| The humble radio has been a great source of | | | | listen to. |
| entertainment for well over a century, since | | | | DAB radios have many advantages over |
| Thomas Edison filed patents for early radio | | | | traditional analogue radios, firstly tuning to a new |
| technology we have used radios as early news | | | | station is much easier as it is more like changing |
| services, audio plays, call in discussion shows and | | | | the channel on a TV, there's no twiddling the dial |
| obviously music. In the days before Televisions | | | | to get the best signal and all stations have their |
| whole families would nightly gather round the | | | | name shown so you know exactly which channel |
| radio, or wireless as it was referred to in the | | | | you're tuned to, saving time waiting to hear a clue |
| 1930s to enjoy entertainment especially during the | | | | as to what station you're listening to. |
| two World Wars. | | | | Some stations that play a lot of music can |
| These days the radio is still a mainstay in most | | | | actually broadcast song information which is |
| households, whilst TVs added pictures to the | | | | shown on your radio; this is a welcome feature as |
| sounds we listened to on the radio there are still | | | | many people will have encountered a situation |
| people who enjoy listening to either spoken word | | | | where you've heard a great song on the radio but |
| or music on the radio. If people don't listen to the | | | | didn't catch the DJ mention the track name and |
| radio at home anymore then there's a high | | | | artist. |
| chance that they will in their cars where radios still | | | | A lot of DAB radios can be home radios that are |
| rule, partially because it is too dangerous to watch | | | | not too large and perfect for taking outside when |
| TV in the car! | | | | working in the garage or up a ladder, other |
| Modern music is typically listened to on MP3 | | | | varieties aside from in car DAB radios are |
| players and CD players and so sometimes people | | | | portable handheld DAB radios, these look like MP3 |
| may have not been able to get a good enough | | | | players but can actually be smaller as they do not |
| reception, making the radio sound terribly | | | | need the other larger parts that MP3 players have |
| scratchy or interfered by static. Luckily there are | | | | such as hard drives and big colour screens. |
| now DAB radios which use a digital signal to | | | | So with better sound quality these new DAB |
| provide excellent sound quality as well as a | | | | radios have taken a technology we've enjoyed |
| greater choice of stations and programmes to | | | | and made it even more convenient and enjoyable. |