What is Radio?

Radio is a way to send electromagnetic signals over a

long distance, to deliver information from one place to
another.
• A machine that “ sends “ radio signals is called
Transmitter.
• A machine that “ picks up “ the signals is called
Receiver.
• A machine that does both is called transceiver.
Transceiver
  The first radio broadcast ever in the world’s history was
made by Reginald Fessenden on Christmas Eve 1906
when he beamed a “Christmas concert” to the
astonished crews of the ships of the United Fruit
Company out in the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean
Sea.
HISTORY OF
 World’s first commercial radio station KDKA, began
RADIO broadcasting in Pittsburgh in 1920.
  Radio Pakistan was originally known as the Pakistan
Broadcasting Service at the time of its inception on 14
August 1947. It had the honour of publicly announcing
Pakistan’s independence from Britain on 13 August
1947 at 11:59 pm. Mustafa Ali Hamdani made the
announcement from Lahore in Urdu and English, while
Abdullah Jan Maghmoom made the announcement
Radio in from Peshawar in Pashto.
His first announcement was
Pakistan ‫السالم علیکم‬
‫پاکستان براڈ کاسٹنگ سروس ۔‬
‫ہم الہور سے بول رہے ہیں ۔تیرا‬
‫ سنہ سینتالیس‬، ‫اور چودہ اگست‬
‫عیسوی کی درمیانی رات ۔ بارہ‬
‫بجے ہیں ۔ طلوع صبح آزادی‬
  The Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation, usually called Radio
Pakistan came into being as Pakistan Broadcasting Service on 14
August 1947 when Pakistan emerged on the world map as a new
country.
The List Of Top 7 Radio Stations In Pakistan Are:
1. Radio Pakistan
Top Radio 2. FM100 Lahore
Stations In 3. Power Radio 99 Islamabad
Pakistan 4. Awam FM 94 Khushab
5. AJYAL Radio
6. FM 106.2
7. Apna Karachi 107 FM
  Radio broadcasts provide real-time
information, and some that broadcast 24 hours
a day, can provide the most recent updates to
listeners. Radio has the ability to reach across
Importance borders and can become a valuable source of
information where reliable news is scarce.
of Radio
  Advancement of technology made radio Production and
transmission less expensive.
 Radio is accessible to the illiterates.
Characteristics
 Radio is a mobile medium. We can listen radio even when we
of Radio as a are moving.
Mass Mediam  Radio is a background medium which means we can listen to
radio while doing other works.
  Since most farmers have not been to school, radio acts
as a substitute for formal education. Radio enables
communities to articulate their experiences and to
Role of Radio critically examine issues and policies affecting their
lives for example a community can use the radio to
in Agricultural highlight new agricultural policies.
and Rural
Development
 Commercial Non-Commercial
Stations Stations
 Non-Commercial Stations do
not receive financial support
from advertisers in the sense
Types of Radio of airing commercials.
Stations under this category  Funded by the governments.
Stations support themselves financially
by selling time on their  Donations from private
airwaves to advertisers. foundations and organization
are the major sources of
income of non-commercial
station.
  Advances in technology have given people more ways to access an
increasing amount of information. However, radio still plays a vital
role in today’s world. Radio broadcasts provide real-time
information, and some that broadcast 24 hours a day, can provide
the most recent updates to listeners. Radio has the ability to reach
across borders and can become a valuable source of information
where reliable news is scarce.
Future of  Radio has proved its worth in times of emergency such as when
Radio access to the mobile network is down as a result of an overload, or
phone lines are cut. Even when there is no electricity, most radio
sets can be battery operated or have the ability to be hand-
cranked.
 More importantly, radio is easy to use, it’s live and it’s human. For
more than 80 years, radio has survived and prospered by being the
easiest of media to use.
 Peggy Noonan Harry von Zell

“TV gives everyone an “Radio is the most

Sayings about image, but radio gives intimate and socially
birth to a million images personal medium in the
Radio in a million brains” world”
Presented By
I RAJ
Zobia Awais
Asad Ullah
Hammad Umar.