On May 14th, I blogged about how an overload of human noise can increase stress in our lives, and mentioned how refreshing it was to be surrounded aurally by nothing but birdsong.
So I was pleased yesterday when listening to the CBC, to hear the story of a man who works in radio in Great Britain. He told how he used a forty-minute recording of birds in his backyard as a test sample for a new radio station he was working to set up. He did this to protect the secrecy of the new radio station, and was shocked when people responded in droves, praising the birdsong radio!
It seems people were thrilled to listen to nothing but birds as they fought commuter traffic, relaxed in the bath, or waited in the dentist's office. It was popular with prison inmates as a connection with the world they could never see. One crafty real estate agent even opened all the windows of a home during an open house, put on Birdsong Radio, and then went on about the "charming country feel of the place"!
After eighteen months on the air, Birdsong Radio has been replaced with an easy-listening station, to the outrage of many devotees.
Because Celine Dion is okay, but really, she can't hold a candle to a chickadee at dawn!
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