NPR's Car Talk Switches Back To RealAudio

NPR's Car Talk Switches Back To RealAudio 377

Posted by simoniker on Monday April 05, 2004 @02:01PM from the back-and-forth dept.

taped2thedesk writes "Today, NPR's Car Talk, a 'call in talk [radio] show about car mechanics', announced they were switching back to RealAudio, after dumping it for Windows Media a few months ago. When the show switched to Windows Media, Real took notice and convinced the show to switch back, by addressing various listener complaints about their player (many of which were fixed in RealPlayer 10). The hosts say: 'We believe [Real have] made a serious and successful attempt to address those things that our listeners complained about most... They even offered to serve the audio for free online, which defrays an expense we'd otherwise have to cover.'"

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FP (Score:0, Funny)

by jpBabelFish ( 768685 ) writes: <jpbabelfish.yahoo@com> on Monday April 05, 2004 @02:06PM (#8771269) Homepage

Engaging in floor bugle.

they didn't fix the biggest problem, though (Score:1, Funny)

by Savatte ( 111615 ) writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @02:09PM (#8771299) Homepage Journal

because they are using Real

Whats next (Score:5, Funny)

by t0ny2 ( 768696 ) writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @02:12PM (#8771337)

Between Real cleaning up their program and M$ putting out opensource, Im going to stock up on blankets- hell should be freezing over shortly.

car talk, not real player (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @02:21PM (#8771452)

hey slashdotters, this is a story about CAR TALK, not REAL PLAYER. :P

Re:Don't Cross The Streams (Score:4, Funny)

by snarkh ( 118018 ) writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @02:24PM (#8771483)

Nice to know that I can listen to Click and Clack on my computer without being constantly bombarded with pop-ups from a piece of annoyware.
I thought those guys were a piece of annoyware. Go figure.

Obvious (Score:3, Funny)

by CaseyB ( 1105 ) writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @02:30PM (#8771558)

blah blah blah blah offered to serve the audio for free online, which defrays an expense we'd otherwise have to cover.
That's the only line that means anything in the whole article.
Why is this news? I can walk down to the streetcorner if I want to see whores.

What really made them to go back to Real? (Score:5, Funny)

by spidergoat2 ( 715962 ) writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @02:39PM (#8771646) Journal

I suspect it may have been their Chief Legal Counsel, Hugh Louis Dewey of Dewey, Cheetham & Howe.

Re:Don't Cross The Streams (Score:5, Funny)

by pokeyburro ( 472024 ) writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @02:47PM (#8771718) Homepage

Nice to know that I can listen to Click and Clack on my computer without being constantly bombarded with pop-ups from a piece of annoyware.

You think that was bad? I used to listen to them on the radio in the car. You know how hard it is to close a popup on your windshield while keeping your hands at 2 and 10? It's damned hard, I tell you.

Re:Here's an even better solution (Score:3, Funny)

by Valdrax ( 32670 ) writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @02:55PM (#8771807)

Why not just listen to NPR on the radio?!

Because my local NPR station plays light string music instead of talk radio 90% of the time that I'm near a radio! ...You insensitive clod!

Re:Whats next (Score:2, Funny)

by buford_tannen ( 555867 ) writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @02:56PM (#8771823)

Between Real cleaning up their program and M$ putting out opensource, Im going to stock up on blankets- hell should be freezing over shortly.

It feels like that has already started down here in South Carolina. We had freezing temperatures last night.. BRRRRR! (Which is very, very unusual for this time of year)

Maybe it is hell freezing over. Hell if I know.

WTF? (Score:0, Funny)

by Luke727 ( 547923 ) writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @03:00PM (#8771863) Homepage Journal

Why is becoming more liberal considered a pro? I know Slashdot is Libertarian central, but not all of us are Libertarians. Also, saying that its news coverage is better than Fox News is like saying winning the lottery is better than being raped.

Re:Here's an even better solution (Score:3, Funny)

by user no. 590291 ( 590291 ) writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @03:01PM (#8771882)

You still have to listen to the registration notice [Fund Drive] twice a year, even after you've paid the annual support fee! :)
Unless you're fortunate enough to live in an area that can pick up more than one NPR station. At least here, they haven't become smart enough to run their fund drives simultaneously :).

Don't Cross The Streams - A More Complete Thought (Score:5, Funny)

by BRock97 ( 17460 ) writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @03:13PM (#8772024) Homepage

Egon: It would be bad.

Venkman: I'm fuzzy on the whole good-bad thing. Whattya mean "bad?"

Egon: Try to imagine all media players as you set them up stopping instantaneously and every file association on your computer exploding at the speed of light.

Ray: Total protonic reversal....

Venkman: Right, that's bad...OK.. important safety tip. Thanks, Slashdot.

Re:Whats next (Score:5, Funny)

by tbone1 ( 309237 ) writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @03:33PM (#8772240) Homepage

They have internet access in hell?
Yes, AOL.
(Okay, that was obvious. Sorry.)

Re:Bangs head on wall (Score:3, Funny)

by Troy ( 3118 ) writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @04:16PM (#8772692)

I refuse to pollute my Windows box with RealPlayer.

There is something redundant about this sentiment, but I can't quite figure out what it is.

Sorry....low blow :)

Re:Here's an even better solution (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @04:42PM (#8772948)

Maybe because the twice a year fund drives on my NPR stations last on average about 6 months apiece.

Talking Car Radio? (Score:5, Funny)

by KlomDark ( 6370 ) writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @05:16PM (#8773258) Homepage Journal

My friend got a voice-activated car radio.

You say "Rock", you get the rock station.

You say "Country", you get the redneck station.

You say "Classical", you get Beethoven and friends.

The other day, he was driving around and two kids ran right out in front of his car.

He screamed "Fucking Kids!"

The radio started playing Michael Jackson...

I don't know... (Score:3, Funny)

by pixel_bc ( 265009 ) writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @05:41PM (#8773497)

I don't know about problems with RealPl

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Completely on topic... (Score:2, Funny)

by Xyde ( 415798 ) writes: <slashdot@ p u rrrr.net> on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @01:23AM (#8777016)

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FP (Score:0, Funny)

they didn't fix the biggest problem, though (Score:1, Funny)

Whats next (Score:5, Funny)

car talk, not real player (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Don't Cross The Streams (Score:4, Funny)

Obvious (Score:3, Funny)

What really made them to go back to Real? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Don't Cross The Streams (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Here's an even better solution (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Whats next (Score:2, Funny)

WTF? (Score:0, Funny)

Re:Here's an even better solution (Score:3, Funny)

Don't Cross The Streams - A More Complete Thought (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Whats next (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Bangs head on wall (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Here's an even better solution (Score:1, Funny)

Talking Car Radio? (Score:5, Funny)

I don't know... (Score:3, Funny)

Completely on topic... (Score:2, Funny)

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