[Swprograms] BBC Radio One Sirius Schedule

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Repurposed from dxld...

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> From: John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: August 11, 2005 12:02:43 AM EDT
> To: dxld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [dxld] BBC Radio One  Sirius Schedule
> Reply-To: dxld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> I am quite sure that I am in no way part of BBC Radio One's target
> demographic (52 y.o.), but I must say that I really enjoyed this
> first day of R1 on Sirius.  Business kept me on the road much of the
> day and I had the receiver glued on 97 without ever intending to do
> so.  It is--to me, a person who sees radio itself and not just what's
> on it as an art form in itself--a fascinating radio service.
> Everything seems to flow so smoothly and effortlessly.  The DJs, the
> music, the contests, the listener contact and the gags all fit
> together like hand to glove.  Its attitude might be best described as
> "cheeky".  It can be naughty without the often "in your face" effort
> characterizing many stateside stations or formats that are intent on
> "pushing the envelope"--and this makes one laugh instead of wince.
> The tension that produces is absent from R1 and, therefore, everyone
> (including this listener) just seems to be intent on having fun
> without resorting to the hard put down.  And all of the presenters
> seem knowledgeable about the music they are playing.
>
> Welcome to the USA, R1.
>
> John Figliozzi
>
> On Aug 10, 2005, at 10:50 PM, Andrew J. O'Brien wrote:
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>> It really is a landmark to me. I moved to the USA , from the UK, in
>> 1973 and was ecstatic to just keep in touch with Blighty via fading
>> short-wave signals.  I never really thought I would see a day where
>> I am driving  around the USA and able to hear BBC Radio One in
>> stereo !  I just happened to hear The Clash on the radio the other
>> day with the refrain "this is radio Clash on pirate satellite".
>> That is a very old song but satellite radio days are well and truly
>> here, I wonder when we will get "pirate" satellite stations. ?
>>
>> Back in the 1970's I would only get domestic UK news from BBC World
>> Service's "News About Britain"  a few minutes every couple of
>> hours..  I would occasionally drive a hour to the Canadian-USA
>> border and pay $5.00 to buy a week old UK newspaper..  Now I can
>> read UK papers daily  without charge, hear even my local BBC
>> station 24 hours a day via the Internet, and have BBC World Service
>> and Radio One in my car when every I want.
>>
>> Times have changed.  I once wrote to BBC Radio Cumbria about
>> possible plans to have their Cumbrian news available via Real Audio
>> on the Internet. I received an old style BBC snooty reply saying
>> that the BBC did not have a mandate to respond to the needs of ex-
>> pats and that they had no intention of ever providing BBC Radio
>> Cumbria via the Internet.  Now it is on 24 hours per day!
>>
>>
>> Of course, I feel somewhat guilty for being excited about Radio
>> One.  This is the very station I used to ridicule when living in
>> Britain and refused to listen to after Harold Wilson's Govt created
>> it after closing my beloved Radio Caroline North.  I was in a Fight
>> For Free Radio demonstration outside of 10 Downing Street at one
>> time in my life, now I'm actually excited about Radio One !  Old
>> age I guess.
>>
>>
>> Now for Radio Four on Sirius....I wish.
>>
>>
>> Andy
>>
>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>   From: Daniel L. Srebnick
>>   To: dxld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>   Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 7:47 PM
>>   Subject: Re: [dxld] BBC Radio One Sirius Schedule
>>
>>
>>   The time delayed broadcasts of BBC Radio One via Siruis stream 97
>> were
>>   delayed a little more than the requisite 5 hours this morning.
>> At 0900
>>   EDST, listeners were greeted with a minute or so of dead air.  Once
>>   engineers realized that the intended content was not going out
>> over stream
>>   97, Sirius returned to playing the "Coming Soon" promotions that
>> had aired
>>   for the past few days.  Then, it seems that the "Coming Soon" and
>> the
>>   delayed live stream were sent out at the same time, creating  
>> quite a
>>   cacophony.  Finally, the song "Living in America" could be heard
>> in the
>>   clear and Radio One was off to the races.
>>
>>   Dan Srebnick - Aberdeen, NJ
>>   A Sirius "Pay Once" Lifetime Subscriber
>>
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