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a broadcasting station that aligns itself with a network
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| AM/FM combo
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two stations, one AM and one FM, simultaneously broadcasting identical content
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| audion tube
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vacuum tube developed by DeForest that became the basic invention for all radio and
television
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| billings
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total sale of broadcast airtime
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| Biltmore Agreement
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settled the press war between newspapers, which had refused their services to their
electronic competitors, and radio
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| bitcasters | "radio stations" that can be accessed only over the World Wide Web
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| catalogue albums
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albums more than three years old
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| conduction system
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wireless communication system using signals sent through water and ground
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| cover | rerecording of one artist's music by another
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| deregulation
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relaxation of ownership and other rules for radio and television
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| digital audio radio service (DARS)
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direct home or automobile delivery of audio by satellite
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| digital audio tape (DAT)
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introduced in the early 1970s, offers digital quality sound purity in a cassette tape format
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| digital recording
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recording based on conversion of sound into 1s and 0s logged in millisecond intervals in
a computerized translation process
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| DMX (Digital Music Express)
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home delivery of audio by cable
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| duopoly
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single ownership and management of multiple radio stations in one market
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| format
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a radio stationís particular sound or programming content
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| in-band-on-channel (IBOC)
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digital radio technology that uses digital compression to ìshrinkî digital and analog
signals allowing both to occupy the same frequency
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| liquid barretter
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first audio device permitting the reception of wireless voices; developed by Fessenden
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| microbroadcasters
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low-power, community radio stations
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| MP3
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file compression software that permits streaming of digital audio and video data
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| nonduplication rule
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mid-1960s FCC ruling that AM and FM license holders in the same market must
broadcast different content at least 50% of the time
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| O&O | a broadcasting station that is owned and operated by a network
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| P2P
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person-to-person software that permits direct Internet-based communication or
collaboration between two or more personal computers while bypassing centralized
servers
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| playlist
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predetermined sequence of selected records to be played by a disc jockey
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| radiation system
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wireless communication system allowing reliable sending and receiving of signals
through the air
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| recent catalogue albums
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albums that have been out for 15 months to three years
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| secondary service | a radio station's second, or nonprimary, format
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| spectrum scarcity
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broadcast spectrum space is limited, so not everyone who wants to broadcast can; those
who are granted licenses must accept regulation
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| streaming
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the simultaneous downloading and accessing (playing) of digital audio or video data
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| syndication
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sale of radio or television content to stations on a market-by-market basis
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| trustee model | in broadcast regulation, the idea that broadcasters serve as the public's trustees or
fiduciaries
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| Web radio
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the delivery of ìradioî over the Internet directly to individual listeners
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| wireless telegraph
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early efforts at long-distance communication that led to development of radio
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| wireless telephony
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early efforts at long-distance voice communication that led to development of radio
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education