This document discusses the history of radio and its transition to new media formats online. It provides context on the development of radio from Guglielmo Marconi's first radio signals in 1896 to the establishment of over 33,000 radio stations worldwide today. The document then outlines how radio moved online in the mid-1990s with early internet radio stations that had poor sound quality and low popularity. By the 2000s, online radio stations grew significantly, allowing listeners to access different music genres or favorite stations. Popular internet radio services like Pandora, Spotify, and Real Radio are mentioned. The main issues for online radio discussed are ensuring technology matches users' connections to avoid buffering, and preventing the illegal ripping of music from streaming services

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.