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116 relations: Address space, Aircraft registration, Alpha (navigation), AM broadcasting, Amateur radio, Arktika-class icebreaker, Australian Communications and Media Authority, Aviation, Aviator call sign, Base transceiver station, Brand management, Brevity code, British Armed Forces, Broadcasting, California, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Citizens band radio, Civil aviation, Cleveland, Coast radio station, Company sergeant major, Cool jazz, Cornwall, Cryptography, Decca Navigator System, Distress signal, Dominion of Newfoundland, Electrical telegraph, Emergency position-indicating radiobeacon, Encryption, Federal Communications Commission, Flag of convenience, Flight number, FM broadcasting, General aviation, Glossary of military abbreviations, Ground-effect vehicle, GSM Cell ID, Guglielmo Marconi, Hovercraft, Hussein of Jordan, Identifier, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, International Civil Aviation Organization, International mobile subscriber identity, International standard, ISM radio band, ITU prefix, Jordan, KDKA (AM), ... Expand index (66 more) »
- Telecommunications law
Address space
In computing, an address space defines a range of discrete addresses, each of which may correspond to a network host, peripheral device, disk sector, a memory cell or other logical or physical entity.
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Aircraft registration
An aircraft registration is a code unique to a single aircraft, required by international convention to be marked on the exterior of every civil aircraft.
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Alpha (navigation)
Alpha, also known as RSDN-20, is a Russian system for long range radio navigation.
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AM broadcasting
AM broadcasting is radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation (AM) transmissions.
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Amateur radio
Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, is the use of the radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, and emergency communications.
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Arktika-class icebreaker
The Arktika class is a Russian (formerly Soviet) class of nuclear-powered icebreakers.
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Australian Communications and Media Authority
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is an Australian government statutory authority within the Communications portfolio.
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Aviation
Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry.
Aviator call sign
An aviator call sign or aviator callsign is a call sign given to a military pilot, flight officer, and even some enlisted aviators. Call sign and aviator call sign are call signs.
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Base transceiver station
A base transceiver station (BTS) or a baseband unit (BBU) is a piece of equipment that facilitates wireless communication between user equipment (UE) and a network.
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Brand management
In marketing, brand management begins with an analysis on how a brand is currently perceived in the market, proceeds to planning how the brand should be perceived if it is to achieve its objectives and continues with ensuring that the brand is perceived as planned and secures its objectives.
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Brevity code
Brevity codes are used in amateur radio, maritime, aviation and military communications.
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British Armed Forces
The British Armed Forces are the military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies.
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Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), in a one-to-many model.
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California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is the Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television.
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Citizens band radio
Citizens band radio (CB radio) is a land mobile radio system, a system allowing short-distance one-to-many bidirectional voice communication among individuals, using two-way radios operating near 27 MHz (or the 11-m wavelength) in the high frequency or shortwave band.
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Civil aviation
Civil aviation is one of two major categories of flying, representing all non-military and non-state aviation, both private and commercial.
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Cleveland
Cleveland, officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Coast radio station
A coast (or coastal) radio station (short: coast station) is an on-shore maritime radio station which monitor radio distress frequencies and relays ship-to-ship and ship-to-land communications.
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Company sergeant major
The company sergeant major (CSM) is the senior non-commissioned soldier of a company in the armies of many Commonwealth countries, responsible for administration, standards and discipline.
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Cool jazz
Cool jazz is a style of modern jazz music inspired by bebop and big band that arose in the United States after World War II.
Cornwall
Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.
Cryptography
Cryptography, or cryptology (from κρυπτός|translit.
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Decca Navigator System
The Decca Navigator System was a hyperbolic radio navigation system that allowed ships and aircraft to determine their position by using radio signals from a dedicated system of static radio transmitters.
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Distress signal
A distress signal, also known as a distress call, is an internationally recognized means for obtaining help.
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Dominion of Newfoundland
Newfoundland was a British dominion in eastern North America, today the modern Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Electrical telegraph
Electrical telegraphy is a point-to-point text messaging system, primarily used from the 1840s until the late 20th century.
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Emergency position-indicating radiobeacon
An emergency position-indicating radiobeacon (EPIRB) is a type of emergency locator beacon for commercial and recreational boats, a portable, battery-powered radio transmitter used in emergencies to locate boaters in distress and in need of immediate rescue.
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Encryption
In cryptography, encryption is the process of transforming (more specifically, encoding) information in a way that, ideally, only authorized parties can decode.
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States.
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Flag of convenience
Flag of convenience (FOC) is a business practice whereby a ship's owners register a merchant ship in a ship register of a country other than that of the ship's owners, and the ship flies the civil ensign of that country, called the flag state.
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Flight number
In the aviation industry, a flight number or flight designator is a code for an airline service consisting of two-character airline designator and a 1 to 4 digit number.
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FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting that uses frequency modulation (FM) of the radio broadcast carrier wave.
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General aviation
General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations except for commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services for other purposes.
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Glossary of military abbreviations
List of abbreviations, acronyms and initials related to military subjects such as modern armour, artillery, infantry, and weapons, along with their definitions.
