FM broadcasting is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation (FM) to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio.
The term ‘FM band’ is effectively shorthand for ‘frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting’. It can upset purists, because it conflates a modulation scheme with a range of frequencies.
The term ‘VHF’ (Very High Frequency) was previously in common use in Europe. ‘UKW’, which...
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FM broadcasting is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation (FM) to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio.
The term ‘FM band’ is effectively shorthand for ‘frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting’. It can upset purists, because it conflates a modulation scheme with a range of frequencies.
The term ‘VHF’ (Very High Frequency) was previously in common use in Europe. ‘UKW’, which stands for Ultrakurzwellen (ultra short wave) in German is still widely used in Germany, as is ‘UKV’ (Ultrakortvåg) in Sweden.
Throughout the world, the broadcast band falls within the VHF part of the radio spectrum. Usually 87.5 - 108.0 MHz is used, or some portion thereof, with few exceptions:
The frequency of an FM broadcast station (more strictly its assigned nominal centre frequency) is usually an exact multiple of 100 kHz. In most of the Americas and the Caribbean, only odd multiples are used. In some parts of Europe, Greenland and...
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