Steve Martin wrote:
: From: "Christopher England" <...>
:
: : Is it possible that a single radio station would be unable to
: : satisfy you as a listener nowadays? I doubt it could satisfy me,
: : any more than a single Tv channel could.
:
: I would agree with that, I have different moods where I want music and
: float between Planet Rock, Arrow, XFM & Caroline

Tsk, what about MAR? http://mar.exilenet.org:9042/listen.pls
Someone on Garry's board said it reminded them of Caroline Overdrive, which pleased me.

: or speech then it is
: either R4 or 5 Live.

I must admit I seldom feel the need to listen to speaking radio; I prefer music. If I want speech I'll talk to a real person.
:
: : I mean, whilst I completely agree with your sentiment, and also
: : support Neil Gates' efforts to keep the offshore dream alive, I
: : still have the opinion that things were never as good as we think
: : they were and nothing could actually give us the programming that
: : we feel inside our heads that we are missing.
:
: Whilst I would support such a venture, I think it would be madness
: these days. There are far easier ways of doing it than from a rusting
: death trap in the North sea.

Steve, If you know of these "easier ways" to cover a large area on real radios without a licence please do let me know mate! Yes, it is feasible to put an MW rig on from a towerblock but that's not without its problems (believe me I know!) and won't give anything like the coverage from sea with its perfect groundplane.

Steve Leyland

http://mar.exilenet.org:9042/listen.pls

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