I do all the time, Russ. Every morning, my Sangean ATS-909X goes off at 5:05,
and it wakes me up to KCJJ-1630, so that I keep in touch with what's going on
back in Iowa City. During my workdays and when I'm at home on the weekends, I
often listen to music on KWMT-540 out of Fort Dodge. And for U. of Iowa sports
events, I tune it to WHO.
Reading all these posts and trying to take in the inevitability of it all just
makes my sick to my stomach. I've heard scuttlebutt that the FAA is going to
do away with all NDBs within the next 15 years. So there goes DXing longwave
for those. Now I'm supposed to resign myself to the fact that terrestrial AM
AND FM radio stations will be dinosaurs in 20 years or so? I have listened
briefly to SiriusXM, and while I enjoy the novelty of it, it can't replace
anything that has the capability to provide the LOCAL listening public with
news, weather (including tornado warnings!), and everything else that
inextricably identifies itself with the community that it serves.
Dammit, I don't want this hobby to die. I enjoy it too much. Terrestrial
radio stations have been around for nearly a century. What do we as DXers do
if they ever go away?
In short, we as a society are depersonalizing ourselves...all for the sake of
the "advancement" of technology and bowing down to the almighty dollar. I'm
absolutely frightened as to what it's going to look like in 50 years. I think
Paul Harvey asked it best...."Have we outsmarted ourselves?"
73 (while I can still wish it),
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska
________________________________
From: Russ Edmunds <wb2...@yahoo.com>
To: a...@nrcdxas.org
Sent: Friday, March 8, 2013 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] A amCold, Harsh Reality for Radio
I wonder how many of us, with whatever average age DX'ers have, which is surely
well north of 40, listen to radio very much other than for DX....
Russ Edmunds
15 mi NNW of Philadelphia
Grid FN20id
<wb2...@yahoo.com>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8
AM: Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot
--- On Fri, 3/8/13, Larry Stoler <lstole...@optonline.net> wrote:
>From: Larry Stoler <lstole...@optonline.net>
>Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] A Cold, Harsh Reality for Radio
>To: fvo...@realoldiesradio.com, a...@nrcdxas.org
>Date: Friday, March 8, 2013, 6:43 PM
>
>
>
>Well said, Fred. That's the problem and those
who make decisions about what they feel makes good programming don't get
it.
>
>I never thought the day would come when I would
listen to very little over the air radio but that's the case with me and many
other people.
>
>I keep up with what's going on in the industry and
that alone convinces me that most of what's on these days isn't worth bothering
with.
>
>As far as Sirius XM goes, what satellite radio
offers won't stand out after Pandora and other places to get
music and whatever people want become standard in automobiles and that's
coming.
>
>Larry Stoler
>
>----- Original Message -----
>>From: Frederick R. Vobbe
>>To: a...@nrcdxas.org
>>Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 5:50
PM
>>Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] A Cold, Harsh Reality for Radio
>>
>>
>>Agreed. I know people in my community paying as much as $350 p/month for
>>“content” which includes XM, on-line, and cable. It blows me away at what
>>people will pay, and then on the other side decry poverty.
>>
>>And then there are the TV spectrum auctions, which are setting up to turn
>>local television into a model for pay.
>>
>>I have the MP3 player (portable) which I plug into the dash of my truck. I
>>occasionally take a SW receiver with me, connected to the in-dash, and listen
>> to broadcasts. Albeit, English and non-religion is becoming rare.
>>
>>But here is a reality. On a drive back from Illinois recently I tried
>>listening to local radio. There was nothing of interest other than
>>syndicated fare and mediocre programming. I was especially shocked at
>>larger markets. So part of the problem with radio is not technology but
>>content. The dynamic of programming has changed making radio moot to many.
>>Terrestrial radio has lung cancer, and their solution is to light up another
>>Winston.
>>
>>Fred
>>
>>From:Russ Edmunds
>>
>>
>>Younger listeners don't mind paying, but it won't be for terrestrial radio,
>>because they want to narrow in what they listen to, and the only radio doing
>>that is XM/Sirius. They aren't going to pay to listen to most of what's on
>>terrestrial radio now - no way - and I doubt that radio will change.
>>
>>Since XM/Sirius already comes with
a pricetag, that's covered. But if they think they'll significantly
boost XM/Sirius revenues that way, they may be disappointed.
>>
>>Me,
I'd rather plug my mp3 player in than pay the freight for satellite.
>>
>>
>>
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