How many of you are faithful radio listeners?

[jmurray01]

I listen to AM all the time.......Now I'm on night shift again, I can go back to listening to "Coast To Coast AM" again.......I love that broadcast.

Even got my woman into "Twighlight Zone" on AM........she'd rather listen to that than watch a movie!

Or..? :laughing:

 

[twall]

Or..? :laughing:

....or read a book. :laughing: We don't have satellite or cable, and the reception around here is terrible for broadcast TV......

 

[jmurray01]

....or read a book. :laughing: We don't have satellite or cable, and the reception around here is terrible for broadcast TV......

I give up :laughing:

 

[Mini Motors]

Great thread. I only listen in the car, but I listen to something most of you have not heard of. HD radio. It's broadcast on standard AM and FM frequencies on a sub-carrier of each analog station that has chosen to go to the next (hopefully)standard. It is a digital signal, and gives CD quality sound, and on FM, has the ability to have up to 5 different "channels". Most people aren't aware of frequency range, and how it is "chopped" on the high end of FM stations at 12,000 hz, while the human ear hears almost to 20,000 hz(at least younger folk hear that high). Analog stations compensate this chop by boosting it before the chop occurs, creating noise. You wouldn't necessarily notice this until it is compared to a digital signal. An HD radio first tunes the analog signal, then in 3 to 5 seconds, it acquires the digital signal. A very noticeable difference. Almost half of the stations here in the Washington D.C. area have gone HD.

More info at hdradio.com

 

[Oddball]

Great thread. I only listen in the car, but I listen to something most of you have not heard of. HD radio. It's broadcast on standard AM and FM frequencies on a sub-carrier of each analog station that has chosen to go to the next (hopefully)standard. It is a digital signal, and gives CD quality sound, and on FM, has the ability to have up to 5 different "channels". Most people aren't aware of frequency range, and how it is "chopped" on the high end of FM stations at 12,000 hz, while the human ear hears almost to 20,000 hz(at least younger folk hear that high). Analog stations compensate this chop by boosting it before the chop occurs, creating noise. You wouldn't necessarily notice this until it is compared to a digital signal. An HD radio first tunes the analog signal, then in 3 to 5 seconds, it acquires the digital signal. A very noticeable difference. Almost half of the stations here in the Washington D.C. area have gone HD.

More info at hdradio.com

I've heard of HD radio but am not familiar with it other than knowing basically how it works as you described. I think there are a couple of HD radio channels in my area, but not too prominent yet, and from what I remember the radios are expensive.

I let the free trial subsciption for satellite radio in the truck run out. When I wasn't listening to talk/news radio, I listened to the Grateful Dead station almost exclusively, and while it was great, I just decided I wasn't going to pay a monthly fee for radio.

 

[jmurray01]

Who needs radio shows when we have our little (ever growing) community here at LMF ? :smile:

Hey, we should start a radio station!

"Welcome to LMF FM! For all things gardening!" :laughing:

 

[Oddball]

Twall, tell me more about "Twilight Zone" is that a radio show like the old TV series or another type of program with the same name?

 

[twall]

I've heard of HD radio but am not familiar with it other than knowing basically how it works as you described. I think there are a couple of HD radio channels in my area, but not too prominent yet, and from what I remember the radios are expensive.

I let the free trial subsciption for satellite radio in the truck run out. When I wasn't listening to talk/news radio, I listened to the Grateful Dead station almost exclusively, and while it was great, I just decided I wasn't going to pay a monthly fee for radio.

I had Sirius for about two years. I got quite addicted to the talk radio (our AM station dropped talk, so I went for Sat. radio), but the commercials started to grate on me so bad, I let it expire.

 

[jmurray01]

I do like the "natter" radio shows. But unfortunately these days there are too many songs and adverts :frown:

 

[Oddball]

Who needs radio shows when we have our little (ever growing) community here at LMF ? :smile:

Hey, we should start a radio station!

"Welcome to LMF FM! For all things gardening!" :laughing:

:laughing: If I knew enough about gardening to talk about it on radio I wouldn't have found the LMF. I was looking for a lawncare forum and must have had lawnmower on my mind because that's what I typed in the search box, and viola, I found this place.