Radio is one of the most extraordinary inventions of the Nineteenth Century. Although it was invented in 1879 by Marconi, the everyday, wide scale broadcasting of radio started later in the 1920?s. Radio is indubitably one of the mothers of innovation because it paved routes for further inventions in the field of communication.

It transmits its signals in free space through electromagnetic waves. The word ?Radio? stands for wireless. Though new technological innovations have left it well behind, its importance as a method of communication cannot be denied. Radio is thought to be the mother of all the other inventions in the field of communication.

Television and the Web have left radio far behind in the race for communicational advancement. In spite of the fact that contemporary means of communication are used a lot more these days, none of the modern means of communication has replaced it.

In the starting of the Twentieth century, radio was in essence used to pass orders and important information during war or emergencies. Later on, it was used to transmit all types of programs too.

Radio has successfully served as an important way of transmitting programs ranging from news to drama, music, comedy and arts etc.

Radio offers access to limitless information from around the world. Listening to a radio is much easier and less time consuming than watching TV or using any other mode of communication. We do not have to put other things on hold whilst listening to a radio.

Radio can be listened to while driving, walking or even lying on the bed with one?s eyes closed. It is one of the biggest advantages associated with listening to a radio. There is no problem in listening to a radio while driving because it does not distract your attention to a damaging extent.

Radio is a cheaper manner of serving adverts for businesses attempting to market and sell their products or services. Clive Anderson writes in favour of radio and claims that the pictures suggested by radio are better than any other means of communication. These pictures are not real pictures. He means the emotional touch.

Radio offers more emotional involvement. Radio transmissions on a home scale. Normally one or two hosts talk to their audience in such a manner that the program appears to be specially tailored to each listener.

Radio programs are classified on grounds of the taste of the audience and so a huge variety of programs are transmitted to cater for a huge populace. The audience feels an emotional relationship with the program makers.

Radio not merely saves time and money but also physical energy. Less attention is required to grasp audio knowledge than visual. Television, mobile, Wi-Fi, satellite navigation systems and Radar etc. are all the product of radio technology one in manner or another.

This old invention and its principles are still in use and their importance can?t be denied even in the contemporary era of technological advancement and innovation. Although only sound is produced by radio, it has a huge impact on the thinking of people because it has a colossal reach and people listen to it.

Owen Jones, the writer of this piece, writes on a range of topics, but is currently involved with Bose Radioss. If you would like to kcurrently more, please go to our website at Bose Digital Radio.