No single person in the colorful history of radio can be credited with inventing radio. Radio's "inventors" almost all refined an idea put forth by someone else. Wireless communication became a theoretical proposition in 1864 when...

AM broadcasting is the process of radio broadcasting using Amplitude...

A new section of the AM band that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently opened for public use was already in use for travelers' information stations (TIS). These stations operate at low power and cover only short distances, but broadcasters fear they will interfere...

Changing The Tune When a new owner attempts to salvage a radio station that's dropped 70 percent in ratings over five years and taken an almost 50 percent dive in billings in two years, it better make immediate changes. Right? Wrong,...

Fred Thompson is relying on his radio roots for a rally in South Carolina's GOP presidential primary.Thompson has sat behind microphones in a series of town-hall meetings as talk radio hosts question him for a few minutes before opening it up to audiences. On Wednesday,...

Adoption of HD Radio, the digital upgrade to today's analog AM-FM broadcasts, could get a big lift from Best Buy's decision to stock HD Radio receivers in all of its stores nationwide. Best Buy BBY, the No. 1 consumer electronics retailer in the U.S., announced...