Radio - Still A Vital Mode Of Communication In The 21st. Century

| Tuesday, September 6, 2011
By Owen Jones


Radio is one of the most extraordinary inventions of the Nineteenth Century. Although it was thought of in 1879 by Marconi, the everyday, wide scale broadcasting of radio started later in the 1920?s. Radio is undoubtedly one of the mothers of innovation because it paved routes for further inventions in the domain of communication.

It broadcasts its signals in free space through electromagnetic waves. The word ?Radio? stands for wireless. Though new hi-tech innovations have left it far behind, its importance as a method of communication cannot be denied. Radio is thought to be the mother of all the other inventions in the province of communication.

TV and the Web have left radio far behind in the race for communicational advancement. In spite of the fact that contemporary means of communication are used much more these days, none of the modern methods of communication has replaced it.

In the beginning of the Twentieth century, radio was in essence used to pass orders and vital knowledge during war or emergencies. Later on, it was used to broadcast all types of programs too.

Radio has successfully served as an important mean of transmitting programs ranging from news to drama, music, comedy and arts etc.

Radio offers access to limitless knowledge from around the world. Listening to a radio is much easier and less time consuming than watching TV or using any other form of communication. We do not have to put other items on hold whilst listening to a radio.

Radio can be listened to when driving, walking or even lying on the bed with one?s eyes closed. It is one of the biggest benefits associated with listening to a radio. There is no harm in listening to a radio while driving because it does not distract your attention to a damaging extent.

Radio is a cheaper way of serving adverts for businesses trying to market and sell their products or services. Clive Anderson writes in favour of radio and claims that the pictures suggested by radio are better than any other mode of communication. These pictures are not real pictures. He means the emotional touch.

Radio offers more emotional involvement. Radio transmissions on a home scale. Normally one or two hosts talk to their audience in such a manner that the program appears to be specially tailored to each listener.

Radio programs are classified on grounds of the taste of the audience and so a huge variety of programs are transmitted to cater for a huge population. The audience feels an emotional connection with the program makers.

Radio not just saves time and money but also physical energy. Less attention is needed to grasp audio knowledge than visual. Television, mobile, Wi-Fi, satellite navigation systems and Radar etc. are all the product of radio technology one in way or another.

This old invention and its principles are still in use and their importance can?t be denied even in the modern era of technological advancement and innovation. Although just sound is produced by radio, it has a colossal effect on the thinking of individuals because it has a huge reach and people listen to it.




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