COMM 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Federal Radio Commission, Federal Communications Commission, Satellite Radio
Document Summary
Radio in american society has historically meant audio signals transmitted ( broadcast ) over the air by organizations ( stations ) licensed for that activity by the federal. Communications commission and publicly accessible via devices called radio receivers. Satellite-delivered music can be considered part of the radio industry but are unlicensed by the fcc and offer music to listeners over the internet. Streaming audio is the flow of sounds (usually music) to listeners in such a way that the sounds are meant to disappear after they are heard. As with other media industries there are three main themes to remember. Radio, as we know it, did not arrive in a flash as a result of one inventor"s grand change. Radio as a medium of communication developed as a result of social, legal, and organizational responses to the technology during different periods.
