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Radio has been a central part of our lives for over a century. From the introduction of commercial radio to the rise of satellite radio, the medium has undergone major changes. the introduction of FM radio in the late 1930s was one of the most important developments in radio technology. This new way of broadcasting fundamentally changed the way listeners consumed music and news. From the beginning FM radio has evolved over time to best serve and adapt to listeners whose needs have changed over the decades.

The HKPCA Show, one of the world's largest and most influential exhibitions for circuit boards and electronic assemblies, will return this year with two events scheduled for 24-26 May and 6-8 December at the Shenzhen International Convention and Exhibition Centre (Bao'an)!

Bringing Together Electronic and Photonic Technologies

When you think of advancements in signal modulation, your mental time machine might go back to the turn of the 21st century and LTE which was proposed by NTT DOCOMO as “Super 3G” in early 2004. But over a hundred years earlier, on June 3rd, 1900, in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, the Reverend Father Roberto Landell de Moura demonstrated the transmission of voice messages over a distance of 8 km using amplitude modulation. Several months later, on December 23, 1900, Reginald Aubrey Fessenden successfully transmitted an amplitude-modulated signal approximately 1.6 km. Throughout the nearly 123 years since these transmissions occurred, arguably no modulation scheme has been of greater significance in world history than amplitude modulation (AM).

Edythe Messerand was a pioneering New York journalist who made a major contribution to the field of radio broadcast journalism. She began her career in the 1920s and over time Messerand became one of the most prominent and influential women journalists of her time.

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