Radio

Shipps, E. (2007, November 1). Do you remember?. RadioMagOnline, Retrieved October 20, 2008, from https://www.lexisnexis.com.ezproxy.hofstra.edu/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T5185388545&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T5185388552&cisb=22_T5185388551&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=158695&docNo=8

This article is about this history of radios and the development of transmitters in 1965. The transmitters had a new look that came with new exciters and new circuits for "operating simplicity and full fidelity sound." The newly designed transmitters included eye-level monitoring, "space age" colors, a built-in remote control, solid-state power supply, fewer components and better accessibility.

Herring, H.B. (2004, October 24). Yes, children, radio once had ads. ask old mr. stern.. The New York Times, Retrieved 10/22/08, from https://www.lexisnexis.com.ezproxy.hofstra.edu/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T5185637352&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T5185637356&cisb=22_T5185637355&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=6742&docNo=24

Bonsor, K. (2008). How satellite radio works . Retrieved October 22, 2008, from How Stuff Works Web site: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/satellite-radio.htm

The first post is about how satellite radio is expected to catch on so rapidly that regular radio will no longer be used. The article suggests that satellite radios will do what CD's did to cassette tapes and records: make them obsolete. It also talks about the big names brought into satellite radio and the lack of censorship. The second post is an in-depth explanation about how satellite radio works. Basically, the transmission is sent from space and transmitted across the country coast-to-coast.

(2008, April 1). Streaming media to draw $70 billion in revenue before 2014. Techweb, Retrieved 10/26/08, from https://www.lexisnexis.com.ezproxy.hofstra.edu/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T5185809002&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T5185809006&cisb=22_T5185809005&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=295551&docNo=2

Pandora. Retrieved October 26, 2008, from Pandora Radio Web site: www.pandora.com

Streaming radio is a very interesting concept; it is radio without the radio. The first post discusses how streaming radio and video is expected to do very, very well. It is projected to pull in $70 Billion in revenue by 2014. A specific streaming radio I wanted to look at is Pandora. Pandora is unlike other streaming radio stations since it matches songs that you like by typing in an artist or a song. iTunes came out with similar technology this year called Genius. Pandora allows you to skip songs, give a "thumbs up" or a "thumbs down" to songs that pop up. Many different types on genres can be created and there is a mix button that allows a radio station compiled of all of the stations that are indiviually created.