Shortwave radio vs satellite radio: my perspective
 

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.

bob
k5qwg

Shortwave radio vs satellite radio: my perspective
 

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.

bob
k5qwg

You get an hour of The World, not the full riches of Worldservice.

Hudley Pearse

Shortwave radio vs satellite radio: my perspective
 

Anything I choose to watch on tv (I dont watch or listen to that
Crackpot stern) is better than listening to stern,and npr.It all
dependes on what programs there are on tv and there are some good
history and technology and science and discovey programs on tv.Next
up,King of the Underworld,,, 1940 Humphrey Bogart movie.
cuhulin

Shortwave radio vs satellite radio: my perspective
 

wrote:
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.

bob
k5qwg

You get an hour of The World, not the full riches of Worldservice.

Hudley Pearse

Actually, it depends on the NPR affiliate station as to what, if any,
BBC WS programs are carried. WETA, a local NPR station in my listening
area, incorporates large chunks of BBC WS programming into their
weekday schedule: NewsHour from 9:00-10:00 am; the horrible World Have
Your Say program from 1:00-2:00 pm; and continuous overnight WS
programming from 10:00 pm to 6:00 am. Oh, and WETA does work in The
World, as well, from 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm. On the other extreme,
another NPR affiliate that I once listened to, WABE, to my knowledge
carries no BBC WS programming.

junius

Shortwave radio vs satellite radio: my perspective
 

www.google.com National Public Radio Schedule Jackson Mississippi

Well,y'all can check it out if y'all wants to.I checked a couple of the
sites,I didn't see any BBC listed there.I guess I will tune in the
Thistle and the Shamrock (because I am Scotch Irish by ancestry,a double
whammy on me) this Sunday,but I will probally forget all about it.
cuhulin,the forgetfull

Shortwave radio vs satellite radio: my perspective
 

In article .com,
junius wrote:

wrote:
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.

bob
k5qwg

You get an hour of The World, not the full riches of Worldservice.

Hudley Pearse

Actually, it depends on the NPR affiliate station as to what, if any,
BBC WS programs are carried.

Actually, it's PRI affiliates. You can go to go www.pri.org, take the
toolbar link for "Programs" then select "BBC World Service" in the
popup menu, and that takes you to a page where you can download a
pdf file schedule poster.

And then you can really get ****ed off, because the PRI feed only has one
half hour a day (that my local station doesn't carry) for a selection of
programs from the three blocks (half hour each) that the full schedule
has for science, culture, and documentary programs, each weekday.

Mark Zenier
Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com)

Shortwave radio vs satellite radio: my perspective
 

On 5 Apr 2006 22:08:49 -0700, wrote:

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.

bob
k5qwg

You get an hour of The World, not the full riches of Worldservice.

Hudley Pearse

My station also carries BBC for several hours in the middle of the
night; some of it is pretty good, but the cricket scores put me back
to sleep.

bob
k5qwg

Shortwave radio vs satellite radio: my perspective
 

On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 21:12:21 GMT, helmsman
wrote:


One of these days or years a solar storm will toast all
satellites whether for broadcast or entertainment.
I personally am going to buy a tube transmiter and reciever.
KG8PM

It'll probably toast you too.

Shortwave radio vs satellite radio: my perspective
 

"Bob Miller" wrote in message
...
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

Shortwave radio vs satellite radio: my perspective
 

On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 23:45:27 GMT, helmsman
wrote:

On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 22:07:21 GMT, David wrote:

On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 21:12:21 GMT, helmsman
wrote:


One of these days or years a solar storm will toast all
satellites whether for broadcast or entertainment.
I personally am going to buy a tube transmiter and reciever.
KG8PM

It'll probably toast you too.
It may but the sat's and the grid are easier to toast.

Modern spacecraft are way more hardened than those built 20 years ago.

Shortwave radio vs satellite radio: my perspective
 

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


"Bob Miller" wrote in message
.. .
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
k5qwg

Shortwave radio vs satellite radio: my perspective
 

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.

BBC seems to have good coverage in your part of the world, what else
other news services KSTX carry?

--
Raqueeb Hassan
Bangladesh

Shortwave radio vs satellite radio: my perspective
 

On 6 Apr 2006 19:26:29 -0700, "Raqueeb Hassan"
wrote:

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.

BBC seems to have good coverage in your part of the world, what else
other news services KSTX carry?

KUSC carries it overnight from Mount Harvard, 5,300' above Los
Angeles.

Shortwave radio vs satellite radio: my perspective
 

A little teentsy weentsy chip of paint flying at about 17,000 miles per
hour in Space could conceively knock out anything,, no matter how
hardened it is.
cuhulin

Shortwave radio vs satellite radio: my perspective
 

On 6 Apr 2006 19:26:29 -0700, "Raqueeb Hassan"
wrote:

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.

BBC seems to have good coverage in your part of the world, what else
other news services KSTX carry?

KSTX is a National Public Radio station, and carries their
programming, in addition to the BBC. Joan Kroc, the McDonald's
hamburger widow, donated $234 million to NPR a couple of years ago,
and much of the money went into news staffing, and they have good news
and features programming.

bob
k5qwg

Shortwave radio vs satellite radio: my perspective
 

On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 02:43:28 GMT, David wrote:

On 6 Apr 2006 19:26:29 -0700, "Raqueeb Hassan"
wrote:

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.

