Subj : Re: Emerg. Broadcast Stations To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Fri May 15 2020 00:29:30 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 08-May-2020 09:32 <=- BM>> I should try DuckDuckGo again -- admittedly one of those deals where BM>> I'm comfortable with Google, most of the time it gives what I'm looking BM>> for and when it doesn't more of an issue where I don't have the right BM>> or enough information. Thinking of when I was trying to find where my BM>> Aunt was at the Kurhaus. NB>> Dunno... I don't generally do searches at all... and I'm sure that one NB>> tends to be most comfortable with what one usually uses... BM> Oddly yes : one tends to use what one is comfortable with, so here BM> Google and I have trained each other. For some searches Google is BM> probably best while for others a different search engine would be BM> better. Usually by the time I realize I maybe should try another search BM> engine I'm tired/frustrated/need a break, etc. and eventually either try BM> something different (ask a question, for example) or decide it wasn't BM> that important. Though usually is find the answer in a different way. My usual way of doing a search is to ask Richard to do it for me... BM>>>>> Make sure have working batteries..... NB>>>>> You've already been working on that... :) BM>>>> Now if the Sun would shine.... Overcast today with a 50-50 chance of BM>>>> rain, maybe a thunderstorm tomorrow is Easter Sunday and 80% chance of BM>>>> rain. Monday might snow but probably not acumulate..... NB>>>> We've had similar weather off and on... this morning there was snow NB>>>> on the ground, and it's still quite chilly (high to be around 40)... NB>>>> but at least the sun is shining brightly in through my window at the NB>>>> moment... :) BM>>> Most of yesterday was coolish in the 50's and low 60's and then early BM>>> evening was 76ø! They're talking about upper 80's and maybe low 90's BM>>> the middle of next week. A little too early for that but I'll enjoy BM>>> it! NB>>> Thankfully we've not been getting 80s or 90s... high 70s is fine NB>>> enough for me.... ;) BM>> It's supposed to get into the low 70's today (May 1) and possibly low BM>> 80's tomorrow. Then cooler and more normal next week. Planning on BM>> doing some yard work today as have Autumn tomorrow. NB>> Hope you got things accomplished... ;) We're back to freeze warnings NB>> almost every night this week, and I did hear thunder this afternoon... BM> I'm not recalling but seems sufficient done to be satisfied. Tomorrow BM> morning (the Saturday before Mother's Day) the predicted low is now BM> 30ø (one degree lower than yesterday's forecast). Right now looks nice BM> and sunny and inviting out there: 44ø with 10 MPH winds + whatever the BM> gusts are. Not quite as inviting! And we did get snow in the air on that Saturday... maybe on Mother's Day as well... but at least not that 2-3 inches on my daffodils that happened that once in the past... ;) And freeze warnings straight thru into this week.... Sun was out today, and temps into the 60s... a lot more inviting... :) NB>>>>>> Surprise, surprise.... ;) Once there were any stations, every NB>>>>>> locality would want their own.... and then there would be more than NB>>>>>> one, competing with different formats.... BM>>>>> Yup, or even same/similar formats: "I can do it better!". NB>>>>> Probably a slight variation on the original formats, though... NB>>>>> One is Top 40, another is Top 40 plus the 10 below them.... BM>>>> "All Brahms, all the time! This is WZZZ!" NB>>>> That's not quite fair...! Most of Brahms's music is lively... :) NB>>>> Take for instance his Hungarian Rhapsodies... or the Academic Overture, NB>>>> or, for that matter, the fast movements of his symphonies... :) And NB>>>> so forth... ;) BM>>> Those are played on WEEE!! NB>>> Yeah, right... ;) BM>> No?! ...Wonder if they play _The Flight of the Bumblebee_ on BM>> WBZ?! (I know it for Channel 4, WBZ-FM is sports radio format, WBZ-AM BM>> is talk radio.) NB>> They could steal it to play under their station IDs... ;) BM> Wonder if they've thought about it? Only if someone in the loop knows about the piece... and maybe it was vetoed as being too obscure... NB>> ... I am a mental tourist, My mind wanders! BM> Heck, my mind sometimes wanders so far it needs a passport! With special visas as well, eh...? ;) ttyl neb .... Cognitive Dissonance: it's not just for crackpots anymore! --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .