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Radio broadcasting is a unidirectional wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience.

Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both.

Audio broadcasting also can be done via cable radio, local wire television networks, satellite radio, and internet radio via streaming media on the Internet.

The signal types can be either analog audio or digital audio.

The music industry consists of the companies and individuals that earn money by creating new songs and pieces and selling live concerts and shows, audio and video recordings, compositions and sheet music, and the organizations and associations that aid and represent creators.

Among the many individuals and organizations that operate in the industry are: the songwriters and composers who create new songs and musical pieces; the singers, musicians, conductors and bandleaders who perform the music; the companies and professionals who create and sell recorded music and/or sheet music (e.g., music publishers, music producers, recording studios, engineers, record labels, retail and online music stores, performance rights organizations); and those that help organize and present live music performances (sound engineers, booking agents, promoters, music venues, road crew).

A record chart also called a music chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time.

Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, the Billboard Hot 100 or Top 40.

Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s to early 1990s, which includes modernist, postmodern, neoromantic, and pluralist music.

However, the term may also be employed in a broader sense to refer to all post-1945 musical forms.

Music radio is a radio format in which music is the main broadcast content.

After television replaced old time radio's dramatic content, music formats became dominant in many countries.

Radio drama and comedy continue, often on public radio.