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(Short-, Medium-, Long)wave Radio Meets Digital Stereo

Posted by timothy on from the use-tubes-they're-smoother dept.

cryptec writes "Today shortwave radio will have some new life pumped into it as the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle will be the first full time shortwave broadcaster of DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale). DRM is a full stereo fully digital broadcast system. The quality of the broadcasts are close to that of FM radio. For samples check out this link." Akai adds this link to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle with some more information, like the involvement of the BBC and Voice of America in this undertaking.

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  1. Okay... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    And this is a big deal why? Does anyone actually care about shortwave anymore?

  2. HEY SLASHDOT GUESS WHAT, READ IMMEDIATELY ASAP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    this story sucks. we dont give a shit

  3. Re:The first? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    But Objective C was broadcasting in digital stereo a full 13 years before Lisp!

  4. Re:Is there any point to this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I NEVER LISTEN TO RADIO OR WATCH TV.

    I'm so much of a pansy that I can't stand a little dose of the real world.

    I brag about it like it's a badge of honor.

    I am smarter than everyone else.

    I am not brainwashed like THEM.

    I see them and feel pity, those poor unthinking peons.

    Thank god I never listened to the radio or watched TV.

    WITHOUT THEM, I HAVE BECOME A GOD!!!