This document discusses the history of radio and its transition to new media formats online. It provides details on the development of radio from its earliest transmissions in the late 19th century to its growth throughout the 20th century. By the late 1990s and 2000s, radio expanded its reach on the internet, allowing listeners to access stations worldwide based on genre or location. Popular internet radio services today include Pandora, Spotify, and Maestro.fm. However, online radio faces challenges in ensuring technology matches user capabilities and preventing illegal ripping of streamed music.

1. Radio and New Media Nick Hannan

2. What is New Media? New Media is interactive forms of communication that use the Internet, including podcasts, RSS feeds, social networks, text messaging, blogs, wikis, virtual worlds and more.

3. History of the Radio The first radio signals were sent in 1896 by an Italian man Guglielmo Marconi via telegraph messenger. Marconi told the Italian Gov. about his invention, but was declined. He than moved to England and it quickly became a hit. For the first time in 1919, shortwave radio was developed. In 1920 KDKA broadcasts the first regular licensed radio broadcast out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After that, radio broadcasts were being broadcasted all over the United States, especially in bigger cities. In 1952 Sony came out with the first transistor radio in AM/FM. Today , there are over 33,000 radio stations in the world, 12,000 in the US alone.

4. Radio goes online First internet radio stations appeared in the mid 90’s, but had poor sound quality and not a lot of popularity. By the end of the 90’s there were several internet radio stations and music cites online. Once 2000’s came around, online radio stations sky-rocketed, allowing people to listen to a certain genre of music, or simply listen to there favorite station. Online radio is the result of new media and the constant advancement in technology.

5. Popular Internet Stations.. Pandora Radio Spotify Maestro.fm Real Radio

6. Issues/concerns of Online radio One major issue radio stations face today is making sure that technology matches with there users. Issues of sound quality, for example if a users connection is poor, the feed will be choppy and pause Another issue is Radio Music Ripping, in the past people have ripped music off of online stations by saving the song in an audio file, making that a legal issue.