highlifer

On the BBC

When I got the news earlier this summer that BBC Radio 1 was getting added to Sirius satellite radio, I went right out and bought one. Even though I already had XM in the car.

I hadn't been sold on XM - it was fun for a few weeks, but their playlists seemed kind of narrow. Plus, Sirius has football and basketball and hockey. XM has baseball.

At first Sirius seemed only marginally better - the playlists were somewhat less narrow, and more edgy, and it has more personality. But mostly I just sat around and waited for the BBC.

And it's here! It showed up on Friday. I haven't changed the Sirius station since. (But I still listen to Howard Stern or Tony Kornheiser in the morning, and Big O and Dukes in the afternoon, especially since Ed Norris is back.

That doesn't mean I'm entirely sold. The drive time BBC djs are just like American drive time djs with funny accents.
In America: Are those things real?
On the BBC: Are those the ones God gave you then?

You know the drill: prank phone calls, double entendre, etc. But you do get the sport reports, complete with cricket, and lots of football gossip.

And the weekends, especially this past when all were in Ibiza, were great. Viva, BBC.

posted by jamie @ 9:06 PM