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

[Kevin Anderson <k9iua@xxxxxxxxx>]

John:

I wholeheartedly agree that the BBCWS of today is not the same
as it once was.  But, since I can't get the BBCWS via SW despite
all the wishing I might do, I might as well extend that wishing
to be for the "old" BBCWS <grin>.  There is something about
British English speakers that draws me in, just like their
television programs on public TV.

I suspect that if I had an easy-to-use WiFi receiver, I'd set up
my playlist to allow me to switch around between feeds of BBC R4
and R3, occasionally BBCWS, likely RNW, and maybe some CBC, as
the moods would take me.  But, alas, I don't have such a device
yet.

Since we are talking about it, I just started up a feed of BBC
R4 on the computer to listen to for awhile....

Kevin

--- jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Kevin:
> 
> I can say that clearly my BBCWS listening has fallen
> precipitously.  
> It may be in part out of lingering resentment for the manner
> in which 
> they dropped shortwave to NA, but I honestly think it's more
> due to 
> the changes in WS programming policy that has turned it mostly
> into a 
> news channel with frequent repetition of bulletins and
> reports.  It's 
> just not as interesting to me as a whole in that form.  Having
> said 
> that, I still think it's a valuable and valued service with
> some 
> interesting and well produced content.  But it definitely is
> more uni-
> dimensional than it once was in the recent past.
> 
> John Figliozzi


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