Radio
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
(Difference between revisions)
| Revision as of 17:28, 24 November 2007 Jahsonic (Talk | contribs) ← Previous diff |
Current revision Jahsonic (Talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| + | {| class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#c6dbf7; color:black; width:30em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5" | ||
| + | | style="text-align: left;" | | ||
| + | Roadrunner, [[roadrunner]]<br> | ||
| + | Going faster miles an hour<br> | ||
| + | Gonna drive past the [[Stop 'n' Shop]]<br> | ||
| + | With the [[radio]] on<br> | ||
| + | |||
| + | --[[Roadrunner (Jonathan Richman song)|"Roadrunner"]] (1976) | ||
| + | |} | ||
| {{Template}} | {{Template}} | ||
| - | # The [[technology]] that allows for the [[transmission]] of sound or other signals by [[modulation]] of [[electromagnetic wave]]s. | + | '''Radio''' is the [[wireless]] [[Transmission (telecommunications)|transmission]] of signals through free [[space]] by [[electromagnetic radiation]] of a [[frequency]] significantly below that of [[visible light]]. The [[technology]] allows for the [[transmission]] of [[sound]]. As such, radio is a [[broadcasting]] [[mass medium]] which enjoyed its greatest popularity from the [[1920s]] until the [[1950s]], when it was displaced by television, see [[radio programming]]. |
| - | # A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as [[sound]]. | + | ==See also== |
| + | * [[Outline of radio]] | ||
| + | * [[Electromagnetic radiation and health]] | ||
| + | * [[Radio spectrum pollution]] | ||
| + | * [[Radio quiet zone]] | ||
| - | ==Related terms== | ||
| - | *[[radiation]] | ||
| - | *[[radio station]] | ||
| - | *[[ray]] | ||
| {{GFDL}} | {{GFDL}} | ||
Current revision
|
Roadrunner, roadrunner --"Roadrunner" (1976) |
|
Related e |
|
Featured: |
Radio is the wireless transmission of signals through free space by electromagnetic radiation of a frequency significantly below that of visible light. The technology allows for the transmission of sound. As such, radio is a broadcasting mass medium which enjoyed its greatest popularity from the 1920s until the 1950s, when it was displaced by television, see radio programming.
[edit]
See also
Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "Radio" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.
