tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61805392011-11-27T18:26:04.548-05:00Thoughts on international ("shortwave") broadcasting (BBC, RCI, Radio Australia, VOA, etc.) and public radio (CBC, NPR, BBC Radio 4)Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10221859134717706962noreply@blogger.comBlogger601100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180539.post-20365050316069982842010-10-25T14:43:00.001-04:002010-10-25T14:43:53.480-04:00

The CBC Radio One program on advertising and marketing, "The Age ofPersuasion", which normally airs for 20 weeks per year, is one of myfavorites.Its host, Terry O'Reilly, will be hosting the CBC weekdailyarts/culture/entertainment program "Q" on Tuesday, providing us "AOP"fans a chance for a between-season "fix" of Mr. O'Reilly's wit andwisdom.Check out http://www.cbc.ca/q/ and alsohttp://

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See http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/features/still-gaga-for-radio-14981255.htmlNote the dates October 28th - 30th -- an interesting eventco-sponsored by RTE and BBC Northern Ireland is coming up...Two BBC World Service programs will be produced in coordination withthe event: an edition of "World Have Your Say" and "The Forum".

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See http://www.onthemedia.org/episodes/2010/10/08Mark Thompson, the BBC's Director General, is interviewed; a gooddiscussion covering several topics including the World Service.Worth a listen.

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If you've participated in the swprograms list before or read my NASWAJournal columns, you've seen me mention the "Public Radio Exchange"before; they are a content clearinghouse for independently-producedprogramming available to public radio stations as well as individuallistening.PRX has launched a live stream called "Remix Radio" that provides acontinuous stream of programming from the

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http://www.radiospirits.com/onradio/ontheradio.asp?source=wrw&pcode=WRW2008A random browse led me to this website -- appropriate for fans ofold-time radio.The daily syndicated program airs on WVXU-FM; WVXU also airs theSaturday evening two-hour ediiton.WVXU streams its audio...with no evidence that this program is blocked.Richard

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In the current edition, host Peter Day interviews Matthew Szulik, Chairman of Red Hat, the most visible software vendor for Linux for business. I know many shortwave enthusiasts are also Linuxenthusiasts; Szulik sounds like an interesting guy.Peter Day does a good job staying out of the way to let Szulik talk...something Mr. Day doesn't always do well...See http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/

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Radio 4 has begun a three-part documentary series commemorating the 100-year anniversary of MI6, the UK's analog to the USA Central Intelligence Agency. Considering the importance that radio has played in the communication of information between field agents and headquarters, folks here might find it worth a listen. Bletchley Park - the codebreaking center for British intelligence - is

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If you can access Pandora's online streaming music discovery service where you live, and you own a CC Wifi radio, you can now add your Pandora account settings to your CC Wifi radio.You'll need to upgrade the firmware on the WiFi radio, then log into the Reciva website and update the "My Radios" link, even if you aren't making a change to the radio. Apparently that step is needed for Reciva to

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BBC Radio 7 is a service of BBC Radio devoted to spoken-word programming, primarily programming that has aired previously on other BBC Radio services -- primarily Radio 4."This Sceptred Isle" is an audio history of the UK that has aired since 1995 on Radio 4, and the series has been rerun on Radio 7 since 2008.The program airs weekdays, with each 15-minute program devoted to a single year in the

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In my regular trawl of the BBC Radio 4 website the other day, I came across a recently-launched program, "Americana", that you may enjoy. The program is a weekly magazine of stories about the USA; quoting the program website, "Americana hopes to answer these questions by telling you what America is talking, arguing, fretting, laughing and, yes, dreaming about. We hope to surprise, entertain and

Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10221859134717706962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180539.post-45316956621799155622009-07-02T18:09:00.003-04:002009-07-02T18:12:52.103-04:00

Back in the dark ages of streaming audio in the mid-1990's, the predominant media format was Real Audio; Windows Media was clearly in the minority, and MP3 had not yet become the de facto encoding standard for compact discs ripped for PC audio platforms.Over the years, Windows Media and MP3 appear to have captured a significant chunk of the streaming audio market, based on my casual, unscientific

