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-- The principles of radio were developed by Maxwell in the 1870s and Hertz in the 1880s,

followed by Marconi and DeForest in the 1890s and 1900s.

-- The first full-time radio station, KDKA in Pittsburgh, began broadcasting in 1920.

-- The principles of digital computing were developed by Turing in the late 1930s.

-- DAB radio (Digital Audio Broadcasting) was developed in the 1980's as European project. The first regular digital transmission was made in 1995 in Norway. The BBC radio is in digital format since 2001.

So in answer to your question. All radios are notdigital computers. But if you have a DAB radio or a Satellite radio, they will have digital computers inside them, to decode the digital signal.

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It might contain an embedded computer, or it might not. That depends on the design.

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