Rediscovering Radio
I have been a radio listener since childhood . MW sets .. early ones .. Then an old Sanyo which had good SW reception and my home made antenna ( aluminium curtain rod ) gave me good reception of BBC world service and Voice of America. I was a child then .. the drift was heavy . swish swish crackle crackle.. I had my hand constantly on the fine tune knob :-) . I 've since always played with radio . I still have a Phillips SW/MW/FM handy when the power goes out .
Recently though I have been introduced to an excellent project called radio garden . Its wow . Gives a geo map of all listed radio stations ( streaming of course) and one can just click on any one of them .. Wow thy name is convenience . Although it lacks the old world charm of SW still, you can audio - roam the world in a jiffy .
Now listening to : http://radio.garden/live/cali/praderaonlineradio/
Santiago de Cali (Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo ðe ˈkali]), usually known by its short name Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with an estimated 2,319,655 residents according to 2005-2020/DANE population projections.[2] The city spans 560.3 km2 (216.3 sq mi) with 120.9 km2 (46.7 sq mi) of urban area,[3] making Cali the third-largest city proper and metropolitan area in population and the second-largest city by area in the country. As the only major Colombian city with access to the Pacific Coast, Cali is the main urban and economic centre in southwest Colombia, and has one of the fastest-growing economies in the country.[4][5][6] The city was founded on 25 July 1536 by the Spanish conquistador Sebastián de Belalcázar.
Hey one learns with radio too :-)
Back to my fountain pens now ...
posted by Blizzard of Oz @ 10:03:00 PM
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