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echo: rberrypi
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from: MARTIN GREGORIE
date: 2021-03-23 12:04:00
subject: Re: New BBC and Absolute

On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 20:15:15 +0000, #Paul wrote:

> Axel Berger  wrote:
>> Not sure who "you" is in your answer. In this thread I'm exclusively
>> speaking about radio, i.e. the spoken word, while several others are
>> going on about music.
>
> I don't know about usage in Germany, but in (IME) in the UK, Australia,
> and NZ "radio" might mean any kind of radio broadcast of audio, whether
> of speech, music, weird experimental sound sculptures, etc; or
> combinations thereof.
>
I think he means speech radio, i.e. BBC Radio 4 in the UK, WOR in New
York City and 2YA in NZ.


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