Radio is a communication system that broadcasts signals through radio waves; it has served as a platform to provide public access to information for nearly a century. Sound is broadcast from a radio station and received through radio receivers, commonly known as radios, into cars, homes, and workplaces. Radio programming is the content that is produced for broadcast by radio stations and may include news and information, music, sports, comedy, and talk shows, to name a few.

Radio as a medium of broadcast communication is one of the most globally accessible. Originally relying solely on the communication of news and entertainment through audio, radio has advanced through the generations and continues to retain its position as one of the most widespread and broadly accessible mediums ...

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