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Listen to anything you want anytime you want with Sirius Radio. This internet based radio station offers many channels for you to listen to. This is through over 130 channels of commercial free music, talk radio, sports, etc. Whatever your style of music you like to listen to, satellite radio has it. Sirius Radio offers coast to coast radio broadcasting to everyone. There is a lot to choose from with Sirius Radio. There are basically 4 categories in those 130+ channels. Those channels are:

1. Music- In this category you can listen to your favorite musicians playing the famed music that got them famous. Whether you are a Willie Nelson fan or a Tom Petty fan, Sirius Radio has channels to suit everyone. With the all the music stations offering commercial free music, you get your money's worth of music and be able to jam before going off to work.

2. Sports- Everyone needs their dose of sports before starting the day. With constant coverage of sports, you can know how your favorite teams are doing in the standings without waiting for the commercials of the other stations to get to the point. With Sirius, you get the play by play of what is going on in the sporting world. Who is injured? Who will play? All these questions and more are answered with Sirius Radio Sports category.

3. News/ Talk- Whether you are a CNN fan or a CNBC fan, you can get your news in the morning with that cup of coffee without any problems. Even if your views are religious, you can get it all with Sirius Radio. Listen to famous broadcasters like Bill O Reily, and Anderson Cooper and get the news delivered to you like you like your coffee, fast and hot.

4. Entertainment- When Howard Stern left normal radio stations, the world was crushed. His funny antics made for an entertaining show to listen to. Now you can get Howard all the time with Sirius Radio. With other celebrities offering to host shows like Martha Stewart, Jamie Fox, and Oprah, there is no wonder why this category is the most popular.

Sirius Radio offers service in your home at a low price that is easy to manage. Whenever you listen to the normal radio, you usually get 10 minutes music and 20 minutes or more commercials. With Sirius, you have no commercials to deal with and you can listen to the channel of your liking. No more do you have to worry if they are going to play that favorite song of yours before you have to go to work. With Sirius, the control is in your hands.

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I love the great old radio shows. I have since the time I was a kid in the 50's. In fact, I still remember my first encounter.

I was barely old enough to stand in my crib, but I can remember staring across the bedroom at the big, green hypnotic eye -- and finding it staring right back at me. The green eye was right above a big knob and both were located on the front of a large brown box.

The green eye glowed in the dark.

Much to my delight, whenever I could get my hands on the big knob and turn it, the big green eye would open wider and then partially shut again.

Wow! I was fascinated with radios before I ever even heard any of the great old radio shows.

That memory goes back to the days when I was still in my parents' bedroom. Later, when I was old enough to have a room of my own, that radio went with me.

When Mom or Dad tucked me in at night, I always asked them to turn on the radio. I was probably 5 or 6 years old.

I can remember laying in bed in the soft green glow of that radio, listening to The Lucky Lager Dance Party. They played songs by Patti Page and Perry Como, Theresa Brewer and Eddie Fisher, Rosemary Clooney and Frankie Laine. Oh, and they played the song "Dream" by Johnny Mercer at the end of every show.

The real magic started one night when, for whatever reason, I couldn't sleep.

I remember it like it was yesterday. I stealthily climbed out of bed and tiptoed across the room to turn the big dial that made that magical green eye flicker.

With one turn of the knob, Artie Shaw's orchestra was suddenly transformed into the sound of horse hooves clip-clopping at a gallop. I heard a cowboy on one of the horses yelling to another to stop! -- or he'd shoot.

What was this?

Leaving the knob in the new position, I hurriedly scampered back into bed, pulling the covers up to my chin.

There in that semi-dark room, illuminated by the glow of my radio's magical green eye, I clutched my covers to my chest and became totally mesmerized by the my first true old radio show. I heard the voice of Marshall Matt Dillon as he climbed down from his horse and ordered another cowboy, whose name was Raimey, not to draw his gun.

It got real silent -- except for the sound of the mean breathing.

The cowboy named Raimey said very slowly he wouldn't be hanged.

Silence.

Suddenly Marshall Dillon was yelling: "Don't Do It, Raimey! Put down your gun!" but the sounds of gunfire exploded into the room.

Silence.

What happened? Who was shot?

Next a man named Chester was running and yelling. When he stopped, I could actually hear him looking down at the cowboy laying on the ground.

"You got him, Mr. Dillon. He's gone."

Silence.

Wow! How great was this?!!

The very next year I saw my new friend, Matt Dillon, on television - obviously not the same Matt Dillon who was on my radio. Radio Matt was the real Marshal Dillon.

As far as I'm concerned, he still is.

