Sunday, August 30, 2009

Listening to HD Radio

A few weeks ago I volunteered at WUOT's Annual Open House. Once public radio is in your blood, it's a part of you forever. The National Public Radio affiliate in Knoxville is celebrating 60 years on the air this fall, and I'll volunteer during the fund drive, which is October 19-24.

At the Open House, I hung out in the volunteer room and talked about HD radio. We've all heard about HDTV, well there is also HD radio, which is giving stations the ability to broadcast a second and even third channel. You can listen online for free or purchase an HD radio. A great resource for learning more about HD radio is http://hdradio.com. They make portable HD radios, and ones for cars, boats and home entertainment systems.

If you want to listen to WUOT's HD channel, visit wuot.org/h/listenlive2.html. WUOT has added a ton of wonderful news and talk programming on the second channel. Other stations have moved classical music to the second channel and added news and talk on the main channel. It's a great way to get all types of programming through one station.

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