[grc] FM chips, and listserve format

[Paul Bame]

Couple other things about radio vs streaming...

FM receivers can be so simple that they can't be hacked -- not true of
things which can play streams.

FM allows one to listen anonymously and while technically possible, it is
difficult to determine whether someone's FM radio is turned on, and to what
station -- definitely not something done easily over the internet.
Streaming is the opposite -- listening to a stream gives the provider your
IP address (and hence location in many cases) and the exact times you're
listening.

There can be an infinite number of FM radios listening to a station, but
streams require bandwidth, so there are often limitations on how many are
available.

Live vs delayed. FM is instantaneous while streams are delayed. If doing a
"the second caller gets a free CD", the stream listeners are going to lose,
and call-in might be better on FM.

The end of Net Neutrality, means your ISP could slow down the stream to
your favorite station.



Paul (pablito) Bame
Prometheus Radio Project <http://prometheusradio.org/>, Engineering Director
215.727.9620 x505
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On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 10:27 PM, Robert Park via grc <grc at maillist.peak.org
> wrote:

> Thanks for that cogent response, Sybil. WIDE-LP in Madison is one of those
> LPFM stations that does not stream (and I have used my New Zealand bought
> cell phone to tune in the station).
>
> Bob Park
> Program Director
> WIDE-LP 99.1 FM
> http://widelp.org/
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> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 6:39 PM, Sybil Augustine via grc <
> grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote:
>
> > -Why do you want the fm chip in a device that streams?  - Ann Garrison
> >
> > -For real,
> > - at AnnGarrison <https://twitter.com/AnnGarrison?lang=en>
> > -Independent Journalist
> >
> >
> > Hi Ann,
> >
> > You might be forgetting that streaming often uses up a lot of data for
> > people on mobile devices.
> > It also eats up a lot of battery life compared to a radio broadcast.
> > Also, some stations, e.g. LPFMs, may not be streaming all or any of their
> > audio.
> > And it might allow for metadata to be more easily included, so that
> shows,
> > hosts, artists and songs are identified and displayed on the screen.
> >
> > Those are just a couple of reasons that I can think of.
> >
> > Sybil A., WORT, Madison WI
> >
> >
> > -From: WERU NEWS <amy at weru.org>
> >
> > -Putting in another plea for moving  to a more user friendly platform
> than
> > -an email list serve.   Reading chopped up emails backwards is so 15
> years
> > --ago.
> >
> > -Thanks,
> > -Amy
> >
> > Yes, please....I agree.
> > Sybil A.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > “This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more
> > beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.” ― Leonard Bernstein
> >
> >
> > Sybil Augustine
> > Music Director  <musicdirector at wortfm.org>
> > WORT 89.9 FM Community Radio  wortfm.org
> > 118 S. Bedford St, Madison, WI USA  53703-2626
> > 608.256.2001  TRACKING: WED. 1-4 pm Central
> > PsychoacousticsRadioShow.on.WORT.FM
> >        ~~ Apathy is our worst enemy. ~~
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