That was my first encounter with old radio shows -- but it certainly would not be my last. In fact, some of my fondest moments growing up were in front of my radio.

Bob Bro has a collection of over 7,000 old time radio shows. He shares his passion on his blog: http://theoldtimeradioshow.com, where he invites you to drop in anytime and listen to some of his favorite great old radio shows! You can also hear Bob on his daily one hour radio show on Yesterday USA the non profit internet radio station that has been playing commercial free old time radio shows 24 hours a day for over 25 years.

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Those of us who grew up in the 1950s found ourselves at the very tail end of the era of the great old radio shows.

Truth be told, I was born too late to actually be raised on radio alone. Television was already radio's dominant partner. Even so, the great old radio shows still had an influence on all of us back there in the 50's.

Who of us back then didn't know the phrase "T'aint so, McGee?"

Everyone knew about the clutter in Fibber McGee's closet.

And we had all heard of the Quiz Kids, Henry Aldrich, The Bickersons, Captain Midnight, Inner Sanctum, The Great Gildersleeve, and Lum and Abner --- even though none of them were big hits on TV.

Some of the great old time radio shows did manage to make the transition to television --- and they were very popular. I still associate such shows as Our Miss Brooks, Ozzie and Harriet, and My Friend Irma with television --- but they had their beginnings on the radio.

One show, My Little Margie, with Gale Storm, started on radio and television simultaneously. Another show, Have Gun Will Travel, actually started on TV and then went to radio -- although the cast was different.

Even some of the longest running old time radio shows like The Jack Benny Show, Burns and Allen and The Lone Ranger are generally thought of as TV shows to the folks born in the late 40s and the early 50s. But their genesis was on radio, and they are still great old radio shows to listen to.

In fact, in recent years, digital sound has made these old time radio shows available once again. When you listen to them you may discover you prefer their older brother versions that played on the radio for years before they showed up on television.

What is favorite old radio show? Well, there are about 20 on my top 10 list.

That being said, I have to admit that whenever I listen to Gunsmoke I am instantly transported back to 1954.

I am once again that kid bathed in green light, clutching his covers up around his chin and staring across the room at that big, green hypnotic eye, listening to the stories of Matt and Chester, Kitty and Doc. Marveling at the wonderfully realistic sounds of Dodge City, Kansas, circa 1874.

What's your favorite old time radio show?

Whatever it is, if it has a similar affect on you, then we are kindred spirits --- forever addicted to the great old radio shows as they play out in the magic of our mind's eye.

Bob Bro has a collection of over 7,000 old time radio shows. He shares his passion on his blog: http://theoldtimeradioshow.com, where he invites you to drop in anytime and listen to some of his favorite great old radio shows! You can also hear Bob on his daily one hour radio show on Yesterday USA the non profit internet radio station that has been playing commercial free old time radio shows 24 hours a day for over 25 years.

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Besides being mesmerized by the great old radio shows when I was a kid, I was also fascinated by puppets and ventriloquism.

I first remember seeing Edgar Bergen on television as a guest on various shows - I couldn't tell you which ones, but I know his guest appearances were fairly frequent.

And then I remember him as the original host on Do You Trust Your Wife? which later became Who Do You Trust? When the show changed titles it also changed hosts, and a very young and unknown Johnny Carson took over and replaced Charlie McCarthy with Ed McMahon.

As a kid I didn't think Bergen was all that great a ventriloquist because I could see his mouth moving when he was talking for his dummies. That was when I was young and didn't get how talented this guy really was.

He was a great ventriloquist for radio, which, by the way, was pretty ground breaking in the 1930s when Bergen's old radio show became a smash hit. Think about it - putting a ventriloquist on the radio?

As the years passed, I took on a whole new appreciation for Edgar Bergen's genius.

His was not a kid's act. His routines were not designed for a child's birthday party or a Saturday morning show. His bits were smart and sophisticated, sassy, and, at times, even a bit ... shall we say, risqué?

He had great chemistry with his characters. Bergen appeared as the mild, almost timid father figure to Charlie's witty, sarcastic, rebellious "son." Their exchanges would fire past you like lasers with Bergen going in and out of Charlie's voice at an amazing clip.

It's no wonder many in the radio audience back then thought Charlie was a real boy.

And who can forget Mortimer Snerd? What a great alter-ego to Charlie.

Mortimer was gracious and funny and completely innocent. He knew he was stupid, but because he was stupid, he didn't care. Unlike the sarcastic Charlie, he never said an unkind word to anyone.

When I was a kid Mortimer was my favorite because he was more of a cartoon character.

