Satellite Radio - A New Hope for Prog?
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Topic: Satellite Radio - A New Hope for Prog?
Posted By: Empathy
Subject: Satellite Radio - A New Hope for Prog?
Date Posted: July 28 2005 at 16:05
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So we got Sirius satellite radio installed with our new car. I've
gradually come to love it more and more. Case in point... last night on
a station called "The Vault", I heard "In the Cage" from The Lamb Lies
Down on Broadway, immediately followed by some ELP song I'd never heard
(which thoroughly impressed me btw - even though I've never been a huge
ELP fan). Another song came on that I wasn't diggin as much so I switched to another station called "Hard Attack", and was thrilled to hear "Aftermath" by Strapping Young Lad. None of this would you EVER hear on "terrestrial" radio. Am I getting too starry eyed about the possibilities here  ------------- Pure Brilliance: 
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Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: July 28 2005 at 16:14
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I have heard prog on Sirius as well. on the "classic vinyl" station I heard 'lamb lies down' as well as several early Yes songs, ELP and procol harum in one weekend road trip. I briefly listened to a supposed jam/prog station on XM radio, but it mostly turned out to be string cheese incident type stuff. Due to the variety of specialized satellite stations, you are definitely more likely to hear a prog song from prog's popular era, but the same is true of hearing Rush or Yes on any classic rock 'terrestrial' station. ------------- http://www.myspace.com/altaic" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/altaic ALTAIC "Oceans Down You'll Lie" coming soon |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: July 28 2005 at 16:16
Is satellite radio the same as DAB? 
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Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: July 28 2005 at 16:23
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Hmm.. not sure what you mean by DAB... Oh, and I also forgot to mention that on another occasion the same station played an absolutely SICK live version of "The Gates of Delerium" that I'd never heard. That pretty much sealed the deal for me.  ------------- Pure Brilliance:
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Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: July 28 2005 at 16:53
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Ah, OK - just looked up DAB. From what I can tell, DAB is essentially
the digitizing of standard "terrestrial" radio broadcasts, in order to
improve fidelity. Satellite radio is also transmitted digitally, but not over the existing ground-based network. It's actually transmitted via a series of satellites in orbit. You need a special receiver in order to pick up the signal. ------------- Pure Brilliance:
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: July 28 2005 at 16:55
Well no... Certainly in the UK DAB radio needs a specific (and more expensive) kind of reciever and has many exclusive stations. |
Empathy wrote:Posted By: freebird
Date Posted: May 01 2006 at 05:08
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Posted By: ____VdGG____
Date Posted: May 01 2006 at 18:41
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on the XM jamband/prog station, I've actually heard some pretty good stuff, like the Ummagumma version of Careful With that Axe, Eugene, some Spock's Beard, In The Wake Of Poseidon, and Industry (KC, from three of a perfect pair) ------------- Iron throated monsters are forcing the screams; Mind and machinery box-press our dreams |
Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: May 01 2006 at 19:27
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Until they start playing new prog as well as classic prog I am not going to get excited. If there were a station that devoted themselves to exposing new prog that would be fantastic. But neither format seems to be interested in it. XM tried but I guess ratings are not good and shelved the Prog station to the internet only drawer. Sirius does not have a prog station at all.
TP- Satellite is a subscription based radio system. You have to purchase a radio to receive the signal and pay a monthly subscription cost.
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Posted By: freebird
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 00:10
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