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Quick: Who was the colonial power in this African country? France? Great Britain? Germany? How about all of the above? Why is this paragraph nothing but questions?Anyway, the ODXA's Harold Sellers passed along a tip for online English-language audio from the state-run Radio TV Cameroon, available at http://www.crtv.cm/ . Click on the link labeled , then look for the entries. You'll be

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Currently available from the BBC's domestic spoken-word Radio 4:"Iran: A Revolutionary State", a three-part documentary series that aired Monday through Wednesday of this week.BBC Radio 4 programs are usually available for on-demand listening for one week following their original air dates, so you'll need to visit the Radio 4 website promptly to catch these programs.John Tusa was the

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Radio Netherlands, the Dutch international broadcasting service, has an extensive audio documentary archive. For several years a weekly 30-minute audio documentary on a global issue was presented.Radio Netherlands is resurrecting some of these documentaries for weekly airing during the current broadcasting season.Check out "Classic Dox" here: http://www.rnw.nl/radio-program-list/8510 for the

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There are two documentary series airing as part of the CBC Radio One summer schedule -- Global Perspectives, the international co-operative that has aired programming on stations such as the BBC World Service, Radio Australia, and New Zealand National Radio; also, Crossing Boundaries, billed as a showcase of public radio documentaries.Details here.

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Back in the mid-1990s, when webcasts were in their infancy, shortwave radio enthusiasts quickly pointed out that webcasts weren't portable -- one was tethered to their Internet connection via a desktop or laptop PC. Fast forward a dozen years...the predominance of Wifi technologies has launched untethered laptops and spawned a generation of Internet radios. Shortwave enthusiasts could still

Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10221859134717706962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180539.post-90972530473337566162008-11-28T17:19:00.001-05:002008-11-28T17:20:44.660-05:00

After being missing for several years due to transmitter problems, Canada's CFRX, the 6070 kHz shortwave relay of domestic MW station CFRB, is now back on the air, and some early hiccups appear to have settled out. On the air since 1937, CFRX provides an opportunity to "eavesdrop" on one of Canada's largest cities, and can be a decent diversion, especially during the day. Its programming is a mix

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The BBC World Service "bus tour" of the USA, involving journalists representing many of the BBC's domestic and foreign-language services, has recently wrapped up its west-to-east journey, and there are three 25-minute programs in which the presenters reflect on key highlights from each region they visited. From the main BBC World Service website, search for "talking America" - that's the quickest

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As the BBC World Service increased its emphasis in news and current affairs programming, one of the casualties was its light entertainment and comedy programming; the best-known of this genre was Brain of Britain, the general knowledge quiz that originated on the domestic BBC Radio 4 service. While you can't hear Brain on the World Service, you can still listen live and on-demand via Radio 4's

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Another way that programming from Radio National made its way to Radio Australia is through the weekly magazine program Australian Express. Segments regarding aspects of Australian culture and perspectives would be edited with Roger Broadbent providing "continuity" commentary and background.This program still exists, but it's now called Australian Bite and is now hosted by Heather Jarvis, a

Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10221859134717706962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180539.post-17466513565560694692008-11-28T17:05:00.002-05:002008-11-28T17:07:56.953-05:00

Most folks know that much of Radio Australia programming begins its life as features produced for the domestic spoken-word Radio National network; Radio National has been under threat of budget and programming cuts in recent years since the network has a comparatively small audience relative to the size of its budget.That budget ax fell, and unfortunately several high-quality programs that were

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One of the impressions that catalyzed my return to active shortwave listening in the 1980s was a visit to my brother in Florida. He was a work-at-home contractor, and one afternoon, while I was visiting, he walked over and switched his analog Radio Shack receiver to Radio Kuwait's English language service and kept it on for the afternoon.My brother was an extremely casual listener - and still is

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The BBC World Service has launched a new, weekday arts program called The Strand. Presented by Harriett Gilbert and Mark Coles, the half-hour program takes listeners on a worldwide journey through arts, culture and entertainment. According to the program producers, "Nothing creative is out of bounds" - and The Strand will bring the best, newest and most exciting creative enterprises to listeners

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Justin Webb, the BBC's North American editor, has a blog with interesting observations on the US -- one could actually look at this as a successor to "Letter From America", with all due respects to Alistair Cooke.See http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/justinwebb/.

