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Radio Stations Streaming Live on the Internet

Listening to live radio has become very interesting with the introduction of various websites. These websites cater to making ‘radio listening’, a tremendous activity with a number of radio channels adding joy to radio listening. Thus it has become possible to listen to radio programs from any place by simple accessing the websites that offer radio services. The listeners of the radio feel delighted for they find it possible to stay updated with latest news and access entertainment of all sorts.

There are several benefits of making use of live radio stations. It brings to people programs that are happening currently. This can be in the form of cricket commentary or football match. Users feel great to listen to the radio programs and avail entertainment in the form of listening to latest music, songs and other fabulous radio programs. This can be done by simply accessing the internet and opening websites that are known to provide radio services. A user can avail free live radio on his laptops or their mobile phones by simply accessing websites that offer radio services.

So, with a laptop or a mobile in hand, people can listen to live radio, no matter, wherever a person may be located. It also becomes easy for a person to carry these gadgets and access websites that offer radio services from any place with ease. A person carrying the gadget also feels delighted for one can now listen to radio on a constant basis without any fluctuations. The traditional methods of receiving radio signals takes a lot of hardship for people to constantly listen to radio programs without facing any fluctuations. It is found that at certain places the radio signals are very strong, while at other place they seem to become feeble. Thus, traditional radios show a lot of fluctuations in terms of frequency. But, this is not the case in case of the websites. It works with the aid of satellites and has nothing to do with radio signals. So, people can listen live radio programs without any hassles.

The user-friendliness of the radio available with websites also enables people to easily tune into various radio channels. So, a listener can always impose his choice and keep changing channels frequently. It is possible due to the availability of free live radio options and live radio stations. A listener of radio available on websites has to just opt for a particular channel and then keep listening to it without having to pay anything for the service. Moreover, people can keep listening to radio even while they are on a move. The users can keep accessing radio channels, no matter, wherever they may be travelling in the world.

Information about the websites that cater to offering live radio services is available on the internet. People can log onto these sites by simply registering themselves with the websites. People find it possible to make good use of these websites not just to listen to radio, but for communication purposes too.

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The Radio, the invention that changed the world

Perhaps much more than television, which actually represents an evolution of the radio itself, the radio since its inception has succeeded in a goal unthinkable at the time: a reference point for the immediate information and entertainment.
Surely the golden age of radio can be found around the 50s, after the Second World War, during which the radio had become the sole source of information for many families and many radio stations as Venetian, Venice, London had become the only realistic source of information and news about the status of submitted and the situation of the partisans who fought in secret.

In Italy it is the radio after the war that lives her greatest thanks to the exponential development of the RAI, which is the Italian Radio Hearings, and the sharp fall in the price of these devices can be purchased at virtually all Italians. In 1951, transmitted the first live radio fm of the Sanremo Festival and since then the radio will become the central vehicle for public opinion and the widespread dissemination of information and trends. Are suddenly created three public radio stations, National, Second and Third and at the same time is adjusted the frequency of the radio log, which must be equitable from the outset and monitored by the special Commission.
In 1954 with the introduction of mass television, radio is to have a function and a placing more niche reserved for certain situations like a car, this time the invention of the car transported in local youth, see portable radios and much more that has allowed the unit to withstand time through the change of form, but not the substance.

Until the late ’60s, the radio has always been the prerogative of the RAI by law but with the student protests and all the revolutionary period that accompanied the 68 born Italian private radio stations that broadcast programs aimed specifically at young people called Rome 3131 and officially RAI’s monopoly ends in 1976, kicking off u great creative period for the radio that sees many local radio stations at a speed very exciting. Suffice it to say that the number of radios increased from about 150 in 1975 to 2800 in 1978!
In the 80 spreads, however, another principle that private radio stations, because of the advertising revenue of the broadcasters then calculate the importance of radio and music not only on the information provided but also on the amount of listeners .
The first private radio station in Italy and Radio Deejay, recorded in 1981 by Claudio Cecchetto and to follow Radio Italy and Radio Italy Network. The following year the RAI launches two more channels that instead of aiming points to entertainment magazine programs.