I still love to listen to the Bergen and McCarthy old radio shows, especially when, as the show's second segment is introduced, Mortimer's theme music comes on. The audience breaks into applause and you can hear them laughing as (obviously) Mortimer is ushered onto the stage.

Bergen made a splash on radio after being introduced on The Rudy Vallee Show in the early 30s. Edgar had his own show for many years thereafter, and it became fashionable for the stars of the era to want to appear on the show and trade barbs with Charlie.

Perhaps the most famous adversary of Charlie was W.C. Fields who referred to Charlie as the son of a gate-leg table and the after thought of a woodpecker.

Another famous (or infamous) bit on The Edgar Bergen Show involved an appearance by Mae West in 1939. West played Eve in the Garden of Eden --- however she played our original mother with the famous Mae West spin and the appearance got her banned from radio and almost cost Bergen his job with Chase and Sanborn, his long time sponsors.

In fact, you can hear all of these shows on my blog -- including a very interesting late-in-her-life interview Mae West gave to Frank Bresee, the living legend of old time radio. Frank can still be heard live on Yesterday USA, a non-profit internet radio station that plays commercial free old time radio shows 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Bob Bro has a collection of over 7,000 old time radio shows. He shares his passion on his blog: http://theoldtimeradioshow.com, where he invites you to drop in anytime and listen to some of his favorite great old radio shows, including Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy! You can also hear Bob on his daily one hour radio show onYesterday USA.

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George and Gracie first inherited their old radio show in 1934. For two years they had made regular appearances on The Guy Lombardo Show, but when Lombardo moved from CBS to NBC, George and Gracie stayed and took over the show. The show was named The Adventures of Gracie Allen until September 30, 1936 when the show's name was changed to The Burns and Allen Show.

The problem with a new radio show, as many vaudevillians discovered, was the constant need for new and fresh material. An act could exist for years in vaudeville with 60 minutes of material. On the radio the same audience would be back week after week.

George later summed it up nicely: "On one show we had done half our act; we still had half an act left and twenty years to fill." The show was a hit. George explained why: "Women understood Gracie. Men thought they were married to her. And everyone knew someone just like her."

When it came to the radio, and later television, Gracie suffered stage fright. The first year they were on the air, Gracie refused to have a studio audience, even insisting the windows to the studio be blocked. When she finally did consent to allow an audience in, the stage crew installed footlights on the stage which brightened the stage and darkened the audience. The audience was requested not to laugh or applaud. They even gave Gracie an oversized microphone she could hide behind.

While Gracie was content to merely act, George was the creative force behind the scenes. His sense of rhythm was spot on and he simply knew what was funny and what was best for Gracie.

The show remained in New York City for the next five years. In 1939, however, the movies were calling George and Gracie and they made the move to Hollywood.

Interestingly, for the first eight years of the show George and Gracie did not play a married couple. Instead, the show revolved around the romantic escapades of each of them individually. These flirtation routines had been the backbone of their vaudeville act.

When the show started slipping in the ratings, George knew they were doing something wrong. After giving it a great deal of thought, he decided that he and Gracie were too old to be playing young single people. After all, they had been married in real life since 1926 - some 16 years!

One night while laying in bed, he reportedly woke Gracie up and told her that he was changing the format of the show. He wanted them to play themselves, as a married couple. One night in 1942, George simply introduced the show by stating that he and Gracie had been married in real life for 16 years, they had two wonderful children, and from then on the show was going to be about them as a married couple.

By the way, I cannot find a copy of that episode, nor do I know the exact date - only that it happened before October, 1942. If you happen to have a copy of this old time radio episode, or have any additional information, please let me know.

Once the transition was made on the air, the ratings took off again, and George and Gracie's old radio show became one of the favorites of all the old time radio shows. In fact it was popular for another decade until it moved to television.

Unlike other of the great old radio shows, Burns and Allen did not appear simultaneously on TV and Radio. Gracie did not want the commitment of doing both.

George would later reflect that the radio shows were the favorite part of his career. He said that "Radio was a place where performers who could do nothing but talk, could talk."

If you would like to hear several selections of The Burns and Allen old radio show, you will find several of them on my blog.

Bob Bro has a collection of over 7,000 old time radio shows. He shares his passion on his blog: http://theoldtimeradioshow.com, where he invites you to drop in anytime and listen to some of his favorite great old radio shows! You can also hear Bob on his daily one hour radio show the non profit internet radio station that has been playing commercial free old time radio shows 24 hours a day for over 25 years.

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Here's another nugget of know-how to encourage you to get back to the basics of broadcasting. It's often been said that it's better to be brief than boring. That holds true for a lot of things: jokes, lectures, movies, books and, yes, broadcasting.