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Ground-effect vehicle
A ground-effect vehicle (GEV), also called a wing-in-ground-effect (WIG), ground-effect craft, wingship, flarecraft or ekranoplan (экранопла́н – "screenglider"), is a vehicle that is able to move over the surface by gaining support from the reactions of the air against the surface of the earth or water.
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GSM Cell ID
A GSM Cell ID (CID) is a generally unique number used to identify each base transceiver station (BTS) or sector of a BTS within a location area code (LAC) if not within a GSM network.
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi (25 April 187420 July 1937) was an Italian inventor, electrical engineer, and politician, known for his creation of a practical radio wave–based wireless telegraph system.
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Hovercraft
A hovercraft (hovercraft), also known as an air-cushion vehicle or ACV, is an amphibious craft capable of travelling over land, water, mud, ice, and various other surfaces.
Hussein of Jordan
Hussein bin Talal (translit; 14 November 1935 – 7 February 1999) was King of Jordan from 11 August 1952 until his death in 1999.
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Identifier
An identifier is a name that identifies (that is, labels the identity of) either a unique object or a unique class of objects, where the "object" or class may be an idea, physical countable object (or class thereof), or physical noncountable substance (or class thereof).
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED; Innovation, Sciences et Développement économique Canada; label)Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Department of Industry.
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International Civil Aviation Organization
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth.
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International mobile subscriber identity
The international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) is a number that uniquely identifies every user of a cellular network.
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International standard
An international standard is a technical standard developed by one or more international standards organizations.
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ISM radio band
The ISM radio bands are portions of the radio spectrum reserved internationally for industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) purposes, excluding applications in telecommunications.
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ITU prefix
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) allocates call sign prefixes for radio and television stations of all types. Call sign and ITU prefix are call signs.
Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
KDKA (AM)
KDKA is a Class A, clear channel, AM radio station, owned and operated by Audacy, Inc. and licensed to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
KFI
KFI (640 AM) is a radio station in Los Angeles, California, owned and operated by iHeartMedia, Inc. It began operations in 1922 and became one of the first high-powered, clear-channel Class A stations.
KHJ (AM)
KHJ (930 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station that is licensed to Los Angeles, California.
KNX (AM)
KNX (1070 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Los Angeles, California.
KOA (AM)
KOA (850 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Denver, Colorado.
KSL (AM)
KSL (1160 AM) is a commercial radio station, licensed to Salt Lake City, Utah.
KYW (AM)
KYW (1060 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to serve Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Liberia
Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast.
List of aviation mnemonics
Mnemonics are used by aircraft pilots for the safe management of a flight.
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List of aviation, avionics, aerospace and aeronautical abbreviations
Below are abbreviations used in aviation, avionics, aerospace, and aeronautics.
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List of government and military acronyms
There are various lists of government and military acronyms, expressions and slang.
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List of Marconi wireless stations
A list of early wireless telegraphy radio stations of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co.
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List of three-letter broadcast call signs in the United States
This is a list of radio and television broadcasting stations in the United States that are currently assigned three-letter call signs. Call sign and list of three-letter broadcast call signs in the United States are call signs.
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MAC address
A MAC address (short for media access control address) is a unique identifier assigned to a network interface controller (NIC) for use as a network address in communications within a network segment.
Marine VHF radio
Marine VHF radio is a worldwide system of two way radio transceivers on ships and watercraft used for bidirectional voice communication from ship-to-ship, ship-to-shore (for example with harbormasters), and in certain circumstances ship-to-aircraft.
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Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the primary river and second-longest river of the largest drainage basin in the United States.
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Mobile telephony
Mobile telephony is the provision of telephone services to mobile phones rather than fixed-location phones (landline phones).
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Morse code
Morse code is a telecommunications method which encodes text characters as standardized sequences of two different signal durations, called dots and dashes, or dits and dahs.
NATO phonetic alphabet
The International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet or simply Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, commonly known as the NATO phonetic alphabet, is the most widely used set of clear-code words for communicating the letters of the Roman alphabet.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Norfolk, Nebraska
Norfolk is a city in Madison County, Nebraska, United States, 113 miles northwest of Omaha and 76 miles southwest of Sioux City, Iowa, at the intersection of U.S. Routes 81 and 275.
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Omega (navigation system)
OMEGA was the first global-range radio navigation system, operated by the United States in cooperation with six partner nations.
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Pan-pan
The radiotelephony message PAN-PAN is the international standard urgency signal that someone aboard a boat, ship, aircraft, or other vehicle uses to declare that they need help and that the situation is urgent, but for the time being, does not pose an immediate danger to anyone's life or to the vessel itself.
Panama
Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America.
Procedure word
Procedure words (abbreviated to prowords) are words or phrases limited to radio telephone procedure used to facilitate communication by conveying information in a condensed standard verbal format.
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Pseudonym
A pseudonym or alias is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym).
QSL card
A QSL card is a written confirmation of either a two-way radiocommunication between two amateur radio or citizens band stations; a one-way reception of a signal from an AM radio, FM radio, television or shortwave broadcasting station; or the reception of a two-way radiocommunication by a third party listener.
