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TiVo For Radio?

Posted by timothy on from the annoying-ads dept.

An anonymous reader points out this Wired story that says "several electronics makers are releasing new products that promise to do for radio what the TiVo digital video recorder has done for television." (Products that might seem puny to serious time-shifting radio listeners, but cool to see them anyhow.)

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  1. Re:Time shifting radio? by sakul · · Score: 4, Funny

    skipping commercials

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  2. Taping the Top 40 by sssmashy · · Score: 4, Funny

    "If you had a friend who was interviewed on a news program and you sent him a copy of it, I think there's a pretty strong chance that would be considered fair use. On the other hand, if you taped all the top singles off the top 40 stations and sent it to all your friends that is more likely to be illegal."

    Legality issues aside, I think that if I taped the "Top 40" and sent it to all my friends I'd find myself running out of friends very quickly...

  3. Holy Cow! by terpia · · Score: 4, Funny
    So now I can listen to ClearChannel approved music *anytime* I want? Sweet!


    Actually, it is a nice idea. I can't wait to actually listen to music on the way to/from work instead of some insipid talk show.

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  4. A new possibility for excuses by jolyonr · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Sorry I'm late to work - I had my radio time-shifted by two hours and I thought it was 7am when I woke up"

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    1. Re:A new possibility for excuses by clambake · · Score: 2, Funny

      "That's fine, I just time-shifted your paycheck to make up the balance."

  5. Re:I want this.... Really! by mccrew · · Score: 2, Funny
    I need to timeshift Stern because the religious right here in Toronto got him canned from the Airwaves.

    Maybe I am just dense, but if Stern has been canned from the airwaves in your region, forget time shifting, how would you record it in the first place?

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  6. Re:Time shifting radio? by sharkey · · Score: 4, Funny
    skipping commercials

    Don't you mean skipping TO the commercials? Friends don't let friends listen to Top 40 music.

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  7. Re:Time shifting radio? by JonnyElvis42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can only imagine this would be useful for talk radio... I mean... what would be the point of using this for a top 40 station?

    Wait, are you saying you have a radio station that plays 40 DIFFERENT songs??? Do you mean over a period of 5-10 years, or have you just not listened to the radio in the last decade?

  8. Re:Time shifting radio? by Deagol · · Score: 1, Funny
    A few years ago, I was timeshifting Rush Limbaugh ...

    Damn, dude -- you admit to this in public?!?

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