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broadcast final
heads broadcasting in america final
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Communication
Undergraduate 2
12/14/2009

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Term
Which tends to be "static free" radio
Definition
FM Radio
Term
Which one uses "interlaced scanning" to create a picture?
Definition
NTSC
Term
Which system modulates the "amplitude" of a signal wave?
Definition
AM Radio
Term
Which of these video picture devices was invented first?
Definition
CRT-Cathode Ray Tube
Term
Which system depends on "sky waves" to help reception?
Definition
AM Radio
Term

Which of these would typically have the STRONGEST signal?

clear channel station

local station or

regional station

Definition
Clear channel station
Term
In digital TV, the common problem of having really clear TV reception at the outer edge of the stations coverage and no reception at all just a short distance away is called
Definition
The cliff effect
Term
Which one uses refraction to improve radio signal
Definition
AM radio
Term
Which one has a screen ratio of 9X16
Definition
HDTV- High definition television
Term
Most digital radio stations today multicast programming
Definition
False. most have not changed to multicasting yet.
Term
Every AM station has sidebands above and below the carrier frequency, in AM radio, how wide are the sidebands?
Definition
5 khz for a bandwidth of 10 khz
Term
which one had 525 lines of picture on the screen
Definition
NTSC
Term
describe AM radio waves
Definition
tall and short but of the same width.
Term
Wave Frequency
Definition
locates where on the broadcast spectrum your channel is.
Term
which one modulates the frequency of the radio wave?
Definition
FM Radio
Term
Which one of these is 1000 hertz
Definition
KHZ- Killo hertz
Term
which typer of radio was invented first?
Definition
AM Radio
Term
Which type of station takes up most space on the "broadcast spectrum"
Definition
DTV station
Term
DTV
Definition
Digital Television
Term
CCD
Definition
Charge Couple Device
Term
DBS
Definition
Direct Broadcast Satellite
Term
LPTV
Definition
Low-power television
Term
VHF
Definition
Very High Frequency TV
Term
one advantage to switch to digital TV in 2009
Definition
allows one to have better sound and audio
Term
One disadvantage to switch to digital TV in 2009
Definition
Expensive to convert.
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