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MiNe 109
July 11th 03, 07:13 PM
In article >,
(Neil) wrote:

> "Arny Krueger" > wrote in message
> >...
> > "Mephistopheles Jones" > wrote in message
> >
>
> (snip)
>
> > Either your CD player is broken or the rest of your system is not optimized
> > CDs.
>
> As many readers will already know, radio sound is often compressed,
> processed, etc. and FM broadcasting has technical limits that prevent
> it from being as accurate as, for example, a home CD player.
>
> However, some people may prefer the sound of FM. I haven't tried the
> following, but I might prefer listening to a CD played over FM radio
> over listening at home to the typical problems of vinyl.
>
> (snip)
>
> > > I called KUSC and asked, but nobody returned my call.
> >
> > They may not know. They may only see a keyboard, a mouse, and a CRT...
>
> Good point. Anyway, call again. If you can't find a helpful student,
> find out which university employee runs the place, then ask him/her.
> While you're at it, see if you can also get a tour of the place.

KUSC isn't a 5 watt community college station; it's the "largest
noncommercial classical station in the country" according to the
website, with original programming, its own network and facilities
occupying three floors of a high-rise office building definitely off
campus at 5th and Figueroa in downtown Los Angeles.

This will help more than cold calls to the studio:

http://www.rwonline.com/reference-room/special-report/01_Rwf_kusc_2.shtml

Stephen