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Re: Radio Garden – Explore live radio by rotating the globe

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Post by ycombonator » Wed, Jun 10, 2020, 4:22 PM UTC

Thank you. Just found this beauty on Faroe Islands http://radio.garden/listen/-7fm/EgrMqzvq

Re: Radio Garden – Explore live radio by rotating the globe

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Post by chrisseaton » Wed, Jun 10, 2020, 4:24 PM UTC

Why do so many US stations have such cryptic abbreviated names? And why do so many start with W or K?

Re: Radio Garden – Explore live radio by rotating the globe

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Post by mikestew » Wed, Jun 10, 2020, 4:24 PM UTC

chrisseaton wrote: post #19

matmann2001 wrote: post #16

You put radio... on the internet.

I think many people already listen to radio over the internet.

I believe there is a joke being missed here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SiliconValleyHBO/comments/5n0xen/ca...

Re: Radio Garden – Explore live radio by rotating the globe

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Post by bityard » Wed, Jun 10, 2020, 4:25 PM UTC

This has been around for years, what makes it front-page-of-HN-worthy now?

Re: Radio Garden – Explore live radio by rotating the globe

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Post by djacobs7 » Wed, Jun 10, 2020, 4:26 PM UTC

It's crazy how similar pop music sounds from all over the world. The language differs, but the energy of the music is similar in a lot of different countries.

I wonder if this is because everyone is using digital audio workstations like Ableton or Logic now. It used to be that different places had different instruments; and it would take years to become an expert. But now, the DAW is everybody's instrument.

Re: Radio Garden – Explore live radio by rotating the globe

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Post by sitzkrieg » Wed, Jun 10, 2020, 4:26 PM UTC

bityard wrote: post #24

This has been around for years, what makes it front-page-of-HN-worthy now?

save that for the more frequently reposts :)

Re: Radio Garden – Explore live radio by rotating the globe

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Post by glouwbug » Wed, Jun 10, 2020, 4:33 PM UTC

Strange, I tuned into a random South Africa station and the guy immediately started talking about radio garden. Coincidence? Did not sound like an advert because he immediately trailed off to talking about Netflix and some ex marine sniper stuff.

Re: Radio Garden – Explore live radio by rotating the globe

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Post by mark-ruwt » Wed, Jun 10, 2020, 4:33 PM UTC

chrisseaton wrote: post #22

Why do so many US stations have such cryptic abbreviated names? And why do so many start with W or K?

It was a naming convention created in the early 1900s, using the Mississippi River as a rough line of delineation. Local TV stations use a similar convention.

https://www.rd.com/culture/radio-stations-k-w/

Re: Radio Garden – Explore live radio by rotating the globe

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Post by zeisss » Wed, Jun 10, 2020, 4:34 PM UTC

All I want is an app that I can hotkey to my main (android) screen that starts a stream with an auto-sleep timer set to some value. I currently have to click like 6 times with various wait times to listen to my nightly "sleep time" stream.

Any app recommendations?

Re: Radio Garden – Explore live radio by rotating the globe

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Post by mistrial9 » Wed, Jun 10, 2020, 4:35 PM UTC

djacobs7 wrote: post #25

It's crazy how similar pop music sounds from all over the world. The language differs, but the energy of the music is similar in a lot of different countries. I wonder if this is because everyone is using digital audio workstations like Ableton or Logic now. It used to be that different places had different instruments; and it would take years to become an expert. But now, the DAW is everybody's instrument.

musicians are the ultimate cross-pollinators .. someone, somewhere will inevitably get a creative buzz from listening to something solid from somwhere else.. its not a bad thing, entirely.. different strokes for different folks .. Think about "guitars", except over the centuries.. is it a technical copying that makes the music sound the same, since it is a stringed instrument, like those other ones ? hmm It certainly could be argued that pace of interaction can lead to loss of diversity.. isolated people dont copy music styles.. big topic !