opposed to state sponsorship. It was the United States′ first model of radio (and later television) during the 1920s, in contrast with the public television model in Europe during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s which prevailed worldwide (except in the United States) until the 1980s. Non-Commercial Broadcasting • The term non- commercial educational (NCE) applies to a radio station or TV station that does not accept on air advertisements (TV ads or radio ads), as defined in the United States by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). NCE stations do not pay broadcast license fees for their non- profit uses of the radio spectrum. Public Broadcasting • Public broadcasting includes radio, television an d other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing and commercial financing. Non-Profit Varieties • Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popular and relevant to a local, specific audience but is often overlooked by commercial or mass- media broadcasters. • Campus radio (also known as college radio, university radio or student radio) is a type of radio station that is run by the students of a college, university or other educational institution. Programming may be exclusively by students, or may include programmers from the wider community in which the radio station is based. Pirate Radio • Pirate radio is illegal or non- regulated radio transmission. It is most commonly used to describe illegal broadcasting for entertainment or political purposes. Sometimes it is used for illegal two-way radio operation. Its history can be traced back to the unlicensed nature of the transmission, but historically there has been occasional use of sea vessels—fitting the most common perception of a pirate—as broadcasting bases. Satellite Radio • Satellite radio is a radio service broadcast from satellites primarily to cars, with the signal broadcast nationwide, across a much wider geographical area than terrestrial radio stations, while transmitting higher quality sound. Radio Call Sign • A call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique designation for a transmitting station. • A call sign can be formally assigned by a government agency, informally adopted by individuals or organizations, or even cryptographically encoded to disguise a station's identity.