Kevin: I can say that clearly my BBCWS listening has fallen precipitously. It may be in part out of lingering resentment for the manner in which they dropped shortwave to NA, but I honestly think it's more due to the changes in WS programming policy that has turned it mostly into a news channel with frequent repetition of bulletins and reports. It's just not as interesting to me as a whole in that form. Having said that, I still think it's a valuable and valued service with some interesting and well produced content. But it definitely is more uni- dimensional than it once was in the recent past.
John Figliozzi ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, August 16, 2007 11:01 am Subject: Re: [Swprograms] So what are people listening to nowadays? And how are you listening? To: Shortwave programming discussion <[email protected]> > The bedside SW is tuned to Radio Taiwan International at 5950, > which I often fall asleep to, listening to their current > 0200-0400 English stream to NA. Being that bedside radio > (actually all my shortwave receivers in the house) is analogue > dial, I tend not to move it around much, fearing I won't get > back to a station again. And also being that I tend to listen > to SW while falling asleep, I purposely find stations that are > on at least an hour or more, so I don't have to worry about > switching frequencies in my listening. > > I still lament not being able to listen to the BBSWS that way, > as I used to for years. If I had my choice, that would probably > be the one and only SW station I'd listen to, with some periodic > RNW thrown in. (As I recently told RNW in their request for > comments, I'd be listening to them, instead of RTI, if only they > had evening English broadcasts to NA in the 0200-0400 timeslot; > their NA schedule has always been either too early in the > evening, when I have other evening things to do, or too late, > when I am already asleep.) > > While I have high-speed cable internet at home and bookmarks set > aside in my various computer browsers at home and work to get > BBC 1-7, BBCWS, RNW, RA, and WRN, I rarely listen to them. For > some reason, I just don't enjoy listening to these "stations" > via the Internet, nor do I listen to podcasts except to get the > occasional archived program that someone might suggest. > Static-free signals are not a quest for me - in fact, the fading > and static of shortwave actually, in my feeble mind, adds > "credibility" to the signal - the content, whatever it is, means > more to me knowing it came through the ether. I often tune > around the MW broadcast band in the evenings for the same > reason. Someday, when a standalone Wi-Fi receiver at the under > $139 price comes available, I might bite. I've thought about > the C.Crane-type FM transmitters, but I also don't like the idea > of leaving my computer on just so I can listen to the BBCWS in > the next room or bedroom. (I'm one of those rare people these > days who actually turns the computer off when it is not being > used. Now if only I could convince my high school-aged kids to > do the same....) > > Cheers/73, > Kevin Anderson, Age 48 > Dubuque, IA > > > -- > ------------------------------------- > Kevin Anderson, Dubuque IA USA, K9IUA > k9iua (at) yahoo (dot) com > http://postoilgeography.blogspot.com/ > ------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ _____________Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. > http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ > _______________________________________________ > Swprograms mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. > _______________________________________________ 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.
