FCC chairman Ajit Pai has advocated for the activation of FM radio receivers built into nearly every smartphone, as part of opening remarks he made at the Future of Radio and Audio Symposium in ...

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has brought a previously hidden iPhone feature to light. Almost all smartphones have an FM receiver chip built into their hardware. It's actually the ...

Put FM radio in cellphones and everyone will benefit. That’s the gist of a report commissioned by an NAB technology advocacy program. “Cell phone service providers, radio broadcasters and handset ...

Building radio receivers from scratch is still a popular project since it can be done largely with off-the-shelf discrete components and a wire long enough for the bands that the radio will receive.

The FM receiver module is based on the TEA5767 [1, 2] chip. It is a well-known module that could be controlled via the I2C bus. It covers the FM frequency range from 76MHz to 108MHz. At the output, it ...

In early August, the NAB published its ideas on proposed terms for the ongoing debate about performance royalties for terrestrial radio stations. The organization has been fighting the performance ...

Testing FM receivers is not that much different than testing other pieces of audio equipment. Appropriate tests include the big six: level, frequency response, THD+N, phase, interchannel crosstalk, ...

If you're trying to rock out to the radio on your smartphone, you're undoubtedly using an Internet stream—something like Beats 1, instead of spinning a digital dial to your favorite frequency and ...

The VHF super regenerative receiver has been trimmed down to a single transistor without compromising its tremendous sensitivity and selectivity while maintaining the same clear audio. The original ...

Frequency modulation (FM) radio is still one of the most commonly used components of entertainment systems in today’s automobiles and plays an important role in overall automotive consumer ratings and ...

The Indian government has reiterated the importance of including FM radio receivers in mobile phones sold in India. “The FM Radio is one of the communication links between the authorities and people ...