In article ,
David wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 16:49:24 +1000, "Brad" bradvk2qq AT w6ir.com
wrote:

International HF broadcasting has a long while to go yet, not least because
it is CHEAP.
It is cheaper than satellites and cheaper than DRM. Radio Wantok Light is a
fine example. People can hear this with a $5 chinese built portable radio.
XM Radio is not in this part of the world yet.

Worldspace?

Who just dropped all their free channels...

Mark Zenier Washington State resident

In article ,
Mike Terry wrote:
By Thomas Crampton

He left out Radio Netherlands, who has just about all their
programs available on download in MP3 and even some in Ogg Vorbis
(the open source/Linux codec).

Radio Aus. has a pretty good collection in their trial, too.
Late Night Live and The Science Show among them.

It's a great backup when the K index goes through the roof. But with 25
megabytes for a 55 minute show (LNL from Radio Aus.), it took about 2 1/2
times realtime to download it on my cheap dialup connection. But after
you get it, it beat the heck out of realtime streaming RealAudio, with
better sound and no dropouts and the ability to quickly fast forward and
back.

The most mindboggling thing was to burn the MP3 file to a CD-ROM and
play Late Night Live on my TV set through a $30 Sungale DVD player.

Mark Zenier Washington State resident