Radio Irony
(Posted 13:43:34 on 11th December 2011 by Rag)
I have an app on my phone that allows me to tune in to any internet broadcast radio ... pretty common, there are several around. I bought a cable to connect my phone to the car speakers so I could listen to it on the way to the airport. Thought I'd listen to a bit of Radio 5 from the BBC - maybe catch up on some sports. The first thing that's interesting is that I can't play music from my phone through the bluetooth connection to the speakers - something about the bluetooth only being rated for calls and not stereo sound. Quick fix for a couple of bucks is a cable that goes from the phone headset socket to the stereo auxiliary input socket. Bob's your uncle.
Alright, so we're all wired up. Kick off the app and open Radio 5 ... only to find that they were broadcasting American Football from the NFL. I wouldn't have had any interest in listening to it anyway, but the ironic thing is that it's blocked from being broadcast in America. I know it's all due to franchise rights and all that, but it makes me laugh to think that Americans block the broadcast of American Football.
So I listened to Radio 4 Extra instead and was very pleasantly surprised to listen to an episode of “Take it From Here” about “The Scarlet Pimple” that was originally broadcast around 1956. And I have to say - extremely funny!
