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David Margolese (born October 24, 1957) is an Israeli entrepreneur, philanthropist, and co-founder of Sirius XM Radio, [5] serving as chairman and CEO from 1993 to 2002. [6] Considered "one of the earliest advocates of pay radio," [7] he "effectively created the industry." [1]
The first CD played on BBC Radio was in October 1982. [citation needed] The Japanese launch was followed on 14 March 1983 by the introduction of CD players and discs to Europe [37] and North America where CBS Records released sixteen titles. [38] The first artist to sell a million copies on CD was Dire Straits, with their 1985 album Brothers in ...
Ottens was born in Bellingwolde on 21 June 1926. Ottens showed an interest in technology and tinkering from an early age. [4] While in his teens, during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II, he constructed a radio that he would use to secretly listen to Radio Oranje broadcasts.
Kornelis Antonie "Kees" Schouhamer Immink (born 18 December 1946 [1]) is a Dutch engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur, who pioneered and advanced the era of digital audio, video, and data recording, including popular digital media such as compact disc (CD), DVD and Blu-ray disc.
The AM/FM radio combined with a CD player has remained a mainstay of car audio, despite being obsolescent in non-car applications. [17] [18] In the 2010s, internet radio, satellite radio, streaming, and podcasting came into competition with AM/FM radio. By this time some models were offering 5.1 surround sound.
The first boombox was developed by the inventor of the audio compact cassette, Philips of the Netherlands.Their first 'Radiorecorder' was released in 1966. The Philips innovation was the first time that radio broadcasts could be recorded onto cassette tapes without the cables or microphones that previous stand-alone cassette tape recorders required.
Most CD players produce an output signal via a headphone jack or RCA jacks. To use a CD player in a home stereo system, the user connects an RCA cable from the RCA jacks to a hi-fi (or other amplifier) and loudspeakers for listening to music. To listen to music using a CD player with a headphone output jack, the user plugs headphones or ...
[7] [8] [9] In 1990, Rothblatt founded Satellite CD Radio, Inc. in Washington, D.C. [6] [10] The company was the first to petition the FCC to assign unused frequencies for satellite radio broadcast, which "provoked a furor among owners of both large and small [terrestrial] radio stations."