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Liquid Barretter

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first audio device permitting the reception of wireless voices; developed by Fessenden

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Audion Tube

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vacuum tube developed by DeForest that became the basic invention for all radio and television

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Trustee Model

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in broadcast regulation, the idea that broadcasters serve as the publics’s trustees or fiduciaries

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Spectrum Scarcity

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broadcast spectrum space is limited, so not everyone who wants to broadcast can; those who are granted licenses must accept regulation

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Affiliates

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a broadcasting station that aligns itself with a network

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O&O

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a broadcasting station that is owned and operated by a network

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Low Power FM (LPFM)

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10- to 100-watt nonprofit community radio stations with a reach of only a few miles

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Format

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a radio station’s particular sound or programming content

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Secondary Services

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a radio station’s second, or nonprimary format

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Playlist

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predetermined sequence of selected records to be played by a disc jockey

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Billings

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total sale of broadcast airtime

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Ratings

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percentage of a market’s total population that is reached by a piece of broadcast programming

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Deregulation

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relaxation of ownership and other rules for radio and television

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Duopoly

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single ownership and management of multiple radio stations in one market

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Cover

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rerecording of one artist’s music by another

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Catalogue Albums

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in record retailing, albums more than three years old

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Recent Catalogue Albums

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in record retailing, albums out for 15 months to three years

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Syndication

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sale of radio or television content to stations on a market-by-market basis

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DMX (Digital Music Express)

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home delivery of audio by cable

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Digital Audio Radio Service (DARS)

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direct home or automobile delivery of audio by satellite

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Terrestrial Digital Radio

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land-based digital radio relying on digital compression technology to simultaneously transmit analog and one or more digital signals using existing spectrum space

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In-Band-On-Channel (IBOC)

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digital radio technology that uses digital compression to “shrink” digital and analog signals, allowing both to occupy the same frequency

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Web Radio

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the delivery of “radio” over the Internet directly to individual listeners

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Podcasting

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recording and downloading of audio files stored on servers

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Bitcasters

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“radio stations” that can be accessed only over the World Wide Web

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Streaming

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the simultaneous downloading and accessing (playing) of digital audio or video data

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MP3

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file compression software that permits streaming of digital audio and video data

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Modem

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a device that translates digital computer information into an analog form so it can be transmitted through telephone lines

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Open Source Software

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freely downloaded software

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Piracy

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the illegal recording and sale of copyrighted material

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P2P

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peer-to-peer software that permits direct Internet-based communication or collaboration between two or more personal computers while bypassing centralized servers

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Cloud-Music Service

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sites allowing users to store all their digital music online and stream it to any computer or digital device anywhere

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BitTorrent

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file-sharing software that allows users to create “swarms” of data as they simultaneously download and upload “bits” of a given piece of content

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Copyright

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identifying and granting ownership of a given piece of expression to protect the creators’ financial interest in it