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** HUNGARY. Summer A-05 schedule fo Radio Budapest (# via Rimavska
Sobota):
English to Eu 1500-1528 Sun 6025 9655* * ex 9715 for A-04
1900-1928 Daily 3975 6025
2100-2128 Daily 6025#
English to SoAf 2100-2128 Daily 9525* * ex 11830 for A-04
English to NoAm 0100-0128 Daily 9590
0230-0258 Daily 9795* * ex 9790 for A-04
German to Eu 1200-1258 Sun 6025# 7220
1400-1458 Sun 6025# 7160
1700-1758 Sun 3975 6025#
1730-1758 Mon-Sat 3975 6025#
1930-1958 Mon-Sat 3975 6025#
French to Eu 1600-1628 Daily 6025# 9685* * ex 3975 fro A-04
2000-2028 Daily 3975* 6025 * ex 9585 for A-04
Hungarian to Eu 0400-1058 Sun 6025 (relay Kossuth R)
0400-1558 Mon-Sat 6025 (relay Kossuth R)
1100-1158 Sun 6025
1300-1358 Sun 6025
1800-1858 Daily 3975 6025
2200-2258 Daily 6025
Hungarian to NoAm 0000-0058 Daily 9770* * ex 9800 for A-04
0130-0228 Daily 9820* * ex 9570 for A-04
2000-2058 Daily 11695* * ex 15185 for A-04
Hungarian to SoAm 2200-2258 Daily 9850 12030* * ex 11990 for A-04
2300-2358 Sun 9850 12030* * ex 11990 for A-04
Hungarian to AUS 1100-1158 Daily 21590* * ex 21560 for A-04
1800-1858 Daily 11990
Hungarian to SoAf 1700-1758 Daily 15335
Italian to Eu 1630-1658 Daily 3975* 6025 * ex 9525 for A-04
2030-2058 Daily 3975 6025
Russian to Eu 0300-0328 Daily 3975 6025#
1530-1558 Sun 6025 9690* * ex 9740 for A-04
1700-1728 Mon-Sat 6025# 9855* * ex 9650 for A-04
1930-1958 Sun 3975 6025#
Spanish to Eu 0330-0358 Daily 3975 6025#
2130-2158 Daily 6025# 7250* * ex 11890 for A-04
(Observer, Bulgaria, March 15 via DXLD)
** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM [and non]. END OF RADIO? BANISH BAD RADIO
INSTEAD! --- COMMENTARY By Gary Krakow, Columnist, MSNBC
Updated: 3:45 p.m. ET March 11, 2005
The headline on the March issue of Wired proclaims `The End of Radio.`
Inside are stories on the satellite radio wars, the coming digital
radio boom plus radio recording devices and even podcasting. I
disagree with the whole premise. Radio isn't ending -- all that's
happening is we're getting more of it. And while the options may be
better, sound quality is being sacrificed.
Let me explain. As I think we can all agree, commercial broadcast
radio in the United States, for the most part, sucks. AM radio has
been relegated to talk and FM stations play music - of sorts. Stations
are Xerox copies of similar stations, playing the same songs over and
over again.
Satellite radio partially solves this by giving you a huge choice of
stations: Songs from every decade, genre, style and persuasion are
available on both XM and Sirius services. Your choices are amazing,
but what about the audio quality?
Satellite radio sound is, at best, barely passable. That's because
your satellite service provider sends only one digital signal to your
receiver. The receiver then splits that signal into hundreds of audio
streams: some, for voice, very narrow; others, for music, a little
wider. I've been told these streams run from a few KB for voice to
something like 30 to 50KB for music.
A typical music satellite radio station is thus compressed and
expanded at a much lower rate than many MP3s. A reader will write me
to defend the sound of a 128KB music file (it`s not near-CD quality
despite what anyone tells you) but I can't believe anyone can defend
the sound quality of a 36KB satellite radio music stream.
Compare that to the way a good FM station can and does sound. It's
not even close. It`s like the difference between hearing a symphony
in a recital hall versus listening outdoors on a transistor radio.
These days, a low-end satellite receiver will set you back $100. For
the same price you can get a Tivoli table radio which sounds 1,000
percent better than any music stream from either of the two satellite
companies.
There are probably at least one or two FM stations in your area which
transmit a great signal and music you want to hear. They're worth
seeking out. Public radio, college and classical stations sound best
here in New York City.
Then there`s the programming.
Satellite radio companies have hired famous FM radio programmers from
the past. In some cases, these are the same geniuses who are
responsible for perfecting today`s horrible broadcast radio formats.
That means satellite music streams, while diverse, can also be
monotonous, repetitive and just plain boring.
There are some notable exceptions: David Johansen's `Mansion of Fun`
radio show heard on "Sirius Disorder" Friday afternoons, Broadway
tunes via XM`s "On Broadway" and ``Broadway`s Best" on Sirius, or
listening to three of the original MTV VJs, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter
and Nina Blackwood on Sirius' "Big 80s" channel.
RELATED STORY Cooper: Why I love satellite radio
Here's what the industry wants you to get excited about: digital
broadcast radio or HD (high definition) radio. It's the worst of both
worlds: Bad FM programming plus satellite-like digital audio quality.
FM stations in your area will simulcast a digital signal in addition
to the analog one you can listen to. Bottom line: It means that you'll
be able to listen to mediocre-sounding digital music streams of the
same horrible FM stations you can't stand to listen to now.
And for this privilege the industry expects you to buy a new HD radio
receiver. The car model discussed in Wired magazine, for example,
lists for $850.
I say, let`s wait to make broadcast radio digital. Let's wait until
the commercial programming and digital technology improve.
In the meantime, we have some great programming via satellite - and
there are still beautiful sounds plus innovative programming available
on analog FM. Maybe we can find a way to merge everything into a great
product.
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