Comments on: Building a 21st century radio

The rise of the iPod, TiVo and other devices suggests that traditional radio's reliance on analog transmissions is outdated and has to go.

[lvirden]

Radio in the 21st century

If I could find a portable setup that would record today's FM radio broadcasts to an SD chip, break each song into a seperate file, and, ideally tag each song with the artist, title, and album, I'd be a happy man.

I can live without digital quality . I want, however, to populate my digital media player with music in a format that I can listen to either from my radio/player or my desktop.

[skeptik]

me too

I want the same thing. And my target radio station does not broadcast song info in shoutcast so I cannot get name tagging for the stream.
But... I have found that programs like stationripper and some manual labor get me what I want. And there are plenty of stations that do shoutcast including names so you can probably get the songs you want from other sources.

Why radio sucks

I have absolutely no problems with the current broadcast format of radio. My problem is with the owners and programmers who insist on playing awful music and constant commercials. Fire DJ's for talking halfway through songs! Turn on a song and shut up already!

The reason satellite radio will win is the same reason PVR's have been so popular. People are just plain sick and tired of big business telling them what to do and when to do it.

I would subscribe to satellite radio, if I didn't already have a huge CD library.

[Earl Benser]

Radio is no longer needed.

At home, radio doesn't happen. iTunes provides all the music
and satellite TV provides all the news and weather.

On the road, MP-3 CD's (from my iTunes files) provide me with
the music I want. For short hauls, news and weather aren't
needed. For long hauls, motel TV meets the news and weather
needs.

There's just no real place, need or desire for radio in my life. I'll
keep the AM/FM that came with the car; it's the power for the
music. Satellite radio is a basic loser.

I don't know how many others feel as I do, but I have a hunch
that there are enough of us to give radio advertisers major
headaches

[gosmith7590]

Digital Radio is a Farce !

The UK claimed that 13 million DAB radios would be sold by 2008, but in fact, only 3.5 million have been sold. Consumers do not care about the "digital hype", as they have moved onto other technologies. HD Radio is failing in the US, as it has stalled in Canada too:

http://hdradiofarce.blogspot.com/