After a period of crisis in the late ’90s, due to the introduction of new technologies such as mass mp3s, radio is seen reborn with the introduction of player that allows streaming of music directly from the PC, and then at any time of day, not by chance that all radios are now focusing on digital music, as well as many broadcasters are born directly on the web, in short, a new round of free radio stations!

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73 Amateur Radio Magazine April 1971. I only added the words mini skirt in the title for the hits.. there, I did it again!
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"Does FM run in the Sessions blood? Here is Mary Sessions, daughter of K6MVH/1 and WA6SPT/1, really enjoying the new Drake TR-22 2m FM transceiver, a 6 channel portable unit which can operate from 115v AC, 12v DC or built in batteries."
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Reasons to Have Satellite Radio

There are two important characteristics that recommend satellite radio as a service most people would like to have in their vehicles or homes: quality and content. When talking about quality we mostly refer to how clear the sound output is from satellite radio when compare to terrestrial radio broadcasts. Content, on the other hand, refers to the quality of the transited material. This is where the two giants in the satellite radio industry – Sirius and XM Radio – battle it out. The quality of the receivers and the technologies they both use are similar, but the difference can be made when it comes to exclusive high quality content. Let’s have a look at both the satellite radio quality and content characteristics:

Broadcasting quality

The broadcast quality is, when put in numbers, of 128kb/s 44.1khz for both digital radio service providers. This is the equivalent of CD quality. Although the coverage of satellite radio, which is far superior to what any terrestrial radio station can deliver, is an important factor, the quality of the sound is what brought Sirius and XM Radio more subscribers. There are many similarities to the way digital television worked or how cable TV has over 80% of the US population as subscribers, although they can receive free programming using UHF and VHF antennas. It’s the same with satellite radio – although one can get free terrestrial radio, satellite radio comes at an affordable price and offer a broadcasting quality that is superior to analog radio. Also keep in mind that satellite radio is commercial free – and this is huge selling point.
The high analog-to-digital conversion quality means that there will be no sound interferences, hissing sounds and other audio disturbances characteristic to FM and AM transmissions. This is mostly obvious when listening to music on your satellite radio system. The bass is much stronger and accurate, while the high sound levels are crystal clear. There is also a stronger mid range of sounds that you will consider to be more robust and accurate than what terrestrial radio produces. Although someone with a trained ear will tell you the music quality is not exactly as good as CD quality, it is extremely close and for the largest majority of users this difference is not even noticeable.

Content

So now that we know how good the technological side of satellite radio really is, let’s have a  look at how broadcasters are trying to improve the quality of the content they provide. One of the most interesting approaches was to fight for obtaining exclusivity over some transmissions. For example, negotiations have been carried out between XM Radio and MLB in order for the satellite radio provider to obtain exclusivity rights to broadcast all MLB games. In an interview to WSJ, Edison Media Research’s President Larry Rosin declared that “it is probably inevitable that baseball radio broadcasts will go to a 100% subscription model… It will happen because there’s too much money in it not to do it.” Today, around 23%  of XM subscribers are signed up to receive the MLB transmissions, so there is real potential in such a venture. Of course, this would be a terrific blow against terrestrial radio and the two sides are engaged in combat while you are reading this. Of course, content quality can also be increased by having the best people in the industry work with satellite radio. Both Sirius and XM Radio know that someone who pays 0 for a receiver and – each month for a radio service wants to get the best content out there. Surprisingly, when it comes to music channels, the difference in content quality between satellite radio and terrestrial radio is made in one main topic – commercials (or rather, lack of commercials on satellite radio). Since most of XM Radio and Sirius channels are in-house productions and only a small percentage are retransmits of terrestrial radio, this becomes an interesting aspect to consider.

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