Broadcast network

A broadcast network is a group of radio stations, television stations, or other electronic media outlets, that form an agreement to air, or broadcast, content from a centralized source. For example, PBS (U.S.) and BBC (U.K.) are TV networks that provide programming for local TV station affiliates to air using signals that can be picked up by the home television sets of local viewers.

Streaming media, Internet radio, and webcasting are sometimes considered forms of broadcasting despite the lack of broadcast stations; its practitioners may also be called "broadcasters" or even "broadcast networks".

Reginald Fessenden, a former engineer and communications researcher for the U.S. Weather Bureau was the first individual to transmit a regular radio broadcast. His broadcasts were to ships at sea, for which he used radio telegraphy equipment. His programs consisted of a recorded Handel piece, a violin performance, and a reading from the Bible. He claimed to be the first to transmit the human voice. General Electric was encouraged years later to create the Radio Corporation of America (RCA). Around this time,AT&T also became involved in radio.

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