Sirius to broadcast BBC Radio 1 in USA 24/7
 

SIRIUS Satellite Radio to Broadcast BBC's Radio 1
Tuesday June 21, 8:00 am ET
- Popular U.K. music channel to debut on SIRIUS this summer
- Subscribers will hear channel in its entirety


NEW YORK, June 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS Satellite Radio
announced today an agreement to broadcast the British Broadcasting
Corporation's popular modern music channel Radio 1. The agreement,
with BBC Radio International, part of the U.K. broadcaster's
commercial arm BBC Worldwide, will bring many Americans their first
opportunity to listen to the influential and highly acclaimed radio
channel.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19991118/NYTH125 )

BBC Radio 1 will be broadcast with a time-shift on SIRIUS, so that
most Americans can enjoy the channel's lineup as it was intended --
with Chris Moyles' Breakfast Show in the morning, Scott Mill's show in
the afternoon, and kicking off the weekend with Pete Tong's Friday
night Essential Selection.

"Radio 1 on SIRIUS will be a unique entertainment offering unmatched
in the U.S.," said Scott Greenstein, SIRIUS President of Entertainment
and Sports. "It is renowned for its support of up-and-coming British
artists, and reflects the enormously vibrant British music scene in
its daily programming and special events. SIRIUS subscribers will soon
be able to hear Radio 1's cutting-edge music in their cars, homes or
other locations."

BBC Radio 1 plays a mix of current pop, rock, R&B and hip-hop music,
and extensively covers music events taking place worldwide. BBC Radio
1 features many exclusive interviews, as well as live broadcasts of
performances and unique studio sets from some of the hottest artists
on the international music scene. The channel has a weekly audience of
more than 12 million in the U.K.*, and is consistently recognized for
the quality of its on-air hosts and the information and entertainment
it presents.

David Moody, Director of Strategy and Business Development at BBC
Worldwide, said: "We're delighted to be working with SIRIUS on adding
one of the U.K.'s most established radio brands to its high quality
radio line-up. The arrangement benefits from Radio 1's strong
programming and brand combined with SIRIUS' cutting edge delivery
technology and established U.S. audience. We look forward to exploring
further opportunities together in the future."

BBC's Radio 1 will be made available on SIRIUS later this summer, and
joins an exciting lineup of exclusive programming on SIRIUS. For more
information, visit http://www.sirius.com.

To find out more about BBC Radio 1's lineup, visit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1.

David wrote:

[Big Snip]

To find out more about BBC Radio 1's lineup, visit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1.

And you make sure you visit the doctor, 'tard boy.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

No one here cares about satellite radio.

Steve

You might want to do a Google search using these keywords: hf antenna
repair.

Steve

David wrote:

SNIP

Don't care.. This is about Shortwave Radio..

On 21 Jun 2005 06:02:32 -0700, wrote:

You might want to do a Google search using these keywords: hf antenna
repair.

Steve

Asshole.

On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 12:44:15 GMT, David wrote:

SIRIUS Satellite Radio to Broadcast BBC's Radio 1
Tuesday June 21, 8:00 am ET
- Popular U.K. music channel to debut on SIRIUS this summer
- Subscribers will hear channel in its entirety

When BBC World Service eliminated shortwave to
U.S./Canada/Australia/NZ (of course, shortwave signals don't just end
up where they are "supposed" to) they said that people in these areas
could receive BBC WS by other means such as the 'net and domestic
radio relays.

Well, local radio relay of the BBC WS here in NYC is mostly after
midnight and that's better than a lot of other places.

And, if you use the 'net, you find suddenly that if you liked one kind
of programming on BBC WS you may be able to get more of the kind of
programming you like on one of the domestic service.

For example, if I want to hear BBC comedies, I listen on the 'net to
Radio 4 or the BBC7 satellite network which reruns some of the old
ones like the Goons, Hancock's Half Hour and I'm Sorry I'll Read That
Again.

Radio 4 has the final episode of the new series of Hitchhiker's Guide
to the Galaxy Tuesday (today) at 1730 GMT (6:30 P.M. British summer
time) repeated Thursday at 2200 GMT (11:30 P.M. BST) with listen on
demand available on the website.

I'm not sure that Radio 1 (current pop) is the best choice for a
satellite broadcast; it seems to me that plenty of Radio 1-type
programming is available on free over-the-air radio in the U.S. and on
other Sirius channels.

In fact, BBC Radio 1 started because there were offshore pirates
because there was not enough U.S.-type rock broadcasting on the BBC
for popular taste.

However, it would be interesting if BBC WS ended up having a smaller
audience in the U.S. (and possibly Canada) than one of the domestic
BBC radio services.

By the way, if you want to hear what Radio 1 sounds like, try
(assuming Windoze with a normal RA player installation)

"c:\Program Files\Real\RealPlayer\realplay.exe"
"rtsp://rmlivev8.bbc.net.uk/farm/*/ev7/live24/radio1/live/r1_dsat_g2.ra"

Yah, BBC screwed it up IMHO..
Should've stayed with Shortwave..

They could have added windmill farms to provide electricity for
broadcasting..

Turn that frown upside down! We just want to help you, lunkhead!

Steve

On 21 Jun 2005 08:09:51 -0700, "Dan" wrote:


Yah, BBC screwed it up IMHO..
Should've stayed with Shortwave..

They could have added windmill farms to provide electricity for
broadcasting.

Windmill farms are not going to put HF radios into people's homes.
Shortwave broadcasting is over. (Except for religious nuts and a few
assorted despots).