MMMM #423 --- Radio Station Down!

     The Public Radio Station that I listen to here in Alabama in the O-Dark-O-Clock hours when I get ready, and drive to work each weekday has been off the air since about Thanksgiving (OK, they say since 12/13/13...yes, Friday The 13th.) but it seems much longer.

     I finally looked up the status online.
     Looks like a major job---having a company manufacture and install a new transmission line from the  ground to the top of their antenna. That will take weeks, and I am sure it will be expensive too.
     The reason I listen to that particular APR station--88.3 FM-- is

that it carries the BBC overnight, and I would rather hear news--even mostly internatinal news--as I head to the newsroom.

     Anyway, the quicker the repairs come the better! The online signal I am listening to right now has a terrible quality...over-modulation is my diagnosis...and I can't receive an internet signal in my car, though I know that it is coming down the pike.

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     The Atlantic offers an article this past week that puts The Obama Administration on par with China and Russia when it comes to repressing journalism.

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