Radio, the oldest form of electronic broadcasting, has thus far lagged behind TV in the push to go digital, but efforts have been underway for over twenty years in Europe to create digital platforms for radio. Drawing on extensive cross-national research, this volume offers the first comprehensive review of European digital radio, with details on the technologies, policies, and strategies to bring radio into the digital era—and highlights the successes and failures in implementation. An accessible introduction for students and professionals, this volume presents digital radio broadcasting in both a European and global context.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword: The Ontology of Radio
Paddy Scannell
Introduction
Chapter 1: Radio Broadcasting in Europe: The Search for a Common Digital Future
Brian O’Neill & Helen Shaw
Chapter 2: The Technological Landscape of Radio
Marko Ala-Fossi
Chapter 3: ‘A Vision for Radio’: Engineering Solutions for Changing Audiences – from FM to DAB
Stephen Lax
Chapter 4: ‘Sounding the Future’: Digital Radio and CD-quality Audio
Brian O’Neill
Chapter 5: ‘DAB: The Future of Radio?’ The Development of Digital Radio in Europe
Per Jauert, Stephen Lax, Helen Shaw & Marko Ala-Fossi
Chapter 6: Digital Radio Strategies in the United States: A Tale of Two Systems
Alan G. Stavitsky & Michael W. Huntsberger
Chapter 7: Beyond Europe: Launching Digital Radio in Canada and Australia
Brain O’Neill
Chapter 8: Future Scenarios for the Radio Industry
Mark Ala-Fossi
Chapter 9: Community Radio in Transition: The Challenge to Digital Migration
Lawrie Hallett
Chapter 10: Two-Way Radio: Audience Participation and Editorial Control in the Future
Lars Nyre & Marko Ala-Fossi
Chapter 11: The Online Transformation: How the Internet is Challenging and Changing Radio
Helen Shaw
Notes on Contributors
Index