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Monday, February 07, 2005
Welcome to Radio Listener!
Hello everyone!
I've heard people talking about Blogs and thought it was about time I started one. Since I spend most of my days listening to the radio, I guess that would be as a good a topic as any.
I'm a pretty voracious listener - have been since I was a kid in the '70s. First it was BBC radios 2 and 4. Then came a bit of DXing (Radio Moscow, Sweden, Netherland, etc.). Now with so many internet streams I am in paradise.
I'm quite discerning mind - I don't like a lot of the populist claptrap - esecially music, so if you come here for that you'll be disappointed. I prefer talk, ranging from politics and science to he early morning banter of Sarah Kennedy and Terry Wogan.
My favourite stations are still radios 2 and 4, but I also listen to a lot of Radio National from Australia, the BBC World Service, and odd tidbits from elsewhere.
I'll be putting links to broadcasts that I highlight and some MP3 snippets (if this allowed).
My usual day consists of:
Sarah Kennedy (BBC Radio 2)
Terry Wogan (BBC Radio 2)
Jeremy Vine (BBC Radio 2)
Phillip Adams (Australia)
Life Matters (Australia)
The Afternoon Play (BBC Radio 4)
Book of the Week (BBC Radio 4)
Off the Shelf (BBC Radio 4)
Book at Bedtime (BBC Radio 4)
Diane Rehm (National Public Radio, US)
Margaret Throsby (ABC FM, Australia)
Then there are the weekly broadcasts:
Start the Week (BBC Radio 4)
Midweek (BBC Radio 4)
In Our Time (BBC Radio 4)
Loose Ends (BBC Radio 4)
Any Questions & Any Answers (BBC Radio 4)
Westway (BBC World Service)
The National Interest (Australia)
Ockam's Razor (Australia)
... well, there are lot more that I'll tell you about along the way!
Let me know if you are reading this and tell me what you listen to yourself.
I've heard people talking about Blogs and thought it was about time I started one. Since I spend most of my days listening to the radio, I guess that would be as a good a topic as any.
I'm a pretty voracious listener - have been since I was a kid in the '70s. First it was BBC radios 2 and 4. Then came a bit of DXing (Radio Moscow, Sweden, Netherland, etc.). Now with so many internet streams I am in paradise.
I'm quite discerning mind - I don't like a lot of the populist claptrap - esecially music, so if you come here for that you'll be disappointed. I prefer talk, ranging from politics and science to he early morning banter of Sarah Kennedy and Terry Wogan.
My favourite stations are still radios 2 and 4, but I also listen to a lot of Radio National from Australia, the BBC World Service, and odd tidbits from elsewhere.
I'll be putting links to broadcasts that I highlight and some MP3 snippets (if this allowed).
My usual day consists of:
Sarah Kennedy (BBC Radio 2)
Terry Wogan (BBC Radio 2)
Jeremy Vine (BBC Radio 2)
Phillip Adams (Australia)
Life Matters (Australia)
The Afternoon Play (BBC Radio 4)
Book of the Week (BBC Radio 4)
Off the Shelf (BBC Radio 4)
Book at Bedtime (BBC Radio 4)
Diane Rehm (National Public Radio, US)
Margaret Throsby (ABC FM, Australia)
Then there are the weekly broadcasts:
Start the Week (BBC Radio 4)
Midweek (BBC Radio 4)
In Our Time (BBC Radio 4)
Loose Ends (BBC Radio 4)
Any Questions & Any Answers (BBC Radio 4)
Westway (BBC World Service)
The National Interest (Australia)
Ockam's Razor (Australia)
... well, there are lot more that I'll tell you about along the way!
Let me know if you are reading this and tell me what you listen to yourself.
