With the NCAA basketball season due to start in October, everyone is looking forward to finding out how there college is getting on and how their games are going. What better way than following the action and tuning in to listen to live NCAA basketball on the radio.
There are many radio stations that will bring you the games as they happen and you will find that you will probably have a choice if you decide that you would like to keep informed and listen to live NCAA basketball. With internet access being so readily available now, you can easily search for a radio station that is featuring the game that you want to hear and some will even be able to give you coverage via your computer.
Some colleges have their own radio station and you will find that it is easy to listen to live NCAA basketball brought to you by your own college radio. If they do have a station then it will guarantee that you will never have to search around to find a local station that is featuring the game. If, however, your college does not have a station, then you will find that you can usually get coverage via Yahoo Sports. Here they have a huge selection of games that they will cover as they happen. All you have to do is go to Yahoo Sports and choose which one you want to hear.
Many local radio stations will also feature coverage of the games and if you log on to their websites you will probably find that they have a schedule and, during the season, will give a list of when the games are and which ones you can tune in to. Not only can you listen to live NCAA basketball, but often they will cover football and hockey too. Sirius.com is another website that offers a comprehensive college sports coverage service and here you will be able to listen to all the college games. Not only do they cover nearly all the games in the NCAA basketball schedule, but they also have some interesting programs with discussions regarding the games and interviews with coaches. With packages such as Sirius, you can choose whether to subscribe to satellite radio in your car, at home or online. Once you have subscribed and been connected, you will have a huge range of college sports to listen to whenever you wish, as well as all the other programs which are available. These include music and chat shows as well as current affairs programs.
With college basketball being one of the most popular sports in America, you will find that it is easy to listen to live NCAA basketball and you will have no excuse for not following your college as they head for March Madness.
The HD100 is a 2.2-pound compact receiver with built-in speakers. It has a play-through auxiliary input, a headphone jack and an alarm clock. AC power is required. The radio has an internal AM antenna and a pull-out FM antenna. Both can be replaced with external antennas. Because digital signals are limited to 1 percent of the power of a station’s analog transmission, HD receivers often need external antennas for clear sound on far-off signals.
A display screen shows station call letters, song and artist details and depending on the station; brief updates on traffic, weather, news and sports. With its low weight, telescoping antenna and ability to play music from devices like iPods, this radio might have a place on the beach; as long as there is a cord long enough to reach it.
With features like crystal-clear sound, no hissing sound, no distortions, many channels and unlike satellite radio they are free to use, your radio becomes a cheap digital radio. Again all of the features are FREE of charge. There’s no contract and no subscription fees, all you need is a new radio. The HD digital radio receiver will undoubtedly become the next generation radio. No wonder several people are making rave reviews about digital radios. Below are just a sample of such:
PUBRADIO, Ken Mills – August 2007: The Radiosophy HD100 is worth it – a good value for the price. It is an excellent “starter set” for a digital versions. Overall, I recommend it.
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Ben Fong-Torres – July 2007: The reception and sound are better and clearer than what you get from the fancier Receiver. With its digital AM and FM signals, may sound better than conventional types, and stations may offer additional programming through sub- or side channels. But the make-or-break factor is the bottom line: What’s it going to cost? Up till now, the special tuners have been priced from $200 to $300 and more. The reception, you can imagine, has not been good.
Now Radiosophy has released a new model for $99.95. The model is the HD100, and it couldn’t look more different from, say, the Boston Acoustics Recepter ($249 before rebates). The Recepter is sleek, silver and compact, with a second speaker for stereo. Radiosophy’s model looks like a black boom box. You’d swear you could just pick it up and take it outside but, alas, you can’t. It requires AC power.
MSNBC, Gary Krakow – June 2007: The big news here is a product from a company named Radiosophy. Overall, this radio does exactly what it’s supposed to. It receives both analog and digital AM and FM radio stations and sounds pretty darned good doing so. I especially like the HD-only station scan feature, something its competitors lack. Of the three I’ve tested, the HD100 does the best job at grabbing digital signals with the provided FM antenna (a retractable metal whip).
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Glenn Fleishman – May 2007: A digital Radio that costs less than half its cheapest rival. The cost of receiving digital AM and FM signals will drop next week as Radiosophy releases its HD100 receiver for less than $60 with a rebate. This pulls in high definition radio signals, a digital format that is broadcast alongside standard radio by more than 1,200 stations in this country. The next least expensive digital receiver is $160 with a rebate; most start at $300.
MONITORING TIMES, Ken Reitz – April 2007: The HD100 could be the radio that will bring many buyers who have been put off by those higher prices into the world of digital reception.
Now you can get an enjoyable listening pleasure from your radio. Have a digital receiver and enjoy it’s crystal-clear sound. And they are now very affordable. Yes, they are cheap and unlike satellite radio, they are free to use. That’s right; you don’t need to sign any contract and or pay any subscription fees, all you need is the radio!
T.V. and radio News got you down? On-line current events and News blogs make being informed a much more enjoyable experience. For many the News on television has become a trying time of the day. Focused mainly on negative events, you may have to wait through the whole program just to hear the one story you were waiting for. If you miss the 6:00 p.m. show, waiting until the late night segment can be a real drag, especially if you’ve got a lot to do, or have to wake up early the next morning.
My friends, there is an answer to this problem: News blogs or on-line current events. You can find all of your favorite broadcasters (E.g.: CNN, BBC) on the Internet, getting up-to-date information at any time of the day or night. You can even read personal journal entries written by multiple correspondents out in the field reporting on several different stories down to the current minute. Instead of hearing all News from one voice (often an irritating one), now you can read different human opinions straight from the scene of interest.
Often News on-line has a section called “themes” which allows the reader to only hear about the specific areas that interest them. No more waiting through several wars to get to the positive story about the current medical breakthrough that could mean a cure for disease, or the technological idea that might mean the end to extreme pollution levels. Like a newspaper, you can go straight to the “jobs” theme and search through all the current employment vacancies available. If you are obsessed with the negative, themes such as “Disaster and Tragedy” and “Crime and Punishment are still readily accessible.
As the News is now on the Internet it has also become an interactive experience in numerous ways. First of all now you can send News stories straight to the News companies yourself! If the story is deemed worthwhile and verifiable, you may even be published. This is also the case with photographers who have pictures of important events. It really means anyone can become a part of the action as a freelance consultant. Some News on-line have “witness” sections where you can tell your story if you happen to have been in the right place at the right time. This option means that we can hear many different views on contentious issues giving a wider perspective to the ‘big picture’.
Some News sites also have interactive sites within. For example, on the BBC News Blog there is a learning site (BBCi Learning) that involves interactive activities and over half a million pages of factual information and resources available for children, adolescents, and adults. There are competitions and all sorts of games to help educate people in any and every area of interest imaginable.
Another great aspect of these on-line News sites is the ability to access archival information. You can watch video and listen to audio recordings of famous historical stories right on the computer. If the day is Feb.3, you can read articles from Feb.3′s from fifty years ago. Looking up any date and year recorded is as easy as pushing a few buttons.
Some services have subscriptions where instead of looking up the website, the News you want is sent straight to your email. Being in the know, and being in the now, has never been such an objective, enjoyable, and simplistic experience as in the 21st century. Partaking in a new perspective on life is what on-line current events and News Blogs are all about.