For good reception, a radio must have good selectivity (selectivity is a radio's ability to separate weak stations and strong stations on the FM dial) and good sensitivity (the ability to receive weak ...

Q I am getting a new home-theater receiver. My wife said, "Please tell me this one will have better radio reception." I didn't think I could control this. I did a search and came upon your column ...

Depending on where I am in my room (sitting/laying on bed, standing somewhere), my FM radio, which is at the foot of my bed and on the floor, experiences various levels of interference in the ...

I need help with my stereo receiver’s FM reception. I listen primarily to WQED in Pittsburgh, approximately 35 miles away, but the direct line of sight to the transmitting tower is blocked by a hill.

It has a 110,000-watt Class B signal atop San Bruno Mountain, allowing this NPR Member station to cover nearly all of the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose market. That said, the Bay Area is notorious ...

At the BES Expo in New Dehi, India, the Digital Radio Mondiale Consortium demonstrated DRM Digital FM reception on a mobile phone. According to DRM, no proprietary receiver technology was needed, so ...