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Thursday, September 26,1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Tuning in to cable radio gives music a new outlet
By Bradley Brooks Kansan staff writer
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No commercials, no disc jockeys,
little repetition of songs and genre-specific channels. Musical heaven?
No. it's just cable radio.
"I listen to it every day at least once," said Tamara Harden, Lawrence graduate student. "I like that it doesn't have commercials.
They're a nein."
K a t h y
Goger, customer service representative for
Digital Cable Radio, or DCR, is available through Sunflower Cablevision. The service has more than 30 channels, from reggae and big band to country and hip-hop.
Lewis said he preferred the jazz and blues channels for his coffee shop.
Tamara Harden
Lawrence graduate
student
"Ilisten to it every day at least once."
Sunflower, said that for $8.95 a month, people could receive the service in their homes. Businesses wanting the service must pay $39.95 a month.
There is a $20 deposit for a receiver, which looks like any other stereo system component, that allows the programmed music to be heard.
Cable radio runs from a standard cable outlet to the receiver, which hooks into any stereo. The receiver, cords and cable splitter, which allows hookup to an outlet already in use, are provided by Sunflower with payment of the deposit.
It is this ability to choose a specific music type that business owners love, Lewis said. A coffee shop can choose the jazz channel, whereas a bar can choose other types of music.
Also included is a remote control that has a view screen showing the title and artist of the song playing.
Dave Lewis, owner of The Java Dive, 10 E. Ninth St., said he was satisfied with the service.
"I got it just to get more variety in the music I play in my business," Lewis said. "I like the fact that I don't have to mess with CDs any-
Nicky Skubal, disc jockey at KJHK, said that she supported
music in nearly any format but that cable radio had its problems.
"I think that without a DJ, you lose the spice and personality of radio," she said. "There is no shaking it up."
Geoff Krieger / KANSAN
Digital Cable Radio is controlled by a hand-held remote control. Cable radio is available through Sunflower Cablevision. The service offers more than 30 channels of several kinds of music.
Skubal said it was the very imperfections of live radio that made it better than its cable counterpart.
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