An interesting and controversial proposal arose from recent negotiations between the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and the recording industry. With the government possibly soon mandating that radio stations pay a portion of their revenues to record companies and artists (laws already require that stations pay songwriters royalties), the NAB is seeking ways to expand [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Content Delivery, Satellite and HD Radio, Technology 
Tags: cell phones, FM radio, NAB, radio, radio stations, smart phones 
1 Comment »Despite technological improvements such as stereo FM radio and more recently HD radio, the breadth and depth of free terrestrial radio broadcasts hasn’t changed much since its inception generations ago. Within any given market, a listener may only have a hand-full of stations into which they regularly tune. Satellite radio sought to upend this trend by giving [...]
Posted in Audio, Consumer Electronics Tags: Internet radio, mp3, radio, View Quest Wifi Radio, WiFi, wireless No Comments »Like so many other “firsts” in my life, I can remember my first mp3…downloaded at 56kbps from a dial up BBS about 15 years ago. It was Adam Sandler’s _______, and I remember immediately realizing that this new format was going to put an end to the reign of the mighty compact disk. Before mp3s, [...]
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