What is satellite radio?

Satellite radio is a relatively new participant on the radio market. Traditional radio stations broadcast their programs through large antennas to provide income in the area. The strongest broadcasts are accessible over 100 miles from the source, although most of the broadcasts are about 35 million XM, Sirius are two such services that provide satellite radio broadcasts and their signals are available throughout the United States. Worldspace provides digital broadcasts for most other places in the world. Satellite radio signals are transmitted in digital form that drastically improves the quality of income. In fact, the quality of these digital broadcasts is close to the quality of CD audio!

XM and Sirius offer about 100 stations and the Worldspace programming guide is growing and growing. Many programs are either commercial or close to it. Programming differs from messages to conversation with all kinds of music stations.

Receiving satellite broadcasts requires special satellite receivers and the service also requires payment, usually around $ 10 per month. The first satellite radios were installed in cars, but now is becoming more and more available for home and portable devices.