Walt Mankowski via plug on 8 Jul 2022 12:08:14 -0700 |
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Re: [PLUG] AM bye bye |
It's rare these days, but I like having the option to get the traffic report from KYW 1060 when I need more of an update than my GPS is providing. On Fri, Jul 08, 2022 at 02:45:31PM -0400, John Karr via plug wrote: > WXPN isn't the only non-commercial station worth listening to, if you scan > around the left end of the dial. Also noteworthy is that Princeton > University has a commercial license at 103.3, but their primary/HD1 stream > is non-commercial community radio. Pretty much all radio is also available > streaming on the internet, so even though WRTI (90.1) broadcasts classical > and Jazz all day, I usually listen to WQXR (NYC 3 live classical streams), > and even though they suck 75% of the time my default station remains WFMU > (East Orange). > > > On 7/8/22 14:31, Walt Mankowski via plug wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 08, 2022 at 02:13:07PM -0400, jeffv via plug wrote: > > > broadcast radio is dead. It just hasn't realized it yet. > > > Philly radio is a prime example. One group owns most of the stations. The > > > classic rock station plays the same songs by the same artists til the end of > > > days. There is one rock station. Music gets pre-empted for sports. Too many > > > HOT HITS stations. Commercials forever. > > You need to work your way down to the end of the dial. WXPN is still > > awesome. > > > > Walt > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group --http://www.phillylinux.org > > Announcements -http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > General Discussion --http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- > > Minds gets scrambled like eggs > Get bruised and erased > When you live in a brainstorm > > — Alice Cooper: Hard Hearted Alice > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug