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Israeli Radio
On The Internet
MARK MIETKIEWICZ
Special to the Jewish News
ith the news from Israel
chana b ina b from hour to
hour, it can be hard to
keep up with the latest
events. But thanks to Internet technol-
ogy, you can listen to the exact news
that Israelis are listening to.
First, though, a few important
notes about software setup, reliability,
sound quality and cost.
internal speaker, the stations usually
sound comparable to an AM radio sta-
tion. With a faster (but more expen-
sive) cable connection and good exter-
nal speakers, the stations can produce
an excellent FM quality sound.
Cost Of Service
Althouo.h there are some radio stations
that require you to pay to listen, the
vast majority of sites in Israel (and
around the world) are free. There is so
much out there, I have never been
tempted to pay for anything more.
You can start listen to Israel in
Software And Setup
English twice a day on
www.israelradio.org/english.html .
Setting up your computer to receive
Every morning, Kol Israel (The Voice
these stations is relatively easy. The
of Israel) public radio produces a 15-
majority of the radio sites in Israel
minute news bulletin including a
(and around the world) make use of
review of the morning's Israeli newspa
either the Real program
pers. Every evening there's a half-hour
www.real.com/player/ or Windows
news magazine. Friday's show focuses
Media Player
on culture, and on Saturday there's a
windowsmedia.com/redir/download.
review of the week's news. These are
Both programs are free, although
taped programs, which you can listen
Real does sell an upgraded version
to anytime.
which offers a few more bells and
If you want to listen in to some-
whistles.
thing other than Hebrew or English,
Reliability
then you can tune into Israel's short-
Although the reliability of Israeli radio
right on your compu
wave service
stations has improved markedly over
er. Israel Radio International carries
the past two years, be prepared to
daily broadcasts in Russian, French,
receive error messages telling you that
Amharic and Tigre, Persian, Spanish
no signal is currently available. That
and Ladino, Yiddish, Romanian and
could either mean that the station is
Hungarian at
off the air permanently or more likely,
wwvv.israelradio.org/livestream.htm.
that you should try again in a few
One of my favorite Israeli stations
hours or in a day or two.
is Reshet Bet, Israel Radio's news and
information station: bet.iba.org.i1/.
Sound Quality
The Hebrew-language station focuses
The quality of the sound depends on a
its coverage on extended newscasts
few factors, some of which you have
and interviews.
control over, some of which you do
The site's home page has links to
not: the quality of the signal the origi-
the station's broadcast schedules,
nating radio station is sending out; the
photos of their studios and the sta-
speed of your Internet connection;
tion's live radio site. I often like to
and the speed of your computer and
start it up and just let it play in the
whether you use external speakers.
background as I'm doing my work.
I have found that with a 56k
And even if you don't understand
modem telephone connection and an
Hebrew, I do recommend listening to
Reshet Bet anyway. Just close your
Mark Mietkiewicz is a Toronto-based
eyes, listen to the five beeps leading t.
television producer who writes, lectures
the hourly news and pretty soon you
and teaches about the Jewish Internet.
imagine yourself riding Dan Bus No
He can be reached at
2 up Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Street. ❑
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