<story><title>Love it or hate it, truckers say they can’t stop listening to public radio</title><url>https://current.org/2017/08/love-it-or-hate-it-truckers-say-they-cant-stop-listening-to-public-radio/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kazinator</author><text>It occurs to me that a FM radio should be capable of automatically doing this hand-off, thanks to this:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Radio_Data_System&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Radio_Data_System&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;If a station signal goes weak, the radio could scan the FM stations for another station which is known to broadcast the same signal (according to, say, an internal cross-matching database, or some other means).</text></item><item><author>ourmandave</author><text>&lt;i&gt;“And I said, ‘Well, so why don’t you stop listening?’” Murphy continued. “And he says, ‘I can’t, because it’s the only station that will go on mile after mile and I can pick it up again.’”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Just drove from IA to MI and it&amp;#x27;s true. Between 90.3 and 92.7 FM there&amp;#x27;s always an NPR station waiting.&lt;p&gt;Or I could just download their app and listen anywhere &amp;#x2F; anytime.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.npr.org&amp;#x2F;about&amp;#x2F;products&amp;#x2F;npr-one&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.npr.org&amp;#x2F;about&amp;#x2F;products&amp;#x2F;npr-one&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pawelk</author><text>I live in Poland. Every car radio I have ever owned did this, and every station that is available on more than a single frequency (that I&amp;#x27;m aware of) can be followed using RDS. I can also listen to a CD or other media [1] and let it scan for traffic news in the background, it switches to any station that currently airs traffic news. It held true on road trips to other European countries.&lt;p&gt;[1] I rarely do this, for me listening to radio is an integral part of driving. Especially when I have commuted to&amp;#x2F;from work, I was able to tell if I&amp;#x27;m running late based on what segment has been airing when driving past particular intersection or landmark.</text></comment>
<story><title>Love it or hate it, truckers say they can’t stop listening to public radio</title><url>https://current.org/2017/08/love-it-or-hate-it-truckers-say-they-cant-stop-listening-to-public-radio/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kazinator</author><text>It occurs to me that a FM radio should be capable of automatically doing this hand-off, thanks to this:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Radio_Data_System&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Radio_Data_System&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;If a station signal goes weak, the radio could scan the FM stations for another station which is known to broadcast the same signal (according to, say, an internal cross-matching database, or some other means).</text></item><item><author>ourmandave</author><text>&lt;i&gt;“And I said, ‘Well, so why don’t you stop listening?’” Murphy continued. “And he says, ‘I can’t, because it’s the only station that will go on mile after mile and I can pick it up again.’”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Just drove from IA to MI and it&amp;#x27;s true. Between 90.3 and 92.7 FM there&amp;#x27;s always an NPR station waiting.&lt;p&gt;Or I could just download their app and listen anywhere &amp;#x2F; anytime.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.npr.org&amp;#x2F;about&amp;#x2F;products&amp;#x2F;npr-one&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.npr.org&amp;#x2F;about&amp;#x2F;products&amp;#x2F;npr-one&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kalleboo</author><text>That&amp;#x27;s how it works in Europe where RDS is widely deployed. Even for the regionalized channels where the programming may vary a little your radio will keep you in the network.</text></comment>