On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 18:39:39 -0400, "Don Forsling"
wrote:


"Bob Miller" wrote in message
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On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 20:03:55 -0700, running dogg wrote:

I don't listen to shortwave radio for hours at a stretch. At best, I'll
listen to a half hour of news on the BBC, and RHC's 10 minute news
bulletin-per night. I don't listen to much music. Now tell me again,
David, why I should pay $13/mo for something I'll only use for 2 1/2
hours per week (BBC doesn't have current events coverage on weekends)?
That's about 80 cents an hour. Pricey. I doubt that most people listen
to any more than one or two of satellite radio's dozens of channels.
When Howard Stern moved to Sirius, only about a third of his over the
air fan base moved with him, leading Stern to berate his former fans as
cheap. Satellite radio isn't worth the cost for all but the most
dedicated users. Considering that most people watch 6 hours of TV a day,
cable TV is cheap. But most people don't listen to the radio for hours
on end.

You don't really need shortwave radio or satellite, either, for BBC.
It's on most NPR radio stations daily, several times throughout the
day and/or night.

BBC is NOT on "MOST" NPR member stations. It is on some of them, and on
most of those, it is available (run by the station) only as an overnight
service, a fairly cheap filler as it were. As such, it's a valuable
service. But to some, it would be a really valuable service if, for
example, the BBC World Service hourly news were aired every hour of the day.

Don Forsling


Since I'm in the heathen Hill Country of central Texas, and KSTX plays
an hour of BBC "The World" in the afternoon, and then does nothing but
BBC World Service from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m., I just figured everybody in
more the civilized parts of America get what we get. Mebbe we're more
cultured down here than I thunk?

Bob
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