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The National Radio Systems Committee (NRSC) is an
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sponsored by the
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standards for
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in the
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rests with the FCC, it usually adopts NRSC recommendations, such as
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, the ATSC sets standards.


Standards

*NRSC-1: AM Preemphasis/Deemphasis and Broadcast Audio Transmission Bandwidth; see AMAX *NRSC-2: Emission Limitation for Analog AM Broadcast Transmission; see Spectral mask *NRSC-4: United States Radio Broadcast Data System (RBDS) *NRSC-5: In-band/on-channel Digital Radio Broadcasting Standard; see
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