For good reception, a radio must have good selectivity (selectivity is a radio's ability to separate weak stations and strong stations on the FM dial) and good sensitivity (the ability to receive weak ...

Beings from outer space attempt to contact you nightly, but noise and tall buildings hamper their communications. We call these spaced-out beings deejays; they usually radiate on frequencies between ...

Depending on where I am in my room (sitting/laying on bed, standing somewhere), my FM radio, which is at the foot of my bed and on the floor, experiences various levels of interference in the ...

Q I am getting a new home-theater receiver. My wife said, "Please tell me this one will have better radio reception." I didn't think I could control this. I did a search and came upon your column ...

90.5 FM has returned to full power operation across its normal coverage area. 105.1 FM has also returned to full service for its usual coverage area. There will still be some brief periods on and ...

Yesterday we noted a report from a reader experiencing extremely poor AM performance with Griffin Technology's RadioSHARK (a combination hardware tuner/software package that allows you to "TiVo" radio ...

I recently had a chance to try out a really cool-looking — at least in the opinion of some — antenna for my truck. The brand itself doesn’t matter much as these are all similar in design: flexible ...

Several months after its acquisition by MediaWorks, Auckland, New Zealand-based urban dance station George FM is getting a power boost. “We’ve twiddled the knobs, tweaked the dials, untangled the ...

LAS VEGAS--The hot new technology at the Consumer Electronics Show this year is--FM radio? Yup, the humble broadcasting technology, which ceased being a novelty around the time of Woodstock, has ...

Atmel has announced availability of the AM/FM antenna amplifier IC ATR4251, which enables outstanding AM/FM car-radio reception when used with designer antennas. The ATR4251's impedance matching ...