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As you may know, I'm the co-chair of the Winter SWL Festival, held each March in the Philadelphia, PA suburb of Kulpsville.The program is pretty much finalized for this edition of the Fest, the 21st edition (egad) in the series.If you enjoy various aspects of radio-related topics, and you are interested in sharing your interests for shortwave radio and international broadcasting with 150 or so

Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10221859134717706962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180539.post-28126196070527329992008-01-08T11:09:00.000-05:002008-01-08T11:32:09.197-05:00

Since the end of broadcasts from "Swiss Radio International" a few years back, the only way to get domestically-produced news about Switzerland has been via the Swissinfo.org website. Swissinfo is powered by the state-funded Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, also the parent of SRI when it existed.Over the past few months the SBC has gotten back into the business of producing English language "

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This annual tradition continues on the World Service as well as the domestic Radio 4 and Radio 3.Tune in on Monday, Christmas Eve, as follows:1500 UT - Radio 4 / World Service live webcast / Europe SW / US public radio webcast including WGBH / KXPR / Vermont Public Radio / WKAR 90.52130 UT - West Africa shortwave (try 15400, 6110 kHz in Eastern NA)Also...0100 UT Tuesday - Americas XM BBCWS1400 UT

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From the Media Network blog via DXLD:This year, Radio Netherlands Worldwide brings you a special programme on Christmas Day, 25 December. Chris Chambers presents 'Hear The World', a concert from the famous Concertgebouw in Amsterdam marking the sixtieth anniversary of Radio Netherlands. You'll be able to hear some of the best musicians from around the world including the African percussionist Ali

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From my NASWA Journal December column:December marks the 75th anniversary of the BBC’s efforts in international broadcasting; the Empire Service, later more humbly called the World Service, made its debut in 1932; there is a special season of programs celebrating the BBC and freedom of information. This special season is called Free To Speak.The subjects below – in part analyzing how the BBC and

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Summarizing:*Discontinuation of services in German, Italian, Malaysian and Swedish (The Internet pages of these 4 language services will also be closed)*Discontinuation of the Japanese service to Europe, North America, and Hawaii*Discontinuation of the English service to the Asian Continent, Middle East, North Africa, Latin America and Russian Far East*Discontinuation of the French service to

Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10221859134717706962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180539.post-14221109030587297722007-09-18T08:52:00.000-04:002007-09-18T08:53:35.324-04:00

...to join their online discussion group regarding their website redesign. Listener input was solicited during last week's "Over To You".At the bottom of the "OTY" webpage there is a link to the home page for the online discussion; it took me three tries before I could reach the right page (kept getting "access denied").Please don't use this vehicle specifically for grumbling about the loss of

Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10221859134717706962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180539.post-26195427226354308562007-09-18T08:51:00.000-04:002007-09-18T08:52:28.151-04:00

The most recent edition of "Over To You" -- the successor to "Write On" -- features a few seconds of my voice...at roughly 13 minutes into the program.I had sent in a suggestion regarding the need to make content more convenient to access via the web -- the "London Calling" special series could be accessed online only by clicking 13 different links for individual stories. Hardly a convenient way

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So what are YOU listening to these days? Introducing the new “request-a-month” featureI’d like to kick off this month’s column with a request for feedback from NASWA members – in an effort to increase the variety and suggestions in the column. Starting this month, I’d appreciate getting your listening suggestions back regarding a specific theme or topic.So…for the October Journal…please send in

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There's a listener survey on the Radio Netherlands frequency / program schedule page for the A-07 season, and they're requesting feedback from North American listeners to help them plan how to best reach us.Check out the survey here:http://www.radionetherlands.nl/listeningguide/how_to_listen_namerica

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I had a chance to listen to a recent edition of Research File from Radio Netherlands. Research File is a program on science and technology that has been part of the RNW schedule for as long as I can remember. This recent edition had four segments filling out the half hour -- two dealing with schizophrenia; the third dealing with hand gestures and how they're reliable communications cues; the

