Meaning of microradio | Babel Free

Definitions

The use of low-power community-based noncommercial FM radio stations broadcasting to a range of approximately 10 miles or less.

US, uncountable

Examples

“Attendees at Pearl Jam concerts are encouraged to tune⟳ to the station before and after the show⟳, and fans who were unable to get⟳ or afford⟳ concert tickets can still hear⟳ Pearl Jam concerts over the microradio station.”

“The microradio advocates argue⟳ that the U.S. Constitution allows the federal government to regulate interstate commerce and it can make⟳ treatise with other nations, but the federal government cannot interfere⟳ in this right of people to communicate at a local level.”

“In fact, the FCC's cautious microradio engineering plan⟳ was taken from a plan⟳ that had been successfully developed by commercial broadcasters themselves in the early 1990s to put⟳ more stations on the air.”

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