LA questions

[estepheia]

Is there anyone among my LJ friends who lives in LA?
What's the weather like right now? And most importantly: do you have a radio channel that plays oldies in the evenings? Mostly rock?
I like to get my facts right, you know....

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[elsaf]

For the weather, you can go to http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/local_index.asp?zipcode=90001&partner=accuweather

Right now, the highs are in the 60s, the lows in the 40s and 50s. (In C, that's highs of 16-21, lows 8-11.) That's pretty typical for this time of year.

There are definitely Classic Rock and Oldies stations in LA. In the U.S. we have a *lot* more radio stations than you have in the UK. (I understand it's opened up a bit since the days when the BBC had a monopoly or close to it -- but you still don't have as many as we have.)

You would be hard put to find a radio market in the United States where you couldn't get a full range of country, contemporary rock, classic rock, adult alternative, jazz, soft rock, heavy metal, rap, etc. The only thing that can be tricky to find is classical -- which is generally available, but in the shortest supply.

Our radio stations tend to serve fairly narrow "niches."

When I rented a car in the UK and was listening to the radio (this was about 10 years ago) I was really surprised at how the same radio station would play rock and show tunes and classical.

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much, Elsa. :-)

Actually....
In the U.S. we have a *lot* more radio stations than you have in the UK.
UK? I'm German. But never mind. ;-)

Here we have private radio stations and gouvernment funded stations. The latter have the obligation to provide culture and discourse, they play classical music, review books and plays, and they even produce radio plays. It has its perks, because if you listen to a commerical station you're bound to hear Dido's White Flag at least once every hour.

One of the commercial stations I used to listen to had a program called Nightline, that played independent labels and progressive rock, but that's a big exception (and it was only 2 hours per week).

Anyway, thanks for your help. :-)

[elsaf]

German... Geez... slap me around, will ya?

Sorry about that. I was assuming UK because there are so many UK fans, and your English is perfect. :-)

I have no first-hand knowledge of German radio, so obviously, I was talking nonsense. :-)

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much, Elsa.
I studied German literature in London for three years, so sometimes my English sounds British, that's what fooled you.

And, um, I have no intention of slapping you around. :-)