The Jester’s Quart: Radio Is a Sound Salvation

[Greg_Wyshynski]

The Washington Nationals have arrived. The red ‘W’ cap has replaced Redskins burgundy as the sports geek status symbol in the Nation’s Capital. Names like Wilkerson and Livan and Cordero and Castillo are starting to work their way into everyday conversation. The Nats are now the lead story on the...
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[JGAC]

The subtle static of the AM band coves the broadcast like a sweet syrup, filling in the gaps in which the announcers aren’t speaking and the crowd isn’t murmuring loudly enough.

O feel the same way. Though FM is the way to go because of quality. If they truly wanted to simulate that feel I guess they could turn the background microphones up a notch.

I love the feel of AM, but when it comes to recieving quality around here in MA, Id take FM over AM if I had a choice.

[Greg_Wyshynski]

Thanks.

That word, of course, was supposed to be "covers," not coves. Although...

tr.v. coved, cov·ing, coves: To make in an inward curving form.

So the syrup, you see, is creating an inward curving form...yup...that's the ticket...

-GDub

[Ishkur]

Baseball is perfect for radio, period......the entire sport being nothing but an IF-THEN statement. You don't have to see it to get the nuances of what's going on, and it's easy to tune out and then tune in later and not really miss anything. Just like soccer.