BBC seems to have good coverage in your part of the world, what else
other news services KSTX carry?

KUSC carries it overnight from Mount Harvard, 5,300' above Los
Angeles.

Wait. I think it's actually KPCC from Mt. Wilson. 6,000'. KUSC has
Muzak all night.

Shortwave radio vs satellite radio: my perspective
 

On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 12:40:59 GMT, David wrote:

On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 02:43:28 GMT, David wrote:

On 6 Apr 2006 19:26:29 -0700, "Raqueeb Hassan"
wrote:

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.

BBC seems to have good coverage in your part of the world, what else
other news services KSTX carry?

KUSC carries it overnight from Mount Harvard, 5,300' above Los
Angeles.

Wait. I think it's actually KPCC from Mt. Wilson. 6,000'. KUSC has
Muzak all night.

They clutter the view from Palomar with radio antennae? Jeez.

bob
k5qwg

Shortwave radio vs satellite radio: my perspective
 

On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 16:00:31 GMT, Bob Miller
wrote:

On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 12:40:59 GMT, David wrote:

On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 02:43:28 GMT, David wrote:

On 6 Apr 2006 19:26:29 -0700, "Raqueeb Hassan"
wrote:

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.

BBC seems to have good coverage in your part of the world, what else
other news services KSTX carry?

KUSC carries it overnight from Mount Harvard, 5,300' above Los
Angeles.

Wait. I think it's actually KPCC from Mt. Wilson. 6,000'. KUSC has
Muzak all night.

They clutter the view from Palomar with radio antennae? Jeez.

bob
k5qwg
Palomar is 60 or 70 miles South of Mount Wilson. The RF from the
towers does bother the Mount Wilson Observatory.

PRI -verses- NPR - Public Radio for the Radio Public
 

MZ,

Public Radio International (PRI) -verses- National Public Radio (NPR)
[ Public Radio for the Radio Public ]

"PRI" = Public Radio International
{The Left-Wing World First}
PRI = http://www.pri.org/
Note - PRI is independent and separate from NPR.

PRI's Program portfolio contains over 45 News, Arts,
Culture, Music and Specials Programs.
PRI PROGRAMS = http://www.pri.org/pri_programs.html

"The World" -according to- PRI
THE WORLD = http://www.theworld.org/
PRI's The World is a One-Hour, Week-Day Radio News Magazine
offering a mix of News, Features, Interviews, and Music from
around-the-globe.
Note - 10 Years and still Spinning the Liberal Slanted News.
SPINNING = http://www.theworld.org/about/10years.shtml

"NPR" = National Public Radio
{Liberal America First}
NPR = http://www.npr.org/

oh shut-up and sit down rhf ~ RHF

Shortwave radio vs satellite radio: my perspective
 

Bob [K5QWG] - Maybe ! :o) ~ RHF
[ Deep-in-the-Heart-of-Texas just may be part of being . . .
Deep-in-the-Heart-of-the-American-Culture. ]

The Nature of Culture is . . . Culture "IS" as Culture Does [.]

There is Culture -and- THEN THERE IS CULTURE !

The Idea of Culture is an Abstract :
Where as Culture Itself is Express By Life and Being [.]

in the microscope of life - culture is the medium of our being ~ RHF

PRI -verses- NPR - Public Radio for the Radio Public
 

"RHF" wrote in
oups.com:

MZ,

Public Radio International (PRI) -verses- National Public Radio (NPR)
[ Public Radio for the Radio Public ]

"PRI" = Public Radio International
{The Left-Wing World First}
PRI = http://www.pri.org/
Note - PRI is independent and separate from NPR.

PRI's Program portfolio contains over 45 News, Arts,
Culture, Music and Specials Programs.
PRI PROGRAMS = http://www.pri.org/pri_programs.html

"The World" -according to- PRI
THE WORLD = http://www.theworld.org/
PRI's The World is a One-Hour, Week-Day Radio News Magazine
offering a mix of News, Features, Interviews, and Music from
around-the-globe.
Note - 10 Years and still Spinning the Liberal Slanted News.
SPINNING = http://www.theworld.org/about/10years.shtml

"NPR" = National Public Radio
{Liberal America First}
NPR = http://www.npr.org/

oh shut-up and sit down rhf ~ RHF



Another thing I hate. Why do they hire Faggots that seem to want to go out
of their way to sound like Fags when they announce things?

Friggen Homo's need to get back in the closet.

PRI -verses- NPR - Public Radio for the Radio Public
 

"Slow Code" wrote in message news:oCU0g.4079

Friggen Homo's need to get back in the closet.




Bull****! I came home from work one day and found a lesbian in my pantry
closet and she ate all my can goods!!
--

Regards
B.H.
Brian's Radio Universe
http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/500.htm

PRI -verses- NPR - Public Radio for the Radio Public
 

DaviD - Wow !
Then both your Eyes -x^x-
must be Double-Crossed ~ RHF