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History of Radio

The earliest radio stations were simply radiotelegraphy systems and did not carry audio. The first claimed audio transmission that could be termed a broadcast occurred on Christmas Eve in 1906, and was made by Reginald Fessenden. While many early experimenters attempted to create systems similar to radiotelephone devices where only two parties were meant to communicate, there were others who intended to transmit to larger audiences. ..(more)

History of radio, AM and FM

Radio technology

FM broadcast radio sends music and voice with higher fidelity than AM radio. In frequency modulation, amplitude variation at the microphone causes the transmitter frequency to fluctuate. Because the audio signal modulates the frequency and not the amplitude, an FM signal is not subject to static and interference in the same way as AM signals. (more)

Developments in radio technology

Media Accessibility & Ownership

It can be easily assumed that a greater part of Nepalese population owns a radio set. This was also evident from the statistics of the survey data which shows that though some of the rural respondents did own a television, a majority owned only a radio. This is because much of the rural Nepal is devoid of electricity and proper.... (more)

Media accessibility, availability and ownership

Media Preferences

Respondents were asked their media preference amongst the different types of media they had access to. The survey data provides a comparative figure between radio, television, print media and the internet. Here a strong divergence between urban and rural audiences was clear – urban respondents indicated a preference for.... (more)

Radio, television and time preferences

Perspective on radio content

On the perspective of the radio content, most of the respondent could identity what a ‘news’ is in the radio. However, there was much confusion on what the ‘social development’ programs were. Though, the questions and the discussions were simplified, most of the respondent had a hard time in explaining the.... (more)

Perspective on News, Social and Kathmandu-based programs