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Sirius
Aug 26, 2005 6:07:49 GMT -5
Post by Mike Griffin on Aug 26, 2005 6:07:49 GMT -5
You guys are right there is nothing to listen to on the radio. So I bought a Sirius satellite radio yesterday. $12.95/month is not something I want to pay but hey it costs me $50 to fill up my car vs $15 a couple of years ago so what the hell. Anyway I pay $80/m for DirecTV.
I'm hearing "Bonie Maronie" by Larry Williams. "The Book of Love" just ended. There is even an all Elvis channel, I like Elvis, but maybe that's a bit much. Oooh, "The Great Pretender," The Beach Boys "Fun Fun Fun," Brook Benton "It's Just A Matter Of Time." Where are my commercials. Can I stand to listen to radio without commercials. I guess I'll have to struggle through. Gotta make sure they play some Delbert McCinton on the country channels though. Do you know he did the harmonica on "Love Me Do?" Wow..... He also did it on Bruce Channel's "Hey Baby." Whoaaah I will probably hear those songs again on Sirius. Most Execllent. Not so much fun since Napster made stealing music seem OK.
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Aug 26, 2005 7:06:25 GMT -5
Post by Mike Griffin on Aug 26, 2005 7:06:25 GMT -5
OMG "Red River Rock" Johnny and the Hurricanes!
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Sirius
Aug 26, 2005 7:24:30 GMT -5
Post by Mike Griffin on Aug 26, 2005 7:24:30 GMT -5
Ok, this is Sirius now....I gotta borrow my daughter's Mustang convertable with the sub-woofers that will blow out the windows unless you leave the windows cracked, and go cruse Fourth and Walnut streets tonight with Sirus on, the top down.....And Crank It.
Little Richard, "Long Tall Sally", Excile "Kiss You All Over" now there's a song that reminds me of WAKY.
Forget about it.
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Sirius
Aug 27, 2005 18:12:12 GMT -5
Post by Mike Griffin on Aug 27, 2005 18:12:12 GMT -5
This is a warning....you gotta be careful with this Sirius stuff.
I bought a second receiver today...don't like sharing between the car and the house. I also bought some stock -- so get Sirius not XM. All it took was "Itchycoo Park," "Kansas City," "Rama Lama Ding Dong," and "California Sun." Yeah, I can be had for a song (well, two, three, or four).
Sirius One comes to you from the "Alan Freed Studio" at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland....seems like a good reason all on it's own to subscribe.
These receivers have FM transmitters in them as well as AV feeds. I can tune the FM receiver in my intercom system to the Sirius receiver and get it all over the house (11 year olds laugh at Doo Wop -- good thing I'm so forgiving or there'd be child abuse).
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RJC
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Sirius
Aug 28, 2005 0:18:00 GMT -5
Post by RJC on Aug 28, 2005 0:18:00 GMT -5
I had Sirius through Dish Network(when I had the dish), and it was a great thing. Country, hard rock, hair bands, 60's,70's, Elvis, OH MY! It was a wonderful thing, when you got bored with one genre, you could switch to something else. Listening to the 70's channel, was like WKLO got caught in a time warp, and was transported to 2005.
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Sirius
Aug 29, 2005 17:59:05 GMT -5
Post by Mike Griffin on Aug 29, 2005 17:59:05 GMT -5
More reasons to get Sirius...
No station in town offers wall-to-wall news. On Sirius I get CNN, Fox, Bloomberg, CSPAN, BBC, and others. Last night and today I wanted to follow the hurricane coverage. There it was in the car. I remember many times when I wanted to hear congressional testimony, or other long format coverage and it just wasn't available on radio. Even considering WHAS has news and information, they run entirely too many commercials and too much filler. Their morning show is too much like a happy smiley cooking show. NPR is ok at times but that's about it.
Talk Radio....without getting into politics I'll just say I don't care for much of what's on in Louisville and there are far more choices on Sirius.
Did I tell you I heard "Shimmy Shimmy KoKo Bop?"
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Sirius
Aug 29, 2005 22:00:00 GMT -5
Post by Kevin on Aug 29, 2005 22:00:00 GMT -5
To me its a sell out.
The airways belong to the public --you shouldn't have to pay to listen. Mike, what you are saying is to get the truth you have to pay for it? That's sad. Sounds like da man wins again. (And I'm a conservative)
It's no good in my opinion. (But who am I?)
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Sirius
Aug 30, 2005 6:20:11 GMT -5
Post by Mike Griffin on Aug 30, 2005 6:20:11 GMT -5
Kevin, I look at it this way: Do you pay the extra money to get what you really want at the expensive sleeper house in Nevada, or do you go to the crack-addict hooker on the corner?