Good broadcasting, like good writing, uses the fewest words necessary to clearly communicate concepts. You can do that by adhering to a few simple guidelines: Plan what you intend to say; say it once clearly and concisely; and, unlike shampooing, do not repeat. Most importantly, eliminate excess verbiage.

A lot of on-air verbosity is due to lack of planning. The microphone switch gets popped, the mouth is engaged, a bunch of jibber-jabber follows. At the very least a good broadcaster needs to know how an on-air bit will begin and how it's going to end. Knowing the way 'out' ahead of time gives you a target to aim for and helps you build momentum toward it.

Many broadcasters like to work with a point-form outline for each bit. The notes serve to give your material structure; but using point-form forces you to ad lib, making your comments sound off-the-cuff and natural. If you subscribe to a show prep service, the last thing you want to do is read it word-for-word from the source. You need to cut and paste the material that best fits the tone of your show. You need to massage it so it fits your style, and then run it through the filter of your personality so that it sounds like your own. Show prep is not meant for 'rip-and-read', it's meant to serve as a primer to get ideas flowing.

A focus group was once asked what they least liked about listening to radio. One 30-something woman piped up to complain, "I hate it when they talk." Asked to explain what she meant, she said that whenever anyone talked on the radio it angered her. Further interrogation discovered this wasn't the whole truth. What it was that really irked her turned out to be mindless chatter with seemingly no direction and no point. Brief talk bits that were well executed didn't faze her.

So be assured, yackiness can be a tune-out. There's a simple rule of thumb for brevity on radio: have something to say; say it; then shut up.

by Clifford Elford

Clifford Elford is a long-time broadcaster and college communications professor. He founded the web-based show prep service "The Bull Sheet" in 1993. A searchable archive of the material can be accessed free of charge at http://www.FreeRadioPrep.com

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What makes for good news talk radio? That really depends on what the listener likes. There are three key aspects that make news radio an important part of daily listening for people: information, entertainment, and involvement.

Information is key when it comes to news talk radio. The radio talk show hosts need to be informed as to what is important to its listeners. It is vital for a radio host to know of the issues and news that are happening at the moment. People like to know what is happening. Some people listen because they agree with the host and others listen so they can argue and present the opposite stance on an issue or problem.

Entertainment value is also an important aspect of radio news. People will not listen if they think the hosts are boring. Often, the radio news host has to be quick on their toes in response to callers. If people agree with them, it is not too hard to respond, but a good host is able to respond to his or her critics without sounding petulant or whiny. If they fail to do so, often their listeners lose respect for them.

The last but also important element to a good radio news program is that it gets its listeners involved in the discussion, both those that agree and those that disagree with what is being said. If a radio host cannot invoke a person to respond or call, he or she will lose intrinsic entertainment value. Radio hosts need to be good at touching an emotional chord with their audience and therefore eliciting calls and loyalty in listening. People need to feel that they are heard and understood or that their opinions can be voiced.

So whether you are a fan or a critic of a news radio show, the most important thing is that you listen. A radio talk show host is only as good as its listeners participate and stay tuned to what is being said.

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In sum, Radio was not invented by a single person, instead it was the end results of a culmination of scientists' research; each pioneered diversify areas of electromagnetic radiation and radio waves during the late 1800s. Among these well known researchers are Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, James Clerk Maxwell, David E. Hughes, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Tesla.

The history of radio innovation begins in the 1800s, where the first true wireless experiments were carried out with James Maxwell's theories, integrated into Michael Faraday experiments to prove the theory of electromagnetism.

In the 1860's, electromagnetism was first discovered by James Clerk Maxwell. Electromagnetic waves could be manipulated into a medium of transmission of sound. In 1870s, David Edward Hughes created the first method of induction transmission which then allowed Morse code to be received and transmitted - now known as the radio waves.

In 1887, Heinrich Hertz refined his system that allowed him to experiment with sending wireless signals to a wireless receiver while in 1933 Hertz was honored when the unit of measure of radio and electrical frequencies was named in his honor as part of the new International Metric System.

The 1890s denote a big decade for the invention of radio. Nikola Tesla, renowned opponent to Edison, was granted several patents for major advancements in radio technology, including generators to produce radio signals and radio frequency power supplies.

The 1920s truly were the birth years of modern radio innovation. The development of stable mass produced vacuum valves made it possible for homes to own a radio. Each radio can be fitted into a cabinet that would take pride of place in the family living room which also signifies the wealth of the family as not everyone can own one.

