Television station

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This article is about a television transmitting location or company. For the technical concept related to broadcast frequencies, see
Television network
.

A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity such as an

receivers
simultaneously.

Overview

The Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow (TV Station Paul Nipkow) in Berlin, Germany, was the first regular television service in the world.[1][2] It was on the air from 22 March 1935, until it was shut down in 1944. The station was named after Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, the inventor of the Nipkow disk.[3] Most often the term "television station" refers to a station which broadcasts structured content to an audience or it refers to the organization that operates the station. A

O&O or affiliate
, respectively.

Because television station signals use the electromagnetic spectrum, which in the past has been a common, scarce resource, governments often claim authority to regulate them.

television programs can be programmed for broadcast and requires a station to broadcast a minimum amount of certain programs types, such as public affairs messages
.

Another form of television station is

television news
.

Transmission

Cerro de Punta, Puerto Rico's highest peak, and its TV transmission towers

To broadcast its programs, a television station requires

transmitter/studio link (TSL) may also send telemetry back to the station, but this may be embedded in subcarriers of the main broadcast. Stations which retransmit or simulcast another may simply pick-up that station over-the-air
, or via STL or satellite. The license usually specifies which other station it is allowed to carry.

Channel 1
.

VHF are harder to receive after the analog shutdown. Since at least 1974, there are no stations on channel 37 in North America for radio astronomy purposes.[citation needed
]

Program production

Most television stations are

broadcasting network, or some other structure. They can produce some or all of their programs or buy some broadcast syndication
programming for or all of it from other stations or independent production companies.

Many stations have some sort of

video tape rather than sending them back live
.

To keep pace with technology United States television stations have been replacing operators with broadcast automation systems to increase profits in recent years.

Some stations (known as repeaters or translators) only simulcast another, usually the programmes seen on its owner's flagship station, and have no television studio or production facilities of their own. This is common in developing countries. Low-power stations typically also fall into this category worldwide.

Most stations which are not

radio stations, particularly co-owned sister stations. This may be a barter
in some cases.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "22.3.1935: Erstes Fernsehprogramm der Welt". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Es begann in der Fernsehstube: TV wird 80 Jahre alt". Computer Bild. 22 March 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Das erste deutsche Fernsehpatent von Paul Nipkow". PC Magazin. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2023.

External links

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