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Sirius
Aug 30, 2005 7:31:48 GMT -5
Post by Max on Aug 30, 2005 7:31:48 GMT -5
That's not a very good analogy, Mike, but I see your point. I agree 100% with Kevin about the airwaves belonging to the public. True, one shouldn't have to pay for something he/she hasn't had to in the past. At work, I listen to satellite radio at work and can get some good product, but that in itself differs so much from the way we used to do it. And I certainly hope that doesn't get a lecture from the CC muppet about the way radio is, now (you have to read between the lines). But at the same time, there comes, I believe, a point where you have to take some measures to keep from having to listen to something you don't want to. The thing I don't like about satellite radio, other than there's no radio involved, is that it requires listeners to have access to a computer...you shouldn't have need for a computer, DSL, an ipod, or anything other than a radio to listen to, well, RADIO!
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Sirius
Aug 30, 2005 8:23:11 GMT -5
Post by Mike Griffin on Aug 30, 2005 8:23:11 GMT -5
Max, I don't understand what you wrote about needing a computer to listen to Sirius. I don't need a computer to listen, subscribe to, or whatever with Sirius. I just stick the antenna on the roof, actually it's laying on my dashboard and working fine, and it works. At home I set the antenna in the window. It is radio. It is great.
I don't think that traditional radio makes much effort any more to work in the public interest. As to air waves belonging to the public....well maybe the Ham Radio bands and CB. The rest belongs to corporate America.
As for it ought to be free...probably most people reading these posts have cable or satellite TV. TV ought to be free too but I got over that years ago.
I liked the hooker analogy, but if you don't it's OK and I'll offer another. It's like having lots of choices for dinner such as Joe's Crab Shack, Shogun, Kunz, Texas Road House, Red Lobster, Logans, Mastersons vs White Castle. White Castle is OK once in awhile but I'll pay a little more not to have an upset stomach and gas.
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Sirius
Aug 30, 2005 8:43:07 GMT -5
Post by Max on Aug 30, 2005 8:43:07 GMT -5
I wasn't referring to Sirius when mentioning computers and such. That whole post was in response to Kevin's, actually. I was sharing my alternative, satellite radio, which does require a computer and preferably DSL (dial-up just rots). As for the airwaves belonging to the public, I think Kevin and I were more or less putting ourselves in the frame of mind of 'yesterday'. We know things aren't the same and probably thanks to corporate radio, probably never will be. Just let me say again that it is a shame that we are having to resort to other means, be it Sirius, satellite, i-pods or whatever, to replace that void.
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Sirius
Aug 30, 2005 8:54:28 GMT -5
Post by Mike Griffin on Aug 30, 2005 8:54:28 GMT -5
It is ashame.
Radio today seems like the Roller Derby of old. It is team radio, if the other corporate radio overlord in town has something good going we don't have to get better ourselves to beat him. We take one of our smaller, throw-away stations and program it to trip him up, we throw in a block. We don't really care whether what we are doing is better (though we might hope it is) just so we can manage the demographics so we look good to the ad buyers.
--------------------------------------------------------------------- With the tragedy in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi I really appreciate being able to tune in Fox and CNN in the car. There is no equivelent on the air.
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Sirius
Aug 30, 2005 15:41:00 GMT -5
Post by Kevin on Aug 30, 2005 15:41:00 GMT -5
Pretty soon everyone will have a chip in their head and they won't need a radio to listen to the slave master's instructions. Their daily dosage of propaganda will be streamed straight thru a satellite beam to all the corporate sheep, kKeeping them fat, dumb, and non-questioning. BAAAAA...BAAAAA...BAAAAA....
(Sorry guys, I couldn't resist)
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Sirius
Aug 30, 2005 15:54:17 GMT -5
Post by Travis on Aug 30, 2005 15:54:17 GMT -5
C'mon, Mike. Fess Up! You got Sirius because you're a closet Howard Stern fan. I just know it. I just know it. And just what were you doing at that expensive sleeper house in Nevada?
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Sirius
Aug 30, 2005 20:21:19 GMT -5
Post by Mike Griffin on Aug 30, 2005 20:21:19 GMT -5
I may have to become a Howard Stern fan. I have a good friend in Dallas who loves him and I never understood it. Howard has more than 10 Million appearantly loyal listeners. Sirus is paying him a lot to come over. If Howard brings only 25% of them it will be a big boon to Sirius. Then my stock will go up and I won't be paying for radio anymore, they will be paying me.
If you have a suitable filling and go out near WHAS's transmitter you should be able to pick them up with your teeth. You could hear WHAS's old transmission line playing the station. Of course that was all replaced when the hot air ballon damaged the tower and they had to put up a new tower. But it should still work on your teeth.