Last but not least, Edwin Armstrong, a radio pioneer with the Navy during WWI continued to develop his experiments by reinventing radio broadcasting, which resulted in frequency modulation (FM) in 1933. Then, scientists from Bell Labs invented the transistor in 1947; a technology that transformed modern electronics.

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You've probably seen walkie talkies used by cops and security personnel walking around hotels. They are usually placed on the belt and sound is heard even when it's not used. The digital age enabled the development of new gadgets particularly the rise of cellular phones. Nowadays, we can send SMS messages and call people with in seconds. However, have you ever wondered why two-way radios are still around?

The advantages of 2-way radios are the faster service and cheaper calls. Cellular phone companies charge by the minute of a phone conversation or per SMS. The difference with two-way radios is talking to the person immediately and in "real-time." The time spent connecting to the person on the receiving end when using a mobile device is eliminated. There is also no busy tone sent because the network doesn't get too clogged up. This ensures that a call is done right the first time.

Some other people who are use two-way radios are event coordinators. As you see in movies, they use walkie talkies for advising one another of the activities and whereabouts to make sure that everything flows smoothly. The charge of cellular phone networks also depends on the location of the caller and the receiver- meaning the farther they are from each other, the more expensive. With walkie-talkies, you never have to worry about these charges and cut the phone calls short.

Walkie talkie designs have also evolved into stylish ones that come in different colors as compared to the traditional black designs that are very huge and heavy. The different two-way radio developers have adapted the mobile phone designs and used them to create modern designs so that they are perfect for almost every age bracket.

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If you've ever heard ham radios mentioned in movies, you may find yourself a tad confused. "Ham radios!? What do radios have to do with ham? The term "ham" is believed to come from the term "amateur". No-one truly knows where the true birth to the term came from though, as it's just one of those things that popped up and the other Amateur Radio users adopted the term.

You may also be wondering, what in the heck are the differences between ham radios and just the typical AM/FM radios that you see at retail stores. The answer to that question is simple. In regards to the basic fundamentals of the Radio Frequency aspect, there is basically no difference! Both types are just pieces of technology that, in essence, receive and transmit signals from one party to another. So in that respect, ham radios and other radios are of the same basic concept fundamentally. There are, however, many differences when it comes to operating procedures and the amount of work you have to do in order to operate an amateur radio. Here are the five major differences:

1. Ham radios require a license. Licenses are required because ham radios operate in frequencies that are capable of talking much further than any regular old radio could. Licenses are also required because ham radios have been used in emergency situations many times. If you, as an inexperienced user, interfere with emergency communications you may be endangering people's lives. Because of this, the feds have made laws regarding these radios and one of the laws states that you need a license to legally operate a ham radio.

2. Ham Radios are more of a true "two-way" radio communication; in the aspect you are more interactive with the other party. With a standard AM/FM radio in your vehicle, you receive the signal, and the broadcast station "transmits" the signal. These procedural responsibilities are fixated between you and the other user, whereas with a Ham Radio, you and the party at the other end can transmit and receive equally. This creates a more interactive means of communication.

3. Ham radios "talk" in different frequencies/bands than regular AM/FM radios. These bands make it so ham radios can talk much further than you may think. You certainly won't reach Tokyo from the U.S. on the 2 meter band, but you may be able to do just that if you are operating on, say, the 160 meter band.

4. They are much more expensive than regular radios. Granted, you may be able to find used ham radios that are cheap, but generally they tend to cost more. Ham radio equipment adds up because you have to buy many different types of equipment to make them work properly and to maintain their functions. Regular radios usually come in an all in one, ready to use package. Ham radios are different! You'll find yourself buying a transceiver, a power supply, a SWR (Standing-Wave-Ratio reading) wattmeter, and cables. The price adds up!

5. You generally have to do extra antenna work. You can either build one from scratch, or install one that comes commercially made. Most "real" amateur radio operators prefer to build their own from scratch. This is cheaper, but there also comes a sense of pride of designing, building, and installing your own radio antenna!

Please don't let these five major differences scare you away though. With a ham radio, you can keep your family safe in case of an emergency, you can talk with people and make some new, interesting friends from around the world! Ham Radio is also a hobby where you can have lots and lots of fun and learn a thing or two in the process. You'll also find forum after forum online with tons of useful information regarding ham radio equipment. Don't let it boggle your mind! Take it one step at a time. Read a post, digest it. Read another post and then make sure you truly understand what is said. Rinse and repeat! You'll soon find yourself on your way to become a ham radio expert. Good luck!

The author is an avid Ham Radio Operator, and maintains a site about Ham Radio Equipment and related gear. For those looking for more info, may visit his site http://www.hamradioequipment.org which is dedicated to the hobby of amateur radio and equipment thereof.

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