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ve3... · July 23rd 06, 11:34 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

wrote:

she ought to take off ...
a dress and let her hair down and she would be AOK.
cuhulin

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I listen to the radio for the program content. If it is a good program,
I would be glad to use two Dixie cups and a string held by seven of
Cuhulin's vestal virgins to listen. I don't really care if the
transmission is AM, CQUAM, IBOC, FM , or CW. If it is a good program
(as defined by me) I will listen. Since my demographic does not appear
on any profit maximizer's radar, most radio programming fits the "vast
wasteland" of Newton Minow. (look him up) So, I hear you asking, "What
do you listen to?"
..... 1. BBC internet. The range, depth, and variety of the BBC puts
US and Canadian radio to shame. I have even switched to high-speed
phone so that the telephone service will not be interfered with while I
am listening.
...... 2. CBC The CBC is mostly on FM now, but new management has
switched to youth-oriented programming which I find of little interest.
Too bad it's as clear as a bell.
........ 3. night-time skip. If I can't sleep in my little trundle bed,
I see what I can find to listen to via the ionosphere. Coast-to- Coast
is often interesting but fading is a problem. If they are doing a
program on lost civilizations ( I love this stull) that I want to hear
without interruption I switch on the laptop and go to KLIF (among
others). If Art and Co. are slogging through the causes, beginnings and
effects of everything in the universe, I turn to WLW 700 where the
truckers won't strain my brain quite so much. I avoid sports radio: I
have lived too long to get exited over some player's contract, although
I will admit that the sports announcers have clear voices and mucho
enthusism. They remind me of the old dictum," The main thing is
sincerity, and if you can fake that, you've got it made."
..... 4. Daytime. some shortwave: Chuck Harder, the Power Hour, Alex
Jones. However, reception is not good and they are constantly changing
frequencies and times which is limiting listening time. Limbaugh and
others of that ilk eventually become tedious and irritating. If I want
to listen to a bunch of war for fun and profit neocons, I'll look up a
KKK meeting and get some really good fidelity.
This whole debate about AM broadcast technology reminds me of
two competing salesmen selling a machine to cut up a pile of horse
manure. One wants to slice it and the other wants to dice it. And each
can prove that theirs is the One True way. But when you are finished,
it's still horse manure and I don't want it.
There are still good programs out there but you have to really dig
for them.