Editing Studio transmitter link (section)

{{Short description|Connection from broadcast studio to radio transmitter}}

A '''studio transmitter link''' ('''STL''') sends a [[radio station]]'s or [[television station]]'s [[audio signal|audio]] and [[video]] from the [[broadcasting|broadcast]] [[studio]] or origination facility to a [[radio transmitter]], [[television transmitter]] or [[ground station|uplink facility]] in another location.<ref>{{Cite book|title=A Broadcast Engineering Tutorial for Non-Engineers.|last=Skip.|first=Pizzi|date=2014|publisher=Taylor and Francis|others=Jones, Graham (Electrical engineer)|isbn=9781317906834|edition= 4th|location=Hoboken|oclc=879025861}}</ref> This is accomplished through the use of terrestrial [[microwave transmission|microwave links]] or by using fiber optic or other telecommunication connections to the transmitter site.