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Tag: radio

  • How I used to listen to music

    Nostalgic moment for the 90s: Jimmy Cliff playing on the radio… reminded me of the time in my life when I used to borrow music CDs from the local library during my student years. It gave me access to the entire album, not just the hit singles. And it didn’t drain a student’s budget.

    And I was able to explore lots of different kinds of music.

    Before that, in Malawi, my main source of music was MBC radio, some international radio stations such as Deutsche Welle and the BBC, and school friends.

    My mom will tell you that she doesn’t listen to music. But I have fond memories of MBC radio playing at full blast.

    I’ve changed in my music listening habits. We all have. Now we’re all over Youtube and Spotify and iTunes and Soundcloud. Despite all the cool music gadgets that I own, I’m not buying, compiling or storing my favourite music. My main music gadget is my MacBook. And I’ve forgotten what listening to an album is like.

    I still listen to a lot of radio music. Especially on the weekends.

  • Ten twenty seven

    Sipping coffee. Reading tweets. Faving Flickr photos. And listening to “Klassik-Pop-et cetera” on dradio.de.

    Some music references to remember:

    Paul Gerhard “Ich steh an deiner Krippe hier”

    Mahalia Jackson “Go tell it on the mountain”

    Pete Seeger

    Johann Sebastian Bach “Ich lasse dich nicht denn du segnest mich denn”

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    Some ancient poetry that crossed my internetz path:

    whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable””if anything is excellent or praiseworthy””think about such things

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    You know the year is nearly over when the first posts on “future trends” appear. I thought this slide deck quite intriguing:

    Heading out to take care of errands. And to take photos of bicycles. Yours truly, nchenga.

    Charly Gaul

  • Radio Stations in Malawi

    Bennett has listed an overview of Malawi radio stations:

    • MBC Radio 1 (state broadcaster)
    • MBC Radio 2 FM (state broadcaster)
    • Capital FM
    • Power 101 FM (Provides live internet streaming)
    • Radio Maria Malawi (Provides 24 hr live internet streaming from Malawi. Currently my fave, because it brings me closer home when I am outside Malawi.)
    • Star FM
    • Zodiak Radio Station
    • Trans-World Radio Malawi
    • CFC Radio (Blantyre only)
    • African Bible College (ABC) Radio (Lilongwe)
    • Joy FM
    • Malawi Institute of Journalism (MIJ) FM

    I particularly enjoyed the talk shows on MIJ during my rare visits.