Talk:Cable radio

Not just FM
This article seems mainly concerned with the FM radio service offered by some companies whose primary business is cable television. But in various countries there are/were also cable networks specifically for radio which distributed AM (or even baseband audio) signals to customers over telephone, electricity or dedicated lines. 213.40.114.183 (talk) 13:48, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Censorship
The article briefly alludes to cable radio in the USSR but fails to mention the main motivation on the authorities part for establishing such services. Namely the fact that it was far easier to restrict or prevent owners of cable-only (as opposed to conventional broadcast) receivers from listening to "politically undesirable" broadcasts from other countries. There were similar networks established in some cities in Nazi Germany for exactly the same reason. 213.40.114.183 (talk) 13:48, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Bullshit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.31.183.22 (talk) 16:36, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Suggest merge
I would like to propose a merge with the Linjesender article. Any thoughts ? 86.112.91.158 (talk) 15:01, 26 August 2010 (UTC)



Recommend AGAINST a merge-Recommend Closing this Dispute
The article on Linjesender has nothing to do with cable fm, rather it is more in line with carrier current broadcasting, a means of placing a very low power AM signal on electrical power lines. The process was moderately popular in the US at some colleges and other schools in the '60's and '70's, as an alternative radio outlet for student run stations. The process was never very effective, and thus never really could have been considered successful. As FM radio grew in popularity in the '70's, carrier current AM slipped into obscurity. Today, carrier current broadcasting is used primarily for informational radio stations dispensing information for airports, highway conditions, etc. in the US. It's limited coverage area, low fidelity and susceptibility to interference limit it's appeal and practical use.

The cable radio page deals primarily with the existence of cable fm radio stations in the US and Canada from the '70's through the '80's. It is tilted towards that because the people most familiar with those stations were the contributors. These stations amounted to the equivalent of an underground radio station in the community, without breaking FCC regs. The information regarding International Variations on this is scarce because no one has bothered to provide a contribution, not because of some hidden agenda. Furthermore, the international ideations really don't have anything to do with the US stations as they existed, rather, the original international comments appear to be more of an afterthought, added to "round out" the page. The more recent additions to the Russian Federation section appear to be politically charged.

As for the comments about the Russian versions, while interesting in the discussion of it as a propaganda device, there's more of the complaint here then what they are complaining about. The Russian history and politicizing of the topic, complete with the comparisons to Nazism seems to warrant an article of it's own. The cable radio page, as originally envisioned by it's US contributors, was never imagined as a political issue - it was just about a phenomena that occurred across the US in the '70's, and an attempt to chronicle these events, since there was such a complete and utter lack of any data on the topic. Hospital radio, as popularized in the UK, is more in line with this topic then Linjesender and the Russian Federation.

So, the two issues: Linjesender and Russian radio, really aren't related to cable FM, as it existed then or now, and as discussed in the cable radio page, and don't necessarily belong there or justify changing or deleting elements of the original page. Linjesender had to do with AM carrier current, the Russian technology appears to have been nothing more then an audio distribution system, not even using RF technology, AM or FM. The Russian comments are politically charged. And as requested on talk pages, I sign my post. Respectfully, Vidwizard@gmail.com



Socket/plug - Yura87 (talk) 08:18, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
As combined wired/wireless designs emerged, an "asian-style" (flat contacts) plug was developed to tell the 2 plugs apart, which led to a different shape of sockets, that new shape of sockets was also more distinct. Some cable radio designs (mostly one-frequency) didn't have a wire but instead were put directly on the wall socket.