I remember back in the day.late 70's, early 80's, when FM radio came alive.....album rock stations, very few commercials.............then it all changed to what it is today. 40 minutes of radio and 20 minutes of commercials. Rush's "Spirit of Radio" song summed all this up pretty well. But now, I travel a lot in my Vanagon. I get tired of searching for stations, and those darn commercials. I for one, will not mind paying $12 a month for commercial free radio. Adam P 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop) 1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg 1976 Transporter (New CA bus) 1974 412 "Goldmember" Used Vanagon Parts for sale (mostly aircooled) ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Brodbeck" <gull@GULL.US> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 9:58 AM Subject: Re: RE - Free Sirius satellite radio system - FM isn't free anymore
> On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Jeffrey Schwaia wrote: > > > IMHO: if it's being broadcast, from an antenna or satellite or anything, I > > think I should be able to use it free of charge. Satellite TV... FREE! > > Satellite radio... FREE! If it goes through the air and lands on my house, > > how can I be charged for it? > > I'm just waiting for one of the satellite radio companies to go out of > business, and leave all their subscribers stuck with $300 doorstops. I'm > not keen on proprietary, non-standard broadcast formats. > > > David Brodbeck, N8SRE > '82 Diesel Westfalia > '94 Honda Civic Si > |
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