If you ever get out this-a-way:

Living on Capital Hill in Seattle, on my magical Tom Swift electric radio I can get

KUOW from the University of Washington on 94.9. Talk and discussion all day long, some local, some national, including "All Things Considered." Monthly discussions and phoned in questions with the Mayor and the King County Executive, plus visiting dignitaries, authors, musicians, et al. News from Canada (local commentator in Victoria, BC) and regular news from the BBC.

KPLU in Tacoma, thirty-some miles south of Seattle (click "Schedule" in the blue left column) on 88.5. It's located on the Pacific Lutheran University Campus. A regular run of news programs, including "All Things Considered," plus jazz when not doing news.

And KBCS from Bellevue Community College east of Lake Washington on 91.3. Considering that most of the millionaires and billionaires in the area live on the "East Side," although KBCS doesn't have "All Things Considered" on their schedule, they do offer "Democracy Now!", "Free Speech Radio News," "Jim Hightower," and several other similar programs. They also play a variety of folk music during the day. For me, the only problem with KBCS is that where I live, the reception is sometimes a bit hashy. But I can get them on-line.

I think you can get all of these stations on-line. Right now I'm listening to KUOW, broadcast. Their transmitter tower is about twelve blocks away and they come in loud and clear.

My cup runneth over.

Don Firth