A Broadcast Engineering Tutorial for Non-Engineers, 3rd Edition

CHAPTER 1

Introduction

In its simplest form, a radio or television broadcast station consists of two basic facilities: the studio complex and a transmitter site. The studio complex is the place where the programming originates. The transmitter is the device that, with an antenna, actually broadcasts the program material out over the air. In between the two is a connection called the studio transmitter link. In reality, there are many components that make up the chain from program origination through to the final viewer or listener. This tutorial provides an introduction to the technologies and equipment that constitute modern broadcasting systems.

Traditionally, broadcasting was based on analog techniques, but for more than 20 years there has ...