PENGEMBANGAN RADIO ONLINE SEBAGAI PEMANFAATAN TEKNOLOGI INFORMASI DAN KOMUNIKASI UNTUK PENGEMBANGAN POTENSI MAHASISWA DILINGKUNGAN USM
Authors: Indriyawati Henny , Suprayogi Mohammad Sani 
Published: October 2018

<span class="hps">Dengan</span><span> </span><span class="hps">pesatnya perkembangan</span><span> </span><span class="hps">teknologi dan</span><span> </span><span class="hps">komunikasi</span><span>, diketahui</span><span> </span><span class="hps">teknologi yang disebut</span><span> </span><span class="hps">sebagai</span><span> </span><span class="hps">teknologi streaming</span><span> </span><span class="hps">yang memungkinkan</span><span> </span><span class="hps">untuk</span><span> </span><span class="hps">mendistribusikan</span><span> </span><span class="hps">data audio</span><span> </span><span class="hps">besar atau</span><span> </span><span class="hps">video secara real time</span><span> </span><span class="hps">melalui Internet.</span><span> </span><span class="hps">Jika di</span><span> </span><span class="hps">radio konvensional</span><span>, sinyal</span><span> </span><span class="hps">ditransmisikan dan</span><span> </span><span class="hps">dipancarkan melalui</span><span> </span><span class="hps">FM /</span><span> </span><span class="hps">AM</span><span> </span><span class="hps">radio,</span><span> </span><span class="hps">radio</span><span> </span><span class="hps">streaming,</span><span> </span><span class="hps">sinyal ditransmisikan</span><span> </span><span class="hps">melalui internet dan</span><span class="hps">ditangkap oleh</span><span> </span><span class="hps">komputer.</span><span> </span><span class="hps">Radio</span><span> </span><span class="hps">Streaming</span><span> </span><span class="hps">sering disebut</span><span> </span><span class="hps">sebagai</span><span> </span><span class="hps">Radio</span><span> </span><span class="hps">Online,</span><span> </span><span class="hps">karena proses</span><span> </span><span class="hps">tidak menggunakan</span><span> </span><span class="hps">transmisi</span><span class="hps">siaran</span><span> </span><span class="hps">dari</span><span> </span><span class="hps">sinyal</span><span> </span><span class="hps">radio melalui</span><span> </span><span class="hps">frekuensi,</span><span> </span><span class="hps">tetapi menggunakan</span><span> </span><span class="hps">data audio</span><span> </span><span class="hps">yang</span><span> </span><span class="hps">dikirim menggunakan</span><span> </span><span class="hps">jalur</span><span> </span><span class="hps">internet.</span><span> </span><span class="hps">Pendengar radio</span><span> </span><span class="hps">online tidak</span><span> </span><span class="hps">dapat mendengarkan radio</span><span> </span><span class="hps">ini dengan menggunakan</span><span> </span><span class="hps">radio konvensional</span><span>, tapi harus menggunakan</span><span> </span><span class="hps">perangkat elektronik yang</span><span> </span><span class="hps">terhubung</span><span> </span><span class="hps">ke Internet,</span><span> </span><span class="hps">seperti komputer dan</span><span> </span><span class="hps">laptop yang</span><span> </span><span class="hps">sudah dilengkapi dengan</span><span> </span><span class="hps">peralatan multimedia</span><span>.</span><span class="hps">Persyaratan lain</span><span> </span><span class="hps">yang dibutuhkan oleh</span><span> </span><span class="hps">pendengar</span><span> </span><span class="hps">dimiliki</span><span> </span><span class="hps">bandwidth internet</span><span>.</span><span> </span><span class="hps">Menurut pengalaman</span><span>, koneksi</span><span> </span><span class="hps">Speedy</span><span> </span><span class="hps">dengan bandwidth</span><span> </span><span class="hps">384kbps</span><span> </span><span class="hps">sudah cukup untuk</span><span> </span><span class="hps">mendengarkan siaran</span><span> </span><span class="hps">radio online</span><span> </span><span class="hps">dengan nyaman.</span><span> </span><span class="hps">Tentu saja, jika</span><span> </span><span class="hps">ia memiliki</span><span> </span><span class="hps">bandwidth yang</span><span> </span><span class="hps">lebih dari</span><span> </span><span class="hps">384</span><span> </span><span class="hps">kbps</span><span>, maka akan</span><span> </span><span class="hps">mendapatkan</span><span> </span><span class="hps">hasil yang lebih baik</span><span>.</span><span> </span><span class="hps">Penelitian ini</span><span> </span><span class="hps">akan menampilkan</span><span> </span><span class="hps">desain</span><span> </span><span class="hps">trasmitter</span><span> </span><span class="hps">radio online</span><span> </span><span class="hps">yang tidak memerlukan</span><span> </span><span class="hps">perangkat yang sangat</span><span> </span><span class="hps">mahal, tetapi</span><span> </span><span class="hps">hanya membutuhkan</span><span> </span><span class="hps">satu set server</span><span> </span><span class="hps">dan bandwidth</span><span> </span><span class="hps">melalui koneksi</span><span> </span><span class="hps">FO</span><span> </span><span class="hps">(Fiber</span><span> </span><span class="hps">Optic</span><span>) di</span><span> </span><span class="hps">Universitas</span><span> </span><span class="hps">Semarang.</span><span> </span><span class="hps">Perlu</span><span> </span><span class="hps">biaya rendah</span><span> </span><span class="hps">diinvestasikan untuk</span><span> </span><span class="hps">membangun sebuah</span><span> </span><span class="hps">radio</span><span> </span><span class="hps">online menggunakan</span><span> </span><span class="hps">FO</span><span>.</span><span> </span><span class="hps">Dari sudut</span><span> </span><span class="hps">pandang</span><span> </span><span class="hps">pendengar</span><span>, mereka dapat mengambil</span><span> </span><span class="hps">keuntungan dari lingkungan</span><span> </span><span class="hps">Universitas</span><span> </span><span class="hps">Semarang</span><span class="hps">dengan menggunakan</span><span> </span><span class="hps">koneksi</span><span> </span><span class="hps">FO</span><span> </span><span class="hps">(Fiber</span><span> </span><span class="hps">Optic</span><span>) yang dihubungkan</span><span> </span><span class="hps">antara gedung-gedung</span><span> </span><span class="hps">di Universitas</span><span> </span><span class="hps">Semarang.</span>