Hello, i didn't understand the this keyword in the below code. I know that 
"The value of this, when used in a function, is the object that "owns" the 
function.". However, in this code, i can't see any object. What does this 
refer to in below codes?

Is Radio a function or constructor? How can we understand it?
var Radio = function(station) {
    // what does this refer to?
    
    setTimeout(function() {
        // what does this refer to?
    }); 

this.on('newListener', function(listener) {
        console.log('Event Listener: ' + listener);
    });

};

from the comments : 

// we need to store the reference of `this` to `self`, so that we can use the 
current context in the setTimeout (or any callback) functions

    // using `this` in the setTimeout functions will refer to those funtions, 
not the Radio class

but didn't understand

Quoted from : http://www.hacksparrow.com/node-js-eventemitter-tutorial.html

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