Come on Travis, I look at expensive sleeper houses like fine resaurants. Sometimes you have to pay a little more to enjoy a fine meal and the waitress can make all the difference.
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Sirius
Aug 31, 2005 5:46:00 GMT -5
Post by John Quincy on Aug 31, 2005 5:46:00 GMT -5
Not that I want to promote the competition (I still earn my living from good ol' terrestrial radio), but you can sign up for a free 3-day trial of Sirius at their Website (www.sirius.com) and get streams of their music channels. That way you can see what Mike's so excited about.
I believe people are going to have to pay extra for Howard Stern when he makes the jump.
I too think that if radio has commercials, it should be free to listen too. But I feel that way about TV too...and I end up paying nearly $40 a month for basic cable -- and the only channel without commercials is the PBS one. (BTW, the Sirius and XM music channels are commercial free.)
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Sirius
Aug 31, 2005 20:56:07 GMT -5
Post by Travis on Aug 31, 2005 20:56:07 GMT -5
Tooth fillings receiving radio stations has apparently been a popular story for years. Supposedly, Lucille Ball (I Love Lucy) had a tooth filling that picked up a radio transmission from a Japanese submarine. It was out in the Pacific, parallel to her home at the time. Not sure if this is one of those myths that just won't go away.
Locally, there have been stories of RF causing weird things. I once heard that WKLO could be heard on a fence that surrounded a playground near the tower and then there's those flashing fluorescent lamps out at the WAKY transmitter site that's been discussed on this board. Pretty weird, but also pretty cool.
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Sirius
Sept 2, 2005 23:08:04 GMT -5
Post by Mike Griffin on Sept 2, 2005 23:08:04 GMT -5
In the strange reception department...WLW actually broadcast 500,000 watts for a short time. The story goes that neighbors could pick up the station on wash tubs hanging against the side of the house.
Do you know that you can make an AM radio with a coil of wire, a razor blade, a safety pin, and lead from a number 2 pencil, and of course high impeadance headphones? I used to pick up WKLO with a radio like that. Not the best detector, but it worked. Odd combinations of stuff can detect strong AM signals.
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Sept 3, 2005 7:56:46 GMT -5
Post by Ben Pflederer on Sept 3, 2005 7:56:46 GMT -5
Mike;
Did you forget the diode? ;D
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Sept 3, 2005 9:50:36 GMT -5
Post by bruiser on Sept 3, 2005 9:50:36 GMT -5
That type of home made radio was popularly known as the "foxhole radio" .
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Sirius
Sept 3, 2005 10:58:43 GMT -5
Post by Travis on Sept 3, 2005 10:58:43 GMT -5
I built one of those "foxhole radios" exactly as Mike Griffin had described it. I had read about how soldiers would build those things to listen to the BBC, and other stations, while in their foxholes during WW II (or was it WW I?) in Europe.
It took several tries to get it working, and wasn't the easiest thing to tune, but it did work. Can't say that I used anything to act as a diode in its construction. The component would have only allowed current flow in one direction and I can't recall anything that would have emulated a diode.
No. I'm not an engineer, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express during the WAKY-WKLO mini-reunion. ;D
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Sept 3, 2005 12:08:07 GMT -5
Post by Mike Griffin on Sept 3, 2005 12:08:07 GMT -5
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Sept 3, 2005 12:17:16 GMT -5
Post by Mike Griffin on Sept 3, 2005 12:17:16 GMT -5
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Sirius
Sept 3, 2005 17:25:36 GMT -5
Post by Mike Griffin on Sept 3, 2005 17:25:36 GMT -5
Sirius Customer Support assures me that Howard Stern will not be a premium channel but rather part of the regular programming package. Sirius looks at Howard as their Michael Jordan.
What do you think? Is the Sirius / XM battle kind of a WAKY / WKLO on a national scale?
Howard Stern vs Opie and Anthony?
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Sirius
Sept 9, 2005 8:22:08 GMT -5
Post by Mike Griffin on Sept 9, 2005 8:22:08 GMT -5
Howard Stern announced Friday that he has hired Bubba The Love Sponge for his new Sirius Satellite radio channels. Now maybe we can get Max's 365 Channel up there.
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Sirius
Sept 9, 2005 8:35:40 GMT -5
Post by Max on Sept 9, 2005 8:35:40 GMT -5
In all actuality, I am a little embarassed that my...our... station is an internet station after I've been so outspoken against the non-traditional radio stations out there. But I'm like alot of Americans in that I sometimes tend to complain about things I can't change. WAKY maybe gone as we remember it, but hopefully we can have something reasonably close. And like I said, this may be a station started and maintained by me, but like the t-shirts, this is actually for all of us!
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