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I grew up listening to the BBC rebroadcast all the old radio shows like Gunsmoke, The Green Hornet, Burns and Allen, etc. on the old ham radio in the basement with my dad on Saturdays while working on projects or just hanging out listening to the radio. I still have that radio. Its got to be close to 60 years old and still works, though we live in a low area and without a proper outdoor antenna the signal I get isn't very strong. I do still listen to the regular broadcast AM/FM stations on Saturday mornings on a little transistor radio though. Right now I'm listening to a lawn and garden show that's on from 6 to 10 every Saturday morning. That will be followed by a home fix it show for a couple of hours, though I usually don't listen to all of that one. I think there's even a fishing show on before 6 on Saturday mornings, but I haven't been up that early on a Saturday since, well, since the last time I went fishing :smile:, which was quite a while ago.

XM used to broadcast many of these old radio shows. But sadly I only listen to the radio when I'm in the car, which isn't that often. We sometimes have background music in the house, but we get that through FIOS.

My local radio station, is MFR (Moray-Firth-Radio), and I am very loyal to it.

I don't listen all the time, but I do know the presenters, both my name and face, since I actually met them all a couple of years ago!

If you are interested in seeing what MFR is, please go to this link to listen to it: MFR FM | MFR FM Player

jmurray01 said:

My local radio station, is MFR (Moray-Firth-Radio), and I am very loyal to it.

I don't listen all the time, but I do know the presenters, both my name and face, since I actually met them all a couple of years ago!

If you are interested in seeing what MFR is, please go to this link to listen to it: MFR FM | MFR FM Player

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I was interested in MFR, I was hoping for a "cultural experience" Instead, I got a message indictating "This broadcast is restricted to U.K. mainland only".
So thank you for trying, it's the thought that counts.

RobertBrown said:

I was interested in MFR, I was hoping for a "cultural experience" Instead, I got a message indictating "This broadcast is restricted to U.K. mainland only".
So thank you for trying, it's the thought that counts.

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Ah damn...

i listen to radio 12 hours a day in my big truck am talk shows mostly very intresting most of the time im in and out of my truck alot and miss some but still enjoy it.

Radio is just "great". I love it and listen as often as possible.
I think that those of us who are older have a different apreciation for "sound without video", which is what I think the new definition of radio will become. Doesn't really matter how it got to you, the frequency or method of transfer is of little consequence, xm or am.
I relate the apreciation of this media to any other evolution of communication. At one time the printed or written word was the way. Now it's the internet, and news papers are quickly trying to adapt or go the way of the shoulder-driven push mower.
I still like to read books and believe it or not, they are made out of "paper":ashamed:. Having to use and interpret words, either written or audible, is the way we have driven our imaginations for the last 900 years.
Thanks for reminding me:wink:

:confused2:wow i noticed i hit 100 post in less than a year i must be very bissy or just plain lazy or to dumb to know the answer's to any of the questions you make the call don't worry you can't make made.:laughing:

jd335 said:

:confused2:wow i noticed i hit 100 post in less than a year i must be very bissy or just plain lazy or to dumb to know the answer's to any of the questions you make the call don't worry you can't make made.:laughing:

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You said it :laughing:

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!

twall said:

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!

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Or..? :laughing:

jmurray01 said:

Or..? :laughing:

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

twall said:

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

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I give up :laughing:

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

Mini Motors said:

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

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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.

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:

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?

Oddball said:

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.

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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.

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

jmurray01 said:

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:

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: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.

Oddball said:

: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.

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And thanks to that we have any extra lunatic on the forums :laughing:

jmurray01 said:

And thanks to that we have any extra lunatic on the forums :laughing:

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That's me. I'm cuckoo :banana::banana::banana: :biggrin:

Oddball said:

That's me. I'm cuckoo :banana::banana::banana: :biggrin:

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You said it :laughing:

The best way I can describe HD radio is this. What you hear on an regular FM radio only takes up a small portion of the frequency. Many years ago the unused portion of the freq. was used for pagers, but pagers are so "70s", and nobody uses them anymore. So, that leaves a new, unused portion. What you hear on a regular radio is analog. Digital signals take up considerably less space, but provide much more information. On FM, up to 3 different programs can be selected on any given frequency. On AM, there is just enough room for 1. And the best part is that it's free. I have a Sony car radio that retails for about $170.00, and the HD module was $100.00

So, Oddball, in the Metro Atlanta area, there are 24 FM, and 3 AM stations broadcasting HD radio. Not all stations broadcast multiple programming, but the difference of digital vs analog is noticeable, drastically noticeable on AM. Literally CD quality.

HDradio.com. Check it out. I'm about to buy a new one and put the old one in my spare car.