That's true -- one loses the "immediacy" opportunity. Your analysis is sound, and I took that into account when I decided to pull the plug.
However, for example - anything that's on WRN isn't necessarily immediate, though it is the same day. The BBCWS is truly "immediate" 5 minutes an hour, plus Newshour, World Briefing, The World Today, World Business Report and Europe Today. CBCR1 is "immediate" for the hourly news, World Report, and The World At Six. If I have a need for "immediate" during my normal drive times, there's NPR or Philly's KYW or NYC's WCBS for that. I tend to value "immediacy" relatively lightly, because to me the only radio that needs to be immediate is traffic alerting, severe weather, or some other civil unrest that affects a decision I make then and there. Local radio is the most efficient way to deliver that content in a mobile sense...today, anyway. My motivation for listening to current affairs from international broadcasters is to gain a perspective built on analysis that requires a lag time by its nature, as the analysts gather facts, solicit opinions, research, and draw conclusions. Much of what's on international radio has a shelf life of days, or even weeks, months or years in the case of documentaries. For example, yesterday I listened to an April "Crossing Continents" (BBCR4) on the Mauritanian rural culture that praises obesity in women. The program held my interest yesterday just as much as it would have back in April. Once the dust settles on XM/Sirius, and their offerings are (potentially) redefined, I'll take another look. Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA On 6/15/07, John Figliozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On a more serious note, since I know where you were going with this... > > I tend to agree that one can get a good chunk of what one can get via > satellite radio via other means. The one thing that can't be had, > however, is something I'll call "immediacy". How much need there is > for that commodity is debatable, of course. And some of what we > might think is "immediacy" is actually recorded material being > streamed or broadcast as if it were live or having immediacy. But > regardless of how one defines it or values it, it can't be had the > way you're going. _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above.
