06 January 2008

harry shearer prefers an ats-909

Harry Shearer, known for his contributions to the movie "Spinal Tap" and a number of voices on "The Simpsons", is a shortwave radio enthusiast:

* Harry Shearer: Comic Relief via Shortwave

Regarding his Sangean ATS-909 receiver, Harry says
This has all the buttons I need and not much else. There is one that says ‘Page,’ and I’ve never pressed that. I don’t know what would happen.
Mr. Shearer's radio show, "Le Show", is part satire, part radio drama, and is broadcast on shortwave by WBCQ.

Harry, I am continually delighted by your work! (I wonder if he has a super 909...)
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4 comments:

  1. Damon Cassell, WU1T08 January, 2008 17:43

    It was nice to see shortwave get some attention in the mainstream press. It is (sadly) rarely mentioned these days.

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  2. Anonymous09 January, 2008 00:52

    If Harry doesn't know what "pages" are I guess he doesn't have many presets.
    Letterman used to mention SW occasionally: but nothing recently.

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  3. Anonymous10 January, 2008 22:23

    Awesome!

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  4. Firestarter511 January, 2008 15:59

    His 909 is an excellent choice. I'd never give mine up. It goes nicely with my E5 and ICF-SW7600GR.

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