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TiVo-Like Devices for Radio?
crank asks: "I've recently hoisted an antenna high upon my roof, since I'm bored with listening to the mega-watt corporate radio stations and instead and enjoying great, niche college and NPR stations. What I need is some sort of TiVo-like radio device, which will tune to the appropriate radio station and record to the hard drive (ideally to MP3 or Ogg Vorbis formats). Then, I could dump these to one of the many portable devices or stream from a computer for later listening. This is especially important with stations that change format frequently throughout the day, such as KFJC. Any suggestions? I think the tricky part would be integration of the FM tuner. I've had limited success with leaving the radio station pre-tuned to the station I want to tape, but I'd like something smarter that would power up, capture the program, and then power down."
About a year ago, I did a search for digital recorders. I was unable to find anything suitable. For example, most did not have a Pause button.
I've used their site from time to time and wish it was easier to navigate. I also tend to get confused what is local content and what is national; because I'm in Washington, a lot of what seems local is actually syndicated everywhere. So it can be difficult to track down the file you need. But complain -- who me? It's free.
Hmm, I see they're a little slow to pick up the Illinois death penalty pardons story on their web page -- though I did hear it on the air as fast as anyone else had the story. (No, this isn't an invitation for anyone's views on the DP -- it's just a major breaking story.)