Re: [Swprograms] BBCWS on XM

["Richard Cuff" <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

That's a reasonably fair characterization, Joe.  The existence of
play-by-play football is what keeps Sportsworld -- the program you
were listening to -- off the Internet feed.

As we've documented here, there has been an overall shift away from
comedy and entertainment on the BBC World Service as the Beeb has
decided to focus its output on news and current affairs.  That
continuing shift has reduced the difference between the XM (Americas)
and Sirius (PRI) streams.

I believe -- as I have never spoken to PRI about this -- the PRI
stream is mostly news at their request; they believe that the news
orientation is what their public radio station clients are looking
for.

The PRI / Sirius stream does not include World Drama (the new name for
Play Of The Week), and there is very limited airing of documentaries.
I believe only one hour of Sportsworld makes it to the PRI / Sirius
stream.

The best way to see the side-by-comparison of the two program streams
is to look at Kevin Kelly's listings at the Public Radio Fan website.

The XM (Americas) stream is here:
http://www.publicradiofan.com/cgibin/station.pl?stationid=2

The Sirius (PRI) stream is here:
http://www.publicradiofan.com/cgibin/station.pl?stationid=3939

I invite enthusiasts having more free time than I to do the
side-by-side comparisons...

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA


On 10/14/07, Joe Buch <josephbuch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I sampled BBC on XM yesterday for about 8 hours.
>
> Does the lack of comedy on BBC reflect the general mood of British
> society which is being over run by middle eastern hordes or is it due
> to the mistaken belief that Brit humor does not travel well?  Many PBS
> TV stations prove daily that British TV comedy shows have a devoted
> niche audience in the USA.  Why not comedy on the radio?
>
> I am at a handicap to know what the BBC News channel on Sirius contains
> as I have never been a Sirius subscriber.  I do remember, however, that
> BBC on Saturday always carried sports on shortwave.  Did the Sirius BBC
> channel ever do football matches masquerading as news?
>
> I think the convergence of BBC to a news-oriented service is best
> demonstrated by the need to ask if the service on XM is the news feed
> or the broad stream.  They are becoming indistinguishable.  My guess is
> that the stream on XM is the broad stream only because I heard the
> football match yesterday on XM.
>
> Joe Buch
>
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