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Any World Service fans out there?

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Habbibu · 14/11/2008 21:02

I used to like it late at night when R4 morphed into it, but since getting DAB have listened to it a lot - the news is great, and puts UK news in a broader context; the instant guides are fab, and I love World Have Your Say, and programmes where they get listeners from different nations to debate.

Any other WS addicts?

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wrinklytum · 14/11/2008 21:06

I do like it when R4 "Morphs" into it as you say,if I am still awake!

It DOES give a broader worldview.I have a DAB radio and should try listening to it when R4 gets tedious-You and Yours,for example.I also like R7,and used to love the station that broadcast books/novels but it is alas no more!

abraid · 14/11/2008 21:08

The people at World Service are wonderful. I one had to take a PR client there very early in the morning when the rest of London was asleep. The journalists I met were some of the cleverest, most fascinating and funniest people I've met. I didn't want to leave.

abraid · 14/11/2008 21:09

I hate You and Yours. It's one long moan.

GrimmaTheNome · 14/11/2008 21:11

I used to listen to it when I lived in the states and couldn't get R4. Necessary source of proper news there!

I've just ordered a portable DAB using my Nectar points which have been accumulating for goodness knows how long, must remember to try WS and R7.

Habbibu · 14/11/2008 21:18

Oh huzzah! Grimma - stick it on your pre-sets - just wonderful. The only downside is that it repeats a lot more than R4 - understandably - but it means you do find yourself listening to the same thing over and over. The news in the morning competes very well with the Today programme - wish my car DAB hadn't died.

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Suedonim · 14/11/2008 21:46

I need the World Service as I live abroad but can rarely receive it. The reception, if at all available, is v poor and fades in and out. That's more annoying than not getting it in the first place.

Habbibu · 14/11/2008 21:55

Can you not get it online, Sue, or is that just in the UK?

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harpomarx · 14/11/2008 21:57

I treasure the World Service on my insomniac nights. I often used to drift off and then wake up to some fascinating item on betel nut chewing or somesuch... i have learnt a lot from the WS

GrimmaTheNome · 14/11/2008 22:05

When we were in the US DH was waxing lyrical to a friend about the quality of WS versus their attempts at radio. Tuned in to a very earnest discussion about growing loganberries in Scotland, which didn't have quite the impact we'd anticipated

harpomarx · 14/11/2008 22:55

that's so funny, grimma - yes, loganberries and betel nut chewing. I love the world service but it is a bit, erm, earnest, isn't it

Suedonim · 15/11/2008 12:10

Habbibu, our internet isn't strong enough to support it. Half the time it can barely cope with email.

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