[Swprograms] So what are people listening to nowadays? And how are you listening?

[jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Interesting thread...

I had to stop and think about what I actually do instead of what I 
think I do, if that makes any sense.

Most of my listening takes place in two venues:  the car and while 
taking my daily morning "constitutional".  In the car, this means 
Sirius Satellite Radio with WRN, CBC Radio One and the BBC (in that 
order) the prime attractions.  When on foot (including weekly lawn 
mowings), this means using an iPod to listen to podcasts.  I use 
iTunes to subscribe to a series of programs from the BBC, CBC, ABC-
Australia, RTE, DW, RNZ, NPR/PRI, R. Netherlands, R. Sweden and a few 
others.  More or less weekly, I revise the roster of programs that I 
download packing the iPod (I own the smallest version) to the gills.  
I also use this method to listen while flying or traveling by train.

Listening in the car ranges from roughly five to fifteen hours a week 
(mostly commuting to work and back 1/2 hour each way).  iPod listening 
fills about ten hours a week, increasing to fill the time I might 
spend on a plane or in a train.

When around the house, I'll also use a CCrane FM transmitter to send 
transmissions from a Sirius or XM receiver to a portable or fixed FM 
radio set wherever I might be situated from time to time, including to 
the bedside before going off the sleep or first thing in the morning 
while dressing, etc.

A third method, which is more catch as catch can, is the tried and 
true shortwave radio
and that listening is often less planned and more haphazard in a quest 
for "serendipity"--i.e.: the chance I might hear something new and 
unexpected.

Favorite listening in no particular order:  Anything/everything from 
R. Netherlands, CBC Rewind (archival broadcasts featuring Peter 
Gzowski especially favored), CBC Ideas, CBC The North This Week, CBC 
The Maritimes This Week, "Dispatches", "Quirks and Quarks"; 
RTE's "Highway 101" and "Sunday Miscellany"; Radio Banns 
International "Copenhagen Calling"(via WRN); "The Night 
Air", "Background Briefing", "Late Night Live" with Phillip 
Adams, "Media Report" and others depending on topic from ABC R. 
National.

For some reason that I don't particularly understand myself, I seem to 
be especially excited by the prospect of a portable (that is, battery 
operated) internet radio from Tivoli this fall.  Conversely, even 
though I know I can get anything that little device will be able to 
get by just using my computer, I'm not all that motivated toward using 
the computer in that fashion.  Go figure.

John Figliozzi

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