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While browsing the list of podcasts and downloads available at the CBC website, the category named "Listener's Choice" includes listener-requested archive material from the CBC.This podcast / download is updated weekly; the podcast for August 31st is the last edition of Morningside, which aired May 30th, 1997.It's available at http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/pastpodcasts.html?15#ref15, roughly 1/3

Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10221859134717706962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180539.post-38663341830974633552007-09-06T14:00:00.000-04:002007-09-07T20:39:12.868-04:00

See http://www.cbc.ca/spark/From the website: "Spark is your guide to the Next Big Thing. On-air and online, join Nora Young for a surprising and irreverent look at tech, trends, and fresh ideas."Host Nora Young has a love hate relationship with technology, culture, and armchair sociology, which she pursues on CBC Radio, on television, in print, and online. "First program aired on Wednesday,

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The BBC World Service will be rolling out more podcasts between now and the end of September amongst various program genres. Some will simply be podcasts of current programs (e.g. Assignment, Business Daily); others will be compilations from existing programs.One of the new items is called "Global News Podcast" -- it's a half hour of items culled from Newshour, The World Today, and World

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I occasionally go looking for new additions to the roster of public radio stations rebroadcasting the World Service in their HD services, in part because these might provide helpful live streaming alternatives.I noted that Kansas Public Radio carries an hour's worth of audio from the "BBC World" TV service weekdays from 1700 to 1800 UT.Visit http://kansaspublicradio.org and click on "KPR2".Richard

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This came in my weekly e-mail yesterday from the BBC."Throughout this week, various BBC World Service News & Current Affairs programs have been broadcasting live from around London. They've been looking at aspects of London as a global city, bringing the diversity and vibrancy of the city to the airwaves and finding out why people want to live and work there. Specially-commissioned features from

Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10221859134717706962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180539.post-15282624731074486882007-08-16T09:57:00.000-04:002007-08-16T10:08:43.731-04:00

A recent visit to the BBC's podcasting page yields a couple new entries of interest to fans of international broadcasting. Crossing Continents -- a regular Radio 4 documentary series that explores single issues in-depth around the world -- is now offered as a podcast. In many ways, Crossing Continents is similar to the World Service program Assignment.Meanwhile, the BBC has started podcasting a

Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10221859134717706962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180539.post-4701731702994075082007-08-14T14:19:00.000-04:002007-08-14T15:00:09.945-04:00

Digital FM ("HD") listeners in Wichita, KS will be able to hear the BBC World Service 24/7 soon as KUMW adds HD2 and HD3 channels; the HD3 channel will carry the BBC World Service.You can also add Vermont Public Radio to this list. The BBC World Service airs 24/7 on the HD3 channel of WVPS out of Burlington, VT.Minnesota Public Radio's KSJN also offers the BBC World Service 24/7 on its HD3

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The second hour of CBC Sunday Edition -- the long-running Sunday morning news magazine -- features a re-airing of the six-part documentary series on the "...creepy concatenations of politics, big business, advertising, and public relations" that pervades today's news gathering and reporting industries.I highly recommend this series if you want to better understand why news- and current

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The University of Melbourne's "Asialink Centre" [sic] promotes understanding of the countries of Asia and creates links with Asian counterparts.Radio Australia has begun to air a series of lectures entitled "Five Minutes to Midnight", dealing with the Doomsday Clock, established in 1947 at the University of Chicago to reflect concerns over the risk of nuclear war.Radio Australia's Roger Broadbent

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The best new program on shortwave in many years? Radio Netherlands’ The State We’re In For years, Jonathan Groubert has been increasingly associated with high-quality, award-winning programming from Radio Netherlands; most recently, he was the host of the weekly EuroQuest magazine show. Several months back, Radio Netherlands announced that EuroQuest would be ending, and Jonathan was in the

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This continues a trend of public radio programming migrating from theaudible.com paysite to stations' or programs' own websites."Car Talk" is now podcast free of charge, as is "Marketplace" -- theremay be others as well.Most of the ABC's "Radio National" programs are also podcast; DW hasalso increased its podcast offerings. The BBC (Radio 4, WorldService) has not recently augmented its podcast

