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CBC Radio on the Internet
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1993 17:11:49 -0500
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) is exploring additional means of distributing its programming. Working with the New Broadcast Services Laboratory of the Communications Research Centre and the Communications Development and Planning Branch of Industry Canada, CBC is starting a trial where some radio programs will be available over the Internet. These programs are available "on-demand" from a server located at CRC, and can be accessed via WWW, Gopher, and FTP: WWW: http://debra.dgbt.doc.ca/cbc/cbc.html Gopher: debra.dgbt.doc.ca (select "CBC Radio Trial") FTP (anonymous): debra.dgbt.doc.ca:/pub/cbc NOTE: the preferred method of access is via WWW using the NCSA Mosaic client. The Radio programs are stored as 8-bit, 8 KHz "au" files as recorded on a Sun SPARCstation. A tools area currently contains the DOS "sox" program to convert these files into WAV or VOC files for PC sound cards. The special radio programs that are currently available include: Stories for Christmas with Fireside Al The Idea of Canada and samples of the following popular weekly programs: Quirks & Quarks Sunday Morning Basic Black More programs will be added in the future. The programs have been broken into segments so only small portions have to be downloaded at a time. In addition to the audio files, a list of CBC Radio products is available, and the complete catalog of "Ideas" transcripts. The CBC is interested in receiving feedback about this trial. If you find this information interesting or valuable, or wish to provide any comments, please send your messages to: cbc () debra dgbt doc ca
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