OT How to get National Public Radio FM on Rythmbox

[William Case]

Hi Tom and all;

On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 13:08 -0400, tom wrote: 
> On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, William Case wrote:
> 
> > Hi all and thanks;
> >
> > On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 05:21 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> >> On Sat, 2008-06-21 at 23:56 -0400, William Case wrote:
> >>> Hi -- particularly to my American friends.
> <<snip>>
> >> http://www.npr.org/audiohelp/progstream.html
> >>
> >> There's also a list of NPR stations at http://www.npr.org/stations/.
> >> You could stream any of those.

[snip]

> > Loved the car guys.
> >
> 
> Its been a quarter century since I lived in northern new england, but as I 
> remember Maine's NPR stations are all run pretty much as a single system. 
> That said, NPR is a collection of diverse local stations, most of which 
> their own programming.  WFAE, one of my local outlets, runs to jazz and 
> talk radio. WDAV, another local outlet with less NPR sourced material, is 
> almost entirely classical (just a touch of news). The South Carolina 
> outlet just to the south of here (Charlotte NC) has yet another flavor, 
> but my reception is quite weak so I'm not sure what their mix is.
> 
> If you liked the mix from Maine Public Broadcasting, you might want to 
> search for them, as I have no clue what their various station call signs 
> are. Otherwise, I'm afraid you have a manual search for something worth 
> listening to.
> 
> FWIW, the car guys are "Car Talk" if memory serves.
> 

Spent the whole afternoon getting NPR running on Rythmbox.  I was
overwhelmed by the logic and simplicity of it all.  I wish the
developers would stop that.

-- 
Regards Bill;
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