On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 12:44:15 GMT, David wrote:

SIRIUS Satellite Radio to Broadcast BBC's Radio 1
Tuesday June 21, 8:00 am ET
- Popular U.K. music channel to debut on SIRIUS this summer
- Subscribers will hear channel in its entirety

When BBC World Service eliminated shortwave to
U.S./Canada/Australia/NZ (of course, shortwave signals don't just end
up where they are "supposed" to) they said that people in these areas
could receive BBC WS by other means such as the 'net and domestic
radio relays.

Well, local radio relay of the BBC WS here in NYC is mostly after
midnight and that's better than a lot of other places.

And, if you use the 'net, you find suddenly that if you liked one kind
of programming on BBC WS you may be able to get more of the kind of
programming you like on one of the domestic service.

For example, if I want to hear BBC comedies, I listen on the 'net to
Radio 4 or the BBC7 satellite network which reruns some of the old
ones like the Goons, Hancock's Half Hour and I'm Sorry I'll Read That
Again.

Radio 4 has the final episode of the new series of Hitchhiker's Guide
to the Galaxy Tuesday (today) at 1730 GMT (6:30 P.M. British summer
time) repeated Thursday at 2200 GMT (11:30 P.M. BST) with listen on
demand available on the website.

I'm not sure that Radio 1 (current pop) is the best choice for a
satellite broadcast; it seems to me that plenty of Radio 1-type
programming is available on free over-the-air radio in the U.S. and on
other Sirius channels.

In fact, BBC Radio 1 started because there were offshore pirates
because there was not enough U.S.-type rock broadcasting on the BBC
for popular taste.

However, it would be interesting if BBC WS ended up having a smaller
audience in the U.S. (and possibly Canada) than one of the domestic
BBC radio services.

By the way, if you want to hear what Radio 1 sounds like, try
(assuming Windoze with a normal RA player installation)

"c:\Program Files\Real\RealPlayer\realplay.exe"
"rtsp://rmlivev8.bbc.net.uk/farm/*/ev7/live24/radio1/live/r1_dsat_g2.ra"