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 invented in 1879 by Marconi, the regular, large scale broadcasting of radio started later in the 1920?s. Radio is indubitably one of the mothers of innovation because it paved ways for further inventions in the domain of communication.

It transmits its signals in free space through electromagnetic waves. The word ?Radio? stands for wireless. Though new technological 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 Internet have left radio a long way behind in the race for communicational improvement. In spite of the fact that modern means of communication are used much more nowadays, none of the contemporary means of communication has replaced it.

In the starting of the Twentieth century, radio was basically used to pass orders and important knowledge during war or emergencies. Later on, it was used to transmit all sorts of programs too.

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

Radio offers access to limitless information from around the globe. Listening to a radio is far easier and less time consuming than watching television or using any other form of communication. We do not have to place other things on hold when listening to a radio.

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

Radio is a cheaper way of serving ads for companies 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 images are not real pictures. He is talking about 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 categorized on grounds of the taste of the audience and so a huge variety of programs are transmitted to cater for a colossal populace. 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 concepts 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 individuals listen to it.




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