In our "Brilliant Idea" department (created just now) there is this: a device that lets you bookmark a "place" on your radio...if you are listening to some public radio stations. I don't know if any Alabama NPR affilliates have adopted the technology yet, but as someone who is always having to leave the car halfway through a great story, I'm IN! Read the story here. Its probably significant that there is no plan to offer the technology for commercial stations. After all, when is the last time you were glued to your car seat listening to one of those corporate monoliths?
Well, Tim m'boy, it's called a "station memory." And in fact, they've been around since the era of the push-pull button/knobs on AM radios!
ReplyDeleteIn an only slightly more modern way, the newer electronic radios have the ability to scan for stations which have selected formats, among them Public Radio.
It's really not "that" new, and is on my '04 Grand Cherokee.
Also, the satellite radio provider SiriusXM (I'm glad I'm a stockholder - buy more satellite radios!) also has the ability to select "channels" based upon one's desired "format."
Really, now Tim... aren't you glad you're not an engineer?
Besides, cooking up a way to "Twitter" via SMS on cell phones with solid state memory is the next wave. ('Prolly ain't that hard anyway.)
I think you need to read the article instead of depending on my miserable attempt at explaining the new feature! And I did work in radio for, well abut 23 years! Follow the link...it's much more than just remembering your station...it's remembering what story you were listening to, making it easy to retrieve online later.
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