News tagged with radio stations

Carmakers lure youth with gadgets, sleek design

Dashboards glittering with gadgets, turbo-charged engines and sleek designs are on offer as automakers try to attract young consumers who care more about computers than cars.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

French breast implant firm used fuel additive

French breast implant manufacturer PIP used a fuel additive in its now-banned implants which the company knew were defective as early as 2005, it was revealed on Monday.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Canada may buy back Amundsen's Maud

After sinking Norway's plans to repatriate explorer Roald Amundsen's three-mast ship Maud from the Arctic, Canada signalled Monday it may buy the shipwreck.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Knight Foundation awards NPR $1.5M for web news

(AP) -- NPR is getting a $1.5 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to boost web training and content at member stations nationwide.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Report says Facebook seeks $10 billion in IPO

(AP) -- Facebook might finally be laying down the groundwork for a highly anticipated initial public offering, long expected to take place sometime after April 2012.

Technology / Business

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Spotify doesn't quite hit the spot

Subscription services have been touted as the future of music for the past decade. But at least in this country, they've never taken off.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 0

GRAIL moon mission in final preparations for September launch

NASA's Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission to study the moon is in final launch preparations for a scheduled Sept. 8 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 4

Pandora net loss widens but revenue up sharply

Internet radio company Pandora on Thursday posted its first quarterly earnings since going public, reporting a wider net loss but revenue that more than doubled on solid advertising growth.

Technology / Business

created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers detail how a distant black hole devoured a star

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two studies appearing in the Aug. 25 issue of the journal Nature provide new insights into a cosmic accident that has been streaming X-rays toward Earth since late March. NASA's Swift satell ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 24 | with audio podcast

Pandora to be in more cars, hits 100 million users

Internet radio Pandora announced expanded partnerships with automobile manufacturers on Tuesday and said it now has 100 million registered users.

Technology / Business

created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clear Channel swipes at Pandora with iheart revamp

(AP) -- Radio station giant Clear Channel Communications Inc. is taking a swipe at online music service Pandora with a revamp of its iheartradio application that imitates Pandora's personalized listening experience but doesn't ...

Technology / Internet

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pandora's stock retreats to below IPO price

(AP) -- Buyer's remorse already may be setting in for some investors in Internet radio station Pandora Media.

Technology / Business

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers show how to use portable devices' built-in motion sensors to improve data rates on wireless networks

For most of the 20th century, the paradigm of wireless communication was a radio station with a single high-power transmitter. As long as you were within 20 miles or so of the transmitter, you could pick up ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How Google removed the muzzle on Twitter in Egypt

(AP) -- Even before his first day on the job at Google, Ujjwal Singh was trying to figure out how to use his passion for the spoken word and the company's technological prowess to help Egyptians bypass government ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cars the next frontier for Pandora

Internet radio star Pandora has topped 75 million users in the United States and is expanding into cars but it will be awhile before music fans abroad can enjoy their own personal stations.

Technology / Business

created Jan 08, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Radio broadcasting

Radio broadcasting is an audio (sound) broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast common programming, either in syndication or simulcast or both. Audio broadcasting also can be done via cable FM, local wire networks, satellite and the Internet.

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