Sunday, 11 January 2009

Excited about radio? How strange!

I’ve finally joined the DAB era.  I was getting a little annoyed by my FM clock radio as its reception of certain radio stations, Radio 1 for example, was dependent upon where I was laying in bed.  As such, most mornings I was greeted by white noise as an alarm which doesn’t exactly inspire you to hop out of bed.  In fact I’m sure somewhere I read it makes you sleep, so it was counterproductive as an alarm.

I have replaced it with a shiny DAB/iPod dock which, it transpired this morning, is capable of far greater volume that the old clock radio.  I must have cleared the bed by a foot or so when it bellowed in my ear this morning.  Rapid reading of the manual and much button pressing will hopefully mean tomorrow is a more gentle awakening.

So despite all that I have to say DAB has made the experience of radio quite a bit different.  I found myself sitting in bed listening to Radio 7 whilst I worked through stuff on my laptop where I would usually be using iTunes.  Its a medium I had overlook, short of the daily wake up call, but I think this new-fangled radio thing might just catch on ;o)

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