On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 09:04:16 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 22/03/2021 20:15, #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.
>>
>> #Paul
>>
> Radio (or wireless!)  in the UK effectively means 'sound transmission by
> radio waves'
> If it's speech, it's colloquially known as 'talk radio'. Sometimes.

We need a better description than 'talk radio': there is far too much
crap and assorted political raving around to lump it all together under
that the same heading as Radio 4 or WOR.

At least when one of the political ravers is called a 'shock jock' you
know what to expect.


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