On 23/03/2021 12:12, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> 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.


Indeed. Radio 4 is definitely far too much crap and assorted political
raving...


>
> At least when one of the political ravers is called a 'shock jock' you
> know what to expect.
>
>
Indeed. Instead if being called an 'expert' or a 'political commentator'



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