O.B. Popov1, T.V. Chernysheva2, K.A. Korostelev3, K.V. Orlov4

1–4 Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics (Moscow, Russia)

1olegp45@yandex.ru, 2krba2012@yandex.ru, 3kirill19990511@yandex.ru, 4kvororloff@yandex.ru

Up to now, the popularity of radio programs has been assessed subjectively based on the results of listener surveys. Infotainment programs are similar in many ways and consist of a news insert and musical filler, and, as the analysis showed, this is about a hundred pieces used in different sequences. At the same time, the popularity of programs varies and is largely determined by the skill of the sound engineer in processing the signal and the sequence of the audio material used. With such processing, the physical parameters of the audio signal change. To carry out an objective assessment of the parameters of the audio signal that deter-mine the popularity of programs, and to determine the values of the parameters that ensure an increase in this popularity, as well as to analyze the dynamics of changes in parameter values over time and predict these changes in the near future. A set of objective parameters has been formed that allows for a predictive assessment of the popularity of radio programs. An analysis of the dynamics of changes in these parameters over the past decades has been carried out. Preferred parameters that ensure the popularity of programs have been determined. The preferred values of the audio signal parameters, which affect the popularity of radio programs in a certain way, are formed by the sound engineer and his selection of audio signal processing algorithms. An objective assessment of the parameters facilitates and accelerates the configuration of the program generation path, simplifies the assessment of the transmission quality of the path and allows them to increase their rating.

Popov O.B., Chernysheva T.V., Korostelev K.A., Orlov K.V. The influence of sound broadcasting signal parameters on changes in radio program popularity. Electromagnetic waves and electronic systems. 2026. V. 31. № 3. P. 39−48. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18127/ j15604128-202603-05 (in Russian)

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