Radar
Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (ranging), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site.
Radio
Radio is the technology of communicating using radio waves.
Radio industry
The "radio industry" is a generic term for any companies or public service providers who are involved with the broadcast of radio stations or ancillary services.
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Rail transport
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails.
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Rock and roll
Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, rock 'n' roll, rock n' roll or Rock n' Roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
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Service set (802.11 network)
In IEEE 802.11 wireless local area networking standards (including Wi‑Fi), a service set is a group of wireless network devices which share a service set identifier (SSID)—typically the natural language label that users see as a network name.
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Shortwave radio
Shortwave radio is radio transmission using radio frequencies in the shortwave bands (SW).
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St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Tactical designator
Police units in the United States tend to use a tactical designator (or tactical callsign) consisting of a letter of the police radio alphabet followed by one or two numbers.
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Telegraphy
Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message.
Telephone directory
A telephone directory, commonly called a telephone book, telephone address book, phonebook, or the white and yellow pages, is a listing of telephone subscribers in a geographical area or subscribers to services provided by the organization that publishes the directory.
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Titanic
RMS Titanic was a British ocean liner that sank on 15 April 1912 as a result of striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City, United States.
Title 47 CFR Part 15
Code of Federal Regulations, (47 CFR 15) is an oft-quoted part of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules and regulations regarding unlicensed transmissions. Call sign and Title 47 CFR Part 15 are broadcast law.
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Trademark
A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign, design, or expression that identifies a product or service from a particular source and distinguishes it from others.
Train station
A train station, railroad station, or railroad depot (mainly North American terminology) and railway station (mainly UK and other Anglophone countries) is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight, or both.
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Transmitter station
A transmitter station or transmission facility is an installation used for transmitting radio frequency signals for wireless communication, broadcasting, microwave link, mobile telephone or other purposes.
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Ultralight aviation
Ultralight aviation (called microlight aviation in some countries) is the flying of lightweight, 1- or 2-seat fixed-wing aircraft.
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United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.
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United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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United States Coast Guard
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services.
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United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.
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Very low frequency
Very low frequency or VLF is the ITU designation for radio frequencies (RF) in the range of 3–30 kHz, corresponding to wavelengths from 100 to 10 km, respectively.
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WBT (AM)
WBT (1110 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station serving the Charlotte metropolitan area, including parts of North Carolina and South Carolina.
WBZ (AM)
WBZ (1030 AM) is a commercial AM radio station, licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, and owned and operated by iHeartMedia, Inc. Its studios and offices are located on Cabot Road in the Boston suburb of Medford.
WGN (AM)
WGN (720 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Chicago, Illinois, featuring a talk radio format.
WGR
WGR (550 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to serve Buffalo, New York.
White Star Line
The White Star Line was a British shipping line.
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WHO (AM)
WHO (1040 kHz "Newsradio 1040") is a commercial AM radio station in Des Moines, Iowa, United States.
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi is a family of wireless network protocols based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by radio waves.
Wireless network
A wireless network is a computer network that uses wireless data connections between network nodes.
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Wireless telegraphy
Wireless telegraphy or radiotelegraphy is transmission of text messages by radio waves, analogous to electrical telegraphy using cables.
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WJAG
WJAG (780 AM, "Newstalk 780") is a commercial radio station broadcasting a talk radio format.
WJR
WJR (760 AM) is a commercial radio station in Detroit, Michigan, owned by Cumulus Media, with a news/talk radio format.
WJW (TV)
WJW (channel 8) is a television station in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, affiliated with the Fox network.
WLS (AM)
WLS (890 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Chicago, Illinois.
WLS-TV
WLS-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, serving as the market's ABC network outlet.
WOAI (AM)
WOAI (1200 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in San Antonio, Texas, which airs a news/talk radio format.
WSM (AM)
WSM (650 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station, located in Nashville, Tennessee.
WWJ (AM)
WWJ (950 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to serve Detroit, Michigan, featuring an all-news radio format known as WWJ Newsradio 950.
XEW-AM
XEW-AM is a radio station in Mexico City, Mexico, broadcasting on the AM frequency of 900 kHz; it is branded as W Radio.
See also
Telecommunications law
- Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001
- Broadcast law
- Call sign
- Communications law
- Community Broadband Bill
- Comparably efficient interconnection
- Computer law
- Federal Commission of Telecommunications (Mexico)
- Federal Telecommunications Institute
- Indian Telegraph Act, 1885
- Institute of Space and Telecommunications Law
- Interconnect agreement
- Interconnection
- Kammergericht Berlin - 31 May 2017 - 21 U 9/16: Heirs not granted access to deceased's social media account
- List of telecommunications regulatory bodies
- Magna Carta for Philippine Internet Freedom
- National Action Plan (Pakistan)
- Net neutrality
- Open Access in Data Transmission Act
- Privacy of telecommunications
- Telecommunications Act (Canada)
- Telecommunications lease
- Telegraph Act
- Telephone call recording laws
- Universal Service Directive 2002
- Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006
- Wireless Telegraphy Acts
References
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