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At 07:08 PM 5/28/97 +0900, you wrote:
>For thoses who may not know of it, a service is offered out of England
>called World Radio Network. It provides radio broadcasts from over 20
>public radio stations worldwide, though there is a European emphasis. This
>is because of availablility, and will eventually change.
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>Of course, there are a lot of different opinions of the same story.
>
>You can find them on the net at www.wrn.org. They also are live on the web.
>For more information contact Jeff Cohen.
>
>We have had them on our AM station for awhile. I'm impressed, but would
>love other opinions.
>

Where is your station?  I stopped by their offices in London last Feb.  and
they mentioned that a station out west at school?  was going to try them out.

I got WRN on to our local cable system and I'd like to help promote them is
the U.S. more - do you have any ideas?

Steven Clift
clift@freenet.msp.mn.us



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WRN is a commercial enterprise founded by a couple of previous employee of
BBC. They started testing a few years ago on a satellite channel that they
obtained somehow initially free of charge from BBC, and later started
re-selling satellite capacity to various international broadcasters. I made
an interview which aired on our Shortwave station when they made the first
tests.

Cable TV and radio is non-existent in most European countries. There has
been a lot of debate about the effectiveness of satellite radio in Europe,
especially if you consider that there is no real data available on the
number of satellite radio listeners, and the general assumption is that "if
you have a satellite receiver in Europe, you usually watch satellite TV,
not use it to listen to the radio". The standard owner of a satellte
receiver overhere will have a great deal of difficulties to tune the
receiver to a satellite radio channel.

After a few years that WRM has been available on satellite, there are signs
that some stations who closed down shortwave transmitters to air via
satellite radio, are turning back to shortwave, and/or are reducing their
presence on satellite radio due to the poor response from their audience.
Another option to satellite radio is RealAudio, which is becoming more
popular than satellite even in areas such as Eastern Europe and some
countries in Africa (we are talking about affluent people and mostly great
urban areas, universities and corporations where Internet is available).

Anyway, it is always nice to have another option if you have already the
set up, although satellite radio reception is not yet "portable", and
shortwave, AM and FM radio  is still less expensive at the receiver end
(especially true in  under-developed areas). I usually carry my SW1 Sony
multiband credit card receiver whenever I travel, and I have not yet found
a carry on satellite receiver of comparable size ;)

Alfredo


At 02:48 PM 6/6/97 -0400, you wrote:
>At 07:08 PM 5/28/97 +0900, you wrote:
>>For thoses who may not know of it, a service is offered out of England
>>called World Radio Network. It provides radio broadcasts from over 20
>>public radio stations worldwide, though there is a European emphasis. This
>>is because of availablility, and will eventually change.
>>
>>Of course, there are a lot of different opinions of the same story.
>>
>>You can find them on the net at www.wrn.org. They also are live on the web.
>>For more information contact Jeff Cohen.
>>
>>We have had them on our AM station for awhile. I'm impressed, but would
>>love other opinions.
>>
>
>Where is your station?  I stopped by their offices in London last Feb.  and
>they mentioned that a station out west at school?  was going to try them out.
>
>I got WRN on to our local cable system and I'd like to help promote them is
>the U.S. more - do you have any ideas?
>
>Steven Clift
>clift@freenet.msp.mn.us
>
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>>Jim
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>>       ibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibid
>>       b                                                      i
>>       i   Jim Wilcox                     (541) 687-3370 v.   b
>>       d   Development Director           (541) 687-3573 f.   i
>>       i   KRVM AM & FM                   jwilcox@krvm.com    d
>>       b   1574 Coburg Road, Suite 237    www.krvm.com        i
>>       i   Eugene, OR 97401  USA                              b
>>       d                                                      i
>>       ibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibid
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