What will happen to AM and FM broadcasts in the future? It’s a tech question that needs to be answered.
AM radio has been around since the beginning of broadcasting. FM was invented in the 1930s and surpassed AM as
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FM Radio
Ongoing History of New Music Daily: FM radio from space
Space is a noisy place, especially when it comes to radio signals generated by pulsars, quasars, magnetars, stars, and planets.
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Random music news for Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Is there something happening today? I seem to recall hearing the news about some big thing that’s going on. A
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Random music news for Thursday, September 5, 2019
The elder bull terrier has leaf mold allergies again. That’s another $500. Enough of that, though. Let’s do music news
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Radio broadcasting returns to One World Trade Center
It’s a fitting time for this announcement: an FM radio translator will be flipped on and signals will start broadcasting
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Random music news for Saturday, May 19, 2018
I just have time to watch the Royal Wedding from an anti-monarchist pub down the street from my London hotel
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Random Music News for Friday, December 15, 2017
Hoi An to Da Nang to Bangkok today. As much as I love noodles and stirfry, I really want some
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 800: What You Might Not Know About Radio
Yep. There have been EIGHT HUNDRED episodes since this thing started up in February 1993. That’s approximately 9,000 pages of
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Random Music News for Tuesday, May 23, 2017
And how was the long weekend? Ready for some music news for May 23? Justin Bieber has pink eye. Just
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Random Music News for Monday, April 17, 2017
Yes, it’s Monday, but can you imagine how Sean Spicer feels when the alarm clock goes off? And now, the
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A Handy Guide to Which Music Storage Format Sounds Best–and Why
I’m currently working on a children’s book for Kids Can Press which traces the evolution of the gadgets we’ve used
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