FM
Clearer radio band
FM stands for frequency modulation, a method of encoding audio signals onto radio waves that produces clearer sound than AM broadcasting.
FM radio dominates music broadcasting because of its superior fidelity: Turn on the FM, an FM station.
The term often distinguishes radio bands: FM 101.5. (Lowercase fm is texting shorthand for "from.")
Device selecting broadcast frequencies
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- stereoTwo-channel audio system
- antennaBroadcast signal receiver
- transmitterSignal-emitting device
broadcast · airwaves · dial · station · signal · frequency · modulation · bandwidth
tuner
Device selecting broadcast frequencies
transmitter · broadcast · airwaves · dial · station · signal · frequency · modulation · bandwidth · carrier
station
Fixed stopping point
jingle · listener · audience · host · commercial · format · drive-time · podcast · streaming · simulcast
synthesizer
Electronic sound-generating instrument
- YamahaJapanese conglomerate, diverse products
- operatorOne who works machinery
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
waveform · oscillator · modulator · carrier · harmonic · overtone · timbre · patch · digital · keyboard
- radiocrystal set, radio station, radio broadcast, news broadcast, shortwave radio
- car audiocar radio, car stereo, head unit, stereo, infotainment
- broadcast receptionantenna, broadcast, signal strength, over-the-air, OTA
- music abbreviationsDJ, CD, LP, EP, MP3
- radio frequenciesradio wave, radio waves, radio frequency, VHF, UHF
- ham radioamateur radio, ham radio, ham operator, radio operator, transceiver
FMAM
Pre-midday designation
amplitude modulation · AM radio · shortwave · longwave · PM
Real-time digital delivery
satellite radio · Sirius XM · digital radio · DAB · podcasts
- FM radioWireless audio transmission system
- FM stationBroadcast frequency for audio
- FM bandBroadcast frequency range
- FM transmitterDevice broadcasting audio wirelessly
- FM tunerBroadcast frequency receiver
- FM stereoBroadcast with left-right separation