For those of you who listen to shortwave not for the content but just
because you can, move along. There is nothing for you in here.

I have spent countless hours for many years putting up with the quirks
of shortwave reception. The fading, the static, the finicky broadcast
schedules in all hours of the day only to hear a short half or one
hour propaganda program from some far away Socialist government.
Buying expensive magazines and shortwave books and spending half my
time every spring and fall searching for and updating my personal
shortwave broadcast schedule in the languages I understand. Only to
be disappointed by the poor conditions or the boring program content.
By the 1980's, about the time that President Reagan vetoed the
Fairness Doctrine, domestic radio programming began to blossom and
shortwave radio consumed less, and less of my time. Thank goodness.

Today, thanks to the internet (and President Reagan - God bless him.)
I can listen to ANY radio station any time of day - FOR FREE!

And I do mean FREE. Let me explain.

I listen to the John Bachelor Show every weekend. Right after Sept.
11th, when his show first began airing, I remember being glued to my
brand spanking new, expensive little Sony ICF-SW7600GR with its
awesome sync-detector trying desperately to hear every word from WABC
AM in New York City. Thank goodness nightfall came early and night
time reception was improving for that fall-winter season.. Afghanistan
was invaded one month later... Once springtime conditions arrived WABC
was useless to receive. Ah, but what about the internet?

Well, to make a long story short, I don't enjoy falling asleep in bed
with a laptop balanced on my chest. Enter the Internet Clock Radio -
specifically http://aluratek.com/product_info.php?products_id=54

Finally, crystal clear reception (better than HD Radio) from any
station in the world, including WABC and the BBC, that’s streaming
their content onto the internet. Did I mention for FREE?

Now you may say, "It's not free because you need a broadband internet
connection". Here is a little secret I have found - WiFi. This
little gem of a clock radio will connect to any unsecured WiFi router
in your neighborhood. You probably will find one of your neighbor's
unsecured WiFi when scanning with your Internet Radio. Latch on to it
and presto! FREE Wireless Internet Radio!

Of course you can also connect to the internet via your own secured
WiFi or wired ethernet connection.

Did I mention the front mounted USB port...

Shortwave is doomed - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_blJzon-hA

On Aug 23, 3:51*pm, Toxic wrote:
On Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:36:58 -0700, Chas. Chan wrote:
By the 1980's, about the
time that President Reagan vetoed the Fairness Doctrine, domestic radio
programming began to blossom

Domestic radio as in the AM broadast band?
It blossomed into all the blather heard today because there wasn't any
counterpoise of opinions, like allowing weeds to thrive in your garden,
and people wonder why it's dying.

There are not enough Liberal Fascists to support more than one
national "Progressive" (Socialist) radio network in the Free
marketplace.
Nobody wants to listen to Liberal Fascists diktating Socialist
"values" all day long, 24x7, telling them how to eat, ****, sleep,
work and how to make love in the land of Green Socialist Utopia.

Public Radio is as boring as flies on manure - it stinks and draws
Fascists.

Thank God for Presdient Reagan!.

You can't listen live to Cymru Byd right now because that radio station
is off the air from midnight till around 6:00 PM, Wales Time Zone.I
likes to listen to them talking in Welsh Language, and also I likes the
Music they play over there in Wales.
Wales, the oldest Flag in the World.Wales, the oldest Language in the
World.

The Man Who Went Up A Hill, But Came Down A Mountain.
cuhulin

~ RHF wrote:
On Aug 23, 10:36 am, "Chas. Chan" wrote:


Of course you can also connect to the internet via your own secured
WiFi or wired ethernet connection.

Did I mention the front mounted USB port...

Shortwave is doomed -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_blJzon-hA

-more- WiFi Internet Radios
http://www.jr.com/boutique/internet-radios/
http://www.ccrane.com/radios/wifi-radios/index.aspx
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/spcialty.html
.
Best Wi-Fi Radios -CNET-
http://reviews.cnet.com/best-wifi-radios/
.

I just use an Asus Netbook. It's an internet radio with a free computer
attached.

Chas. Chan wrote:


There are not enough Liberal Fascists to support more than one
national "Progressive" (Socialist) radio network in the Free
marketplace.
Nobody wants to listen to Liberal Fascists diktating Socialist
"values" all day long, 24x7, telling them how to eat, ****, sleep,
work and how to make love in the land of Green Socialist Utopia.

Public Radio is as boring as flies on manure - it stinks and draws
Fascists.

Thank God for Presdient Reagan!.

Where are you listening? Here in South Florida there is nothing BUT
right-wing conservative talk, both syndicated and local. I can't stand
political talk, prefer to listen to things like Imus in the Morning, and
any other comedy talk shows. My favorite local talk host can make an
entire show about where to find the coldest milk in what grocery store!
Politics=Same old **** on all radio stations.

On Aug 24, 8:47*am, Count Floyd
wrote:
Chas. Chan wrote:
There are not enough Liberal Fascists to support more than one
national "Progressive" (Socialist) radio network in the Free
marketplace.
Nobody wants to listen to Liberal Fascists diktating Socialist
"values" all day long, 24x7, telling them how to eat, ****, sleep,
work and how to make love in the land of Green Socialist Utopia.

Public Radio is as boring as flies on manure - it stinks and draws
Fascists.

Thank God for Presdient Reagan!.

Where are you listening? *Here in South Florida there is nothing BUT
right-wing conservative talk, both syndicated and local. *I can't stand
political talk, prefer to listen to things like Imus in the Morning, and
any other comedy talk shows. *My favorite local talk host can make an
entire show about where to find the coldest milk in what grocery store!
Politics=Same old **** on all radio stations.

Check out http://www.vtuner.com/index.html

What's so good about these Internet Radio's, stand alone or from a PC,
is that the radio stations are catagorized according to genre and
location.
Comedy is certainly one of those catagories. Note that there are many
internet only "radio" stations for a rare QSL! LOL!