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See here.As one might expect, this is pro - "wide competitive landscape" --that Satellite Radio isn't a market unto itself.Key quote: "What is most important now for sound communicationspolicy is to move beyond classifying and regulating services based onthe particular technology or slice of spectrum used for distributingthe service. Whether evaluating the competitive impact of a

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I'm back... hopefully (yet again!) I'll publish here more often as the year goes on.I am sure many fans of shortwave radio remember the name Harry Helms -- principally as the author of Shortwave Listening Guidebook. In more recent times, Harry has authored a blog, called "The Future Of Radio", which challenged much of the traditional thinking in the role of shortwave radio as an international

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Kevin Kelly, who runs the fine Public Radio Fan website, has had good things to say about the Slim Devices Squeezebox -- it's marketed as a "Network Music Player" but frankly is also an Internet Radio -- not limited specifically to music.Might be worth checking out as well -Richard

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The 20th (!) Winter SWL Fest is this coming March 8th - 10th, 2007 at the Best Western -- Inn At Towamencin in Kulpsville, Pennsylvania.It's North America's largest annual gathering of shortwave radio enthusiasts... for more information visit the Fest website.We also have a Fest blog as well.Hope to see many of you in Kulpsville!Richard

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When web audio started becoming feasible in the late 1990s, there was plenty of hope that an "Internet appliance" could be developed that could be "tuned" like a radio.Now, with broadband Internet and WiFi networks becoming the norm, it appears the concept of Internet radio has become real; one can get themselves started for as little as $150.There appear to be two good choices out there -- The

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High definition radio appears to be finally taking off in the USA. As most know, the USA's approach is "in-band, on channel", or IBOC, which doesn't utilize additional spectrum space.One of the consequences of HD radio is that stations can air multiple channels of programming within their existing frequency bandwidth. The greatest number of channels I've seen for a single station so far is 3.My

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I mentioned this in the Easy Listening column posted on November 25th that RCI now has Canadian immigrants, along with prospective immigrants, as part of its mandate. This is the first time I believe an international broadcaster has specifically targeted a domestic audience.Others will mention that Radio Sweden and YLE Radio Finland have relayed shortwave broadcasts to a domestic audience, but

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Key Seasonal ChangesRadio Canada InternationalThe most significant development in terms of seasonal changes this October is the revamping of Radio Canada International’s program schedule. As I mentioned in the October column, RCI ended most of its weekday RCI-produced programming as of September 29th, replacing it temporarily with a one-hour version of Canada Today that was not differentiated for

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15 years ago… I began my tenure as Easy Listening editor in December of 1990, with a one-page column on a couple Radio Australia programs, if I recall. I haven’t had 15 years of continuous service, as I took a leave of absence in the mid-90s, with John Figliozzi pinch hitting for a stretch. International Broadcasting – and the hobby it supports – has certainly changed in those 15 years – back

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The registration form for the 2006 Winter SWL Fest is now online, thanks to assistant webmaster Ralph Brandi.Thanks, Ralph!

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A visit to RNW's weekly archive section of their website shows they're now podcasting.This is a notable development -- making the RNW the first international broadcaster to podcast essentially all its content. Radio Sweden also podcasts its programs, but RNW is the first to podcast its programs by subject.I'll be watching other broadcasters for this development.

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The schedule for CBC Radio One on Sirius satellite radio channel #137 is now posted at the CBC website. The schedule is posted here.One entry that several of us were curious about is "The Lab", which doesn't appear anywhere on the CBC A-Z program listings. Turns out it's an experimental program, produced exculsively for Sirius.Quoting from John Figliozzi's post at swprograms:" "The Lab" refers to

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CBC Radio One on Sirius is a welcome addition -- it's channel #137 in the Sirius lineup.The schedule is generally an amalgamation of the Atlantic and Pacific Time Zone feeds of Radio One, spiced somewhat with repeat editions of weekly programs.I have been posting schedule notes to the swprograms list, but I recommend you use Kevin Kelly's Public Radio Fan website, shown at right under "Links",

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I am relaunching this blog -- I'll reduce my vision to something, hopefully, more manageable on a day-to-day basis. Hopefully this will be a useful resource to those who enjoy the public radio and international broadcasting field.Please contact me with any suggestions!Richard

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