As a heavy web radio listener, I set up a Jenkins server to switch between radio stations according to the time of day. Time is in UTC:
- BBC4 (UK) from 12.45am ~ 1am
- KZOO (US) from 1am~6am
- RDB (Madagascar) at 6~8am
- FM Miki (Japan) on weekdays or BBC2 (UK) on weekends from 8am~12pm
- RDB (Madagascar) from 12pm~2pm
- Radio Vaovao Mahasoa (Madagascar) from 2pm~4pm
- BBC4 from 4pm~7pm
- ABC Radio (Honduras) from 7pm~9pm
- FM Miki (Japan) on Mon,Wed,Fri or FM PiPi (Tue,Thu,Sat) from 9pm~12.45am
That, in addition to scraping the news of the day from various sources and versioning it in a git repository:
- Yomiuri Shinbun (Japan)
- La Gazette de la Grande Ile (Madagascar)
- Madagascar Tribune (Madagascar)
- The Guardian (UK)
With this, I can listen to my favorite English, Japanese, Malagasy and Hondurian radio without turning any button. The programs being easily recognizable, I effectively no longer need an alarm clock or even a clock to know the time of day provided that I am within the transmission range (yes I have built a very low-power FM radio to overcome bluetooth range limitations).
- BBC4 (UK) from 12.45am ~ 1am
- KZOO (US) from 1am~6am
- RDB (Madagascar) at 6~8am
- FM Miki (Japan) on weekdays or BBC2 (UK) on weekends from 8am~12pm
- RDB (Madagascar) from 12pm~2pm
- Radio Vaovao Mahasoa (Madagascar) from 2pm~4pm
- BBC4 from 4pm~7pm
- ABC Radio (Honduras) from 7pm~9pm
- FM Miki (Japan) on Mon,Wed,Fri or FM PiPi (Tue,Thu,Sat) from 9pm~12.45am
That, in addition to scraping the news of the day from various sources and versioning it in a git repository:
- Yomiuri Shinbun (Japan)
- La Gazette de la Grande Ile (Madagascar)
- Madagascar Tribune (Madagascar)
- The Guardian (UK)
With this, I can listen to my favorite English, Japanese, Malagasy and Hondurian radio without turning any button. The programs being easily recognizable, I effectively no longer need an alarm clock or even a clock to know the time of day provided that I am within the transmission range (yes I have built a very low-power FM radio to overcome